37th edition
18-26 january 2025
Image Macchie di sole
Italy
2008 Fiction 16 min
In a small village by the sea on the coast of Lazio, twelve year old Adriana spends the summer with her sister Francesca. Involved by her sister in a strange game, the little girl starts an ambiguous relationship with a boy younger than her, Tommaso, who's the image of the innocence that Adriana is about to lose.
With : Stefano Bottone, Michela Chiarello
Screenplay : Enrique Esteve
Editing : Julia Mattei
Image : Piero Basso
Production : Associazione Depp, Stella Di Tocco // 21 via Nino Oxilia, 00197 Rome, Italie // Tel : +39 339 140 06 37 // Email : macchiedisole@gmail.com
Stella Di Tocco is born in 1973 in Rome, Italy. After a degree in Political Science, in 2005 she studied film direction from the Film School ECAM in Madrid. Her short film, Sunspots, has been presented in various national and international film festivals including the Turin Film Festival and the Tribeca Film Festival. Her first documentary, The little girls of Palmi, received Special Mention by the Jury of the Bellaria Film Festival.