Schedule of Events

April 8, 2025

7pm: Gloria

Late 1700s. Teresa, nicknamed “the Mute” because she never speaks and no one knows where she is from, is a maid tasked with the humblest chores at Sant’Ignazio College, a religious institution for girls near Venice. There, residents are musically trained by stern chapel master Perlina.     One day, a local craftsman gifts the Institute a modern and immediately distrusted instrument: a piano. Relegated to the basement, Teresa finds it and begins to explore the keys, unlocking her musical talents and attracting the attention of the girls upstairs. When news arrives of an imminent visit by the Pope, the Institution is thrown into chaos. With Perlina distracted, the girls gather secretly, taking turns on the piano where they begin to composesomething new and exciting.

April 10, 2025

7pm: Liliana

Liliana is a documentary that gathers Senator-for-life Liliana Segre's testimony of her arrest, deportation, and poignant final farewell to her father. The film is built around the juxtapositions, cross-references, and contrasts between the historical record and a contemporary portrait of one of the most important women on the Italian scene. It highlights lesser-known aspects of the Senator, revealing a modern cultural and political figure who is passionate about conveying a message of freedom and equality to the younger generations.

April 14, 2025

7pm: The Trainers

Pasquale is a struggling dog trainer who dreams of opening his own canine training center. When his ex-wife bests him in a competition, she takes custody of his beloved and talented border collie, Cecchino. With his life falling apart and his money running out, Pasquale organizes an emergency dog training class. But his flyer ends up being misunderstood by several parents who bring their unruly children to the week-long session instead of their dogs. The misunderstanding will turn into a fun journey, and through laughter and challenges, both Pasquale and the children will learn the true values of friendship, respect, and caring for one another.

9pm: A World Apart

After forty years of teaching in the urban jungle of Rome, primary schoolteacher Michele Cortese moves to an idyllic village in the heart of the Abruzzo National Park to teach at a small school with only a handful of students aged seven to ten. He struggles to overcome the challenges of small-town life but finds a friendly face in vice-principal Agnese and gradually adapts, thanks to her and their spirited pupils. However, when all seems well, unwelcome news arrives: the school has failed to meet its enrollment quota for the next year and will be forced to close. Thus begins a race against time to save the school…whatever it takes!

April 16, 2025

7pm: Short Film Program

Title: the aquarium    acquario
Plot: vincenzo is at his first date with sara, he does not know what to do and he asks for help to chat-ait, an ia-based app that tells him what to say.
Director: gianluca zonta
Year: 2024
Length: 14’
Genre: comedy
Source: courtesy of the film director

Title: Nina    Nina
Plot: Nina is a child with Down syndrome that will need to stay two days in a structure for children with disabilities as her mom brings her older brother Giacomo to a soccer tryout. What was meant to be a quick stop becomes an important journey for the entire family.     
Director: Arianna Mattioli
Year: 2024
Length: 20’
Genre: Drama
Source: Courtesy of Premiere Film Distribution

Title: love and chewing gum    chewing gum
Plot: how will 13-year-old riccardo kiss anna, the most beautiful girl of his middle school?     
Director: arianna di stefano
Year: 2024
Length: 13’
Genre: romantic comedy
Source: courtesy of premiere film distribution

Title: buzz
Plot: alma is in her twenties and has adhd. Among hives she feels perfectly comfortable as she learnt to manage her neurodiversity in that situation over the years. She is getting ready to take the university’s admission test. What first seemed chaotic and unmanageable, hides an organic order.     
Director: niccolò donatini
Year: 2024
Length: 12’
Genre: drama
Source: courtesy of shortsfit distribución

Title: jonas' haircut    jonas
Plot: jonas travels to a beauty salon. Patty, the owner, will cut his hair. A haircut that will change both of their lives.     
Director: rosario capozzolo
Year: 2024
Length: 14’
Genre: drama
Source: courtesy of sayonara film

Title: superbi    superbi
Plot: in ascoli piceno, since 1860, the store “superbi” produces the town’s most famous olive ascolane. That is true at least until the young ismail opens a new shop of fried olives in town.     
Director: nikola brunelli
Year: 2024
Length: 15’
Genre: comedy
Source: courtesy of sayonara film

Title: the garden of delights    giardino
Plot: in the cooking school of the velletri penitentiary, some of the student are learning with the hope of working, one day, in a michelin star restaurant: the garden of delights.     
Director: daniele babbo
Year: 2024
Length: 17’
Genre: documentary
Source: courtesy of esen studios

Date:
April 8-16, 2025

Location:
Strosacker Auditorium at Case Western Reserve University,
2125 Adelbert Road,
Cleveland, Ohio, 44106.

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