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GIFFONI FILM FESTIVAL 2008 - 18.26 July

Sections & Films

  • Filters

Animation and music take us into a pristine valley, all grasslands and woods, populated by a variety of unknown species: babau, hosode, zaki, baku, yama – fantastic creatures in...

Category Official Competition
Section First Screens
Tipology Animation, Short Film

Palermo in the Seventies. Francesco is eight years old and he is the twelfth of thirteen brothers. When his mother dies of a cancer, his life radically changes.

Category Official Competition
Section Troubled Gaze
Tipology Short Film

Snowman’s dream has been fullfilled: he is non-meltable and can finally see the summer! But his joy will be cut short since there are many chasers for his carrot nose one of...

Category Official Competition
Section Little Rascals
Tipology Animation, Short Film

10-year-old Piv is constantly being bullied by her stronger classmate Mia. Piv retreats and tries to avoid the attacks. One day, after a particularly harsh round of bullying, Piv...

Category Official Competition
Section First Screens
Tipology Short Film

Frode can’t wait for the big summer party at his apartment building. Most of all, because this year’s party offers a once-in-a-lifetime chance to ride a real life elephant....

Category Official Competition
Section Kidz
Tipology Feature Film

During a school theatre lab, Julia doesn’t understand why she can’t have a sword but just a nice princess dress.

Category Official Competition
Section Kidz
Tipology Short Film

Awet has the heart of a fighter: filled with strength, love and longing. Despite the chaos and turbulence of the war of independence against Ethiopia, bright little Awet grows up...

Category Official Competition
Section Free to Fly
Tipology Feature Film

Esther Blueburger, a 13 year-old, is seeking something ambitious: to defy the chaos of the world and to be herself. All begins when she encounters Sunni, a cool girl who is...

Category Official Competition
Section Free to Fly
Tipology Feature Film

Soichiro Honda is a kid with a big dream. This is his story…

Category Official Competition
Section First Screens
Tipology Animation, Short Film

Alex, a Swedish man of Greek ancestry, has decided to reveal his great secret: that he is gay. Telling his family would be disastrous. That, at least, is what he thinks as he sits...

Category Official Competition
Section Troubled Gaze
Tipology Short Film