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The Wedding Cake
Dir. Monica Mazzitelli / Sweden / 2020 / 4’ / Warsaw premiere
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Body
Director: Monica Mazzitelli
Screenplay: Monica Mazzitelli
Cinematography: Mikael Moiner
Editing: Mikael Moiner
Sound: Mikael Moiner
Music: Veli-Matti O Äijälä
Producer: Monica Mazzitelli
Production: Monica Mazzitelli
World sales: Monica Mazzitelli
Language: English
Website: https://monicamazzitelli.net/en/
CREDITS
DESCRIPTION
A young woman is forced to become a prostitute in order to settle her ex-husband’s debts. Her destiny is narrated through Playmobil figurines and a wedding cake that disappears along with the woman’s illusions.
FESTIVALS AND AWARDS
Göteborg Film Festival, FIPADOC International Documentary Festival, Brussels Independent Film Festival, Doc.London Documentary Film Festival, International Film Festival TOFIFEST, Palm Springs International Animation Festival, Stockholm City Film Festival, Bucharest ShortCut Cinefest (Best Experimental Film), RVK Feminist Film Festival (“The Sister Award” for International Film), Boden International Film Festival, Reale Film Festival (Best Original Idea), Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival, Copenhagen Short Film Festival, Boston Women’s Film Festival, Greenwich Village Film Festival, Lecce Film Fest (Best Director), Beirut International Women Film Festival, LA Femme Short Film Festival (Best Idea), Afrodite Shorts (Special Mention), Roma Film Corto (Best Short in the “Social Cinema” section), Sarno Film Festival (Special Mention), Demetera International Short Film Festival (Best Animated Short Film), FICC - Festival International de Cine de Cartagena (Best Short Film)
DIRECTOR
Monica Mazzitelli
Monica Mazzitelli is an Italian directress and writer living in Sweden. She has shot some twenty-five fiction and documentary shorts, music videos and promos that have been selected to over 150 film festivals, receiving some thirty-five awards and nominations.
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