Playtime
Trailer.
Director.

Simone Bozzelli
- Playtime
- Italy, 2021, 19′, col.
- Rights: Festivals, Sales
Playtime.
A mother wants to play with her son who won’t speak to her. A boy wants to find out what his friend is giving to a girl who is more slender than him. A cat has disappeared. But these are only games.
Director.
Simone Bozzelli (1994) was born in Silvi, province of Teramo. He moved to Milan and graduated at NABA in Media Design and Multimedia Art. He wrote and directed the shorts My Brother (2015) and Loris Is Fine (2017), both presented at many international film festivals. Since 2018 he is studying Film Directing at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia of Rome. His two last short films, Amateur (2019) and J’ador (2020), have been in competition at the 34. and 35. Venice International Critics Week, with J’ador awarded at Best Short Film.
Details.
- Title
Playtime - Rights
Festivals, Sales - Country
Italy - Year
2021 - Length
19′, col.
- Director
Simone Bozzelli - Screenplay
Tommaso Favagrossa, Simone Bozzelli - Editing
Christian Marsiglia - Photography
Callum Begley
- Set Design
Alessia Duranti - Costumes
Giuseppe Amadio - Sound
Francesco Murano - Cast
Luka Zunic, Marzia Barbarossa,
Andrea Montini, Francesco Palmieri
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- Executive Producers
Elio Cecchin, Gabriele D’ambrosio - Organization
Camilla Gazzola, Isabella Gomato - Production
Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia Production
- Executive Producers
- Locarno International Film Festival 2021 – Pardi di Domani Competition
- Poitiers International Film Festival 2021 – Competition
- Chéries-Chéris Paris 2021 – International Short Film Competition
- AFI Fest Los Angeles 2021 – Competition
- Mezipatra Queer Film Festival Prague, Brno 2021 – Competition
- Zagreb International Film Festival 2021
- Torino Film Festival 2021 – Italian Short Film Competition
- L’Aquila Film Festival 2021 – Abruzzo Showcase
- Courts d’écoles Angoulême 2022
- Effetto Notte Rome 2022
- Visoni Italiane Bologna 2022 – Competition
- Sulmona International Film Festival 2022 – Out of Competition
- MedFilm Festival Rome 2022 – It’s Art
- KinoKlub Kuleshov Zurich 2023
- Locarno Shorts Week 2023
- Festival du Film de Contis 2023 – European Short Competition
- Chéries-Chéris Paris 2021 – Jury Award
- Torino Film Festival 2021 – Best Italian Short Film