CSC Animazione

Short by Leo Cernic.

A terrible misunderstanding between a mouse and a frog provokes an escalation of reprisals and revenge that will culminate in the war between the people of Mice and the people of Frogs who both live on the edge of a field. But a real threat to this small world at war comes from somewhere else. Inspired by Batrachomyomachia (Battle of Frogs and Mice) a comic epic attributed to Homer.

It's not so easy to be a hero. But you, Pentola, you are my superhero.

The idea for this film comes from the encounter with two African boys who live in Rome, and is based on their music. Tunisian Afif and Senegalese Aliou tell their different stories, talk about friendship, immigration, freedom and, above all, about the fundamental value of making music together.

Naples, early 1900s. During a nightmarish night a woman and her children must face the ghost of her husband who recently died. The trauma of their loss haunts them in the form of horrifying beasts. They manage to destroy them together, finding strength in each other.

In a small village on the edge of the woods, an arboreal ritual is being celebrated. Antonio's childlike game with his box of ants reveals a simple story of balance between humans, animals, and nature that challenges our belief in the existence of the divine.

The naturalist lives in the city. Whenever he can, he jumps into his car and drives out into the country to relax amid the fields and hills, to play his flute and perhaps...

A girl lives locked in her home surrounded by a high hedge. When the wind carries onto her balcony dry leaves, empty shells, faded petals and other small fragments from the woods – she collects them to keep them indoors and admire their beauty. It will be the wind that accidentally forces her to leave the house, to venture beyond the hedge and to lead her to an encounter with nature and with her self.