Short Archives - http://www.cafepellicola.com/tag/short/ cafe pellicola - window to fine italian cinema Sat, 18 Jan 2014 22:54:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 N.I.C.E. Sicilian Short Films Contest – Taormina Film Festival http://www.cafepellicola.com/2010/06/13/n-i-c-e-sicilian-short-films-contest-%e2%80%93-taormina-film-festival/ http://www.cafepellicola.com/2010/06/13/n-i-c-e-sicilian-short-films-contest-%e2%80%93-taormina-film-festival/#respond Sun, 13 Jun 2010 06:50:45 +0000 http://www.cafepellicola.com/?p=1009 Just arrived yesterday to charming Taormina, aptly named because it’s perched royally on mount Tauro overlooking mount Etna. The town is not packed as I was initially afraid of but contains a healthy dose of tourists that happily savor the holy trinity: pasta-espresso-ice cream. I decided to kick off the festival with the short films… Continue reading N.I.C.E. Sicilian Short Films Contest – Taormina Film Festival

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]]> http://www.cafepellicola.com/2010/06/13/n-i-c-e-sicilian-short-films-contest-%e2%80%93-taormina-film-festival/feed/ 0 The Slow Match – La partita lenta (Paolo Sorrentino – 2009) http://www.cafepellicola.com/2009/04/27/the-slow-match-la-partita-lenta-paolo-sorrentino-%e2%80%93-2009/ http://www.cafepellicola.com/2009/04/27/the-slow-match-la-partita-lenta-paolo-sorrentino-%e2%80%93-2009/#comments Mon, 27 Apr 2009 05:50:25 +0000 http://www.cafepellicola.com/?p=671 It’s part of the trio short movies proposed by Per Fiducia, the project already described in the review of Il Premio. This is an intense shot on reality. When we say the eloquence of silence. He makes the silence speak. Slowly, sweetly, deeply. Black and white, and we are already into a poem. Every single… Continue reading The Slow Match – La partita lenta (Paolo Sorrentino – 2009)

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]]> http://www.cafepellicola.com/2009/04/27/the-slow-match-la-partita-lenta-paolo-sorrentino-%e2%80%93-2009/feed/ 1 The Crush – La Cotta (Ermanno Olmi – 1967) http://www.cafepellicola.com/2006/12/30/the-crush-la-cotta-ermanno-olmi-1967/ http://www.cafepellicola.com/2006/12/30/the-crush-la-cotta-ermanno-olmi-1967/#respond Sun, 31 Dec 2006 01:51:11 +0000 http://s225510610.onlinehome.us/?p=17 Have plans for New Year? Not yet? Well…now you do! Get your loved-one or no one and celebrate it with The Crush, an adorable short film (49 minutes) by Ermanno Olmi. The kind people at Criterion Collection included this fine featurette in the DVD of Il Posto, another gem I have recently covered. The film… Continue reading The Crush – La Cotta (Ermanno Olmi – 1967)

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