38th edition
17-25 january 2026
Image Giants
Italy
2007 Fiction 24 min
Pietro, a 15 year old boy from Calabria, is faced with the difficulty of becoming a man in a region dominated by the mafia and the law of silence.
With : Domenico Pavaglianiti, Monica Ferraro, Giuseppe Piromalli, Alex Foti, Iolanda Spinella, Mimmo Raffa
Screenplay : Federico Fava, Andrea Paolo Massara, Fabio Mollo, Josella Porto, d'après la nouvelle "Giganti" de Andrea Paolo Massara
Image : Livia Scaramuzzino
Sound : Stefano Sabatini, Guido Spizzico
Music : Rocco Centrella
Editing : Filippo Montemurro
Production : SNC Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia
Born in 1980 in Reggio Calabria, Italy, he studied in England where he graduated from the University of East London in 2002. He returned to Italy where he continued studying at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, in the directing department. His first short, Troppo Vento, won several awards.