Anno2024
RegiaAlberto Diana
Durata18'
Lingua minoritariaSardinian
TipologiaShort Film
Sinossi
Sardinia (Italy), 1920s. Angelo is 15 years old and lives in a small village among the mountains at the beginning of fascist dictatorship. He is very shy, and he is teased about the disability of his older brother, Agostino. He cannot defend himself and would like to show more self-confidence, like his best friend, the charismatic Bastiano. Life flows in an apparent country tranquillity, but the bullying of the Fascists Blackshirts undermines the village’s peace. While the whole village celebrates in the town square in front of a big bonfire, Angelo can no longer hesitate and must decide which side he is on.
Biografia
Alberto Diana attended a Master’s degree in Creative documentary at the Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona, after graduating in humanities from the University of Cagliari. His short documentary films have been screened in several international film festivals. In 2019 his feature documentary Fango rosso (Red Mud) was selected in competition at the 37th edition of Torino Film Festival. He is developing the script for his first feature film Intra Montes. Frarìa (Spark) is his first short fiction.
