The National Short Film Centre at the 22nd European Film Festival
EMIDIO GRECO AWARD – IX EDITION
Lecce 6-13 November 2021
The National Centre for Short Films is, once again this year, a partner of the Lecce European Film Festival. The kermesse, directed by Alberto La Monica, is an open window on European production, on contemporary and historical Italian cinema and, through the ‘Puglia Show’ section, curated by Luigi La Monica, on the rich local production of short films. But the presence of shorts at the Festival does not stop there. The EFA Shorts section, Festival in short and a competition of short films made by young Apulian directors. The Centro del Corto has a dual role in the festival:
- The jury of the “Puglia Show” section will award the “Centro Nazionale del Cortometraggio” prize, which includes the inclusion of the winning short film in the Centre’s programmes;
- For the sixth time, the “Emidio Greco” award will be presented by the Centro del Corto in agreement with the Greco family, in memory of the late director, a great friend of the festival.
Ten films from 2020-2021 by Italian authors under the age of 35, chosen by the Centro del Corto, will compete for the “Emidio Greco” prize, which will be screened during the festival:
- Come a Micono by Alessandro Porzio
- Cracoliche by Fabio Serpa
- Gas Station by Olga Torrico
- Gli atomici fotonici by Davide Morando
- I miei occhi by Tommaso Acquarone
- La terra delle onde by Francesco Lorusso
- Li paradisi by Manuel Marini
- Macchiato by Prospero Pensa
- Malumore by Loris Giuseppe Nese
- Slow by Giovanni Boscolo e Daniele Nozzi
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