38th edition
17-25 january 2026

Ancora fingevo di dormire

Federico Fadiga

Image Ancora fingevo di dormire
Italy
2023 Fiction 23 min
Northern Italy, the last summer nights. Dani is fourteen. Locked out of the house by his father, he wanders around looking for a place to spend the night. He ends up crashing a party. There, he finds himself alone with a new friend, as the last summer storm breaks out outside.
With : Mara Crisci, Andrea Schinzari
Screenplay : Federico Fadiga, Elena Tramonti
Image : Andrea Lenci
Sound : Alessandro Rizzo
Editing : Yuri Costantino
Federico Fadiga was born in Magenta in 1997. In 2020 he was admitted to the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia of Rome. Before Ancora fingevo di dormire (Pretending to Sleep), he directed Remains, selected at the International Critics' Week at the 2022 Venice Film Festival.