On the night of November 5th, 2025, a child called Angela disappears. Around this umpteenth case of disappearance will intertwine the lives and stories of a young inspector, Ada, a young woman in search of her little sister who disappeared many years before; and finally Eddi, a transsexual speaker of a late night radio programme.
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“Cain’s Shadow” is set in the dialectics between violence and nonviolence, proposing a reflection on a real construction of meaning for the future. Therefore, in a place and at a time when the frantic search for material wellbeing blinds man, denying him the chance to look towards the future; the intention is to develop an ethical conflict of generations that puts adults in comparison with what, by definition, we could define the generation of the future: children. Intergenerational conflict: present and future. Investigating the meaning and intention of adults to build a future , leading to a reflection on the construction of tomorrow on an ethical basis.
On the night of November 5th, 2025, a child called Angela disappears. Around this umpteenth case of disappearance will intertwine the lives and stories of a young inspector, Ada, a young woman in search of her little sister who disappeared many years before; and finally Eddi, a transsexual speaker of a late night radio programme.
“Cain’s Shadow” is set in the dialectics between violence and nonviolence, proposing a reflection on a real construction of meaning for the future. Therefore, in a place and at a time when the frantic search for material wellbeing blinds man, denying him the chance to look towards the future; the intention is to develop an ethical conflict of generations that puts adults in comparison with what, by definition, we could define the generation of the future: children. Intergenerational conflict: present and future. Investigating the meaning and intention of adults to build a future , leading to a reflection on the construction of tomorrow on an ethical basis.
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OFFICIAL SELECTION
Bifest - Bari International Film Festival (world premiere - 03/04/2016) - Italy
49th WorldFest Huston Independent Film Festival (International Premiere, April 2016) - Usa
37th Durban International Film Festival (June, 2016) - South Africa
12th Indy Film Festival (July, 2016) - Usa
22th San Antonio Film Festival (July, 2016) - Usa
Festival del Cinema Europeo di Lecce (April, 2016) - Italy
Salento Finibus Terrae (July, 2016) - Italy
Figari Film Fest (June, 2016) - Italy
OtherMovie Lugano (June, 2016) - Switzerland
Ariano International Film Festival (August, 2016) - Italy
PalagianoinCorto (August, 2016) - Italy
Corti Etnaci Film Festival (July, 2016) - Italy
CasalCinema Film Festival (August, 2016) - Italy
Vicoli Corti (August, 2016) - Italy
15° Villammare Film Festival (August, 2016) - Italy
18° Videolab Film Festival (August, 2016) - Italy
4° Cervignano Film Festival (September, 2016) - Italy
36th Cambridge Film Festival (October, 2016) - UK
16° Kansas International Film Festival (November, 2016) - Usa
19° Arpa International Film Festival (November, 2016) - Usa
15° Great Lakes International Film Festival (September, 2016) – Usa
18° Zimbabwe International Film & Festival Trust (October, 2016) - Zimbabwe
5° Logan Film Festival (October, 2016) - USA
9° Lancaster International Short Film Festival (October, 2016) - Usa
Festival International du Film de Bruxelles (November, 2016) Belgium
Festival International de Cinema of the Autonomous University of Baja California (October, 2016) - Mexico
5° Winchester Short Film Festival (November, 2016) - UK
8° Italian Film & Art Festival Korea (November, 2016) - South Korea
19° Genova Film Festival (November, 2016) – Italy
10° Pentedattilo Film Festival (December, 2016) - Italy
Lebanon Short Film Festival (December. 2016) – Italy
Asti Film Festival (December, 2016) - Italy
Festival Sayulita (February, 2017) – Mexico
7° Prince of Prestige Academy Award (July, 2017) - Usa
Mostra del Cinema di Taranto (December, 2016) - Italy
18° Nevermore Film Festival ( February, 2016) – Usa
15° Garden State Film Festival (March, 2016) – Usa
39° Big Muddy Film Festival (February, 2016) – Usa
5 Cluj Shors International Film Festival ( April, 2016) - Romania
Roswell Film Festival (April, 2016) - Usa
AWARDS
49th WorldFest Huston Independent Film Festival (Special Jury Award);
Salento Finibus Terrae (Best Short);
Corti Etnaci Film Festival (Best Medium Lengh Film);
PalagianoinCorto (Premio Giuria);
15°Villammare Film Festival (Best Medium Lenght Film);
6° Asti Film Festival (Best Actress);
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