SDAC Genova

Two candidates face off in the election for Scout Section Leader: a young progressive and the conservative incumbent, who is currently trailing. To undermine the younger candidate, the incumbent accuses him of having a relationship with an underage scout. The election thus turns into a trial...

A teenager faces fear and judgment to find the courage to be himself.

In a psychiatric practice, Dr. Mancuso receives patients who have lost control over their lives. A boy in the waiting room maneuvers them using a device. The doctor gets out of his control and he finds himself part of a larger picture.

The journalist investigates, against the wishes of her friend the commissioner, the murder of Gabriel, twin brother of fashion designer Lorenzo Santoro. It will be the journalist who will solve the case...

The difficulty and uncertainty of addressing such a delicate topic as consent in a sexual situation between a man and a woman is at the heart of the short film. These challenges and uncertainties are faced by the two police officers as they confront the accounts of both young people and a video capturing the incident.

A screenwriter locks himself in a hotel room to write. But from the next room...

Sergio, unlike his wife Martina, does not want to enroll his daughter Giulia in ice skating. He only opens up to his skating friend Enrico, who tries to make him understand that everyone has the right to live their own life by pursuing their dreams. Sergio’s phone call to the former skater will change everything and convince him to enroll his daughter in ice skating.

A dialogue between two different generations, within the walls of a house suspended between reality and dream.

Lucio has a daily addiction: his smartphone. He fills every empty moment out of fear of boredom, because with it come thoughts he would rather not face. It is not boredom alone that he is trying to escape. Behind every notification, video, or sound—behind each repetitive gesture and every compulsive scroll—lies the attempt to silence a familiar, grey reality that suffocates him and leaves him alone.

A robber breaks into the home of a girl, Sabrina, to find and steal diamonds. But in the face of the stones, the situation takes an unexpected turn.

A short film exploring the quiet loneliness and abandonment of the elderly.

Following his father’s death, Guido must clear out an old family house. While doing so, he hears the voice of a young girl asking for help from the apartment below. A race against time begins as Guido tries to free her before the mysterious owner of the apartment returns…

Anita’s life begins to unravel when small, everyday incidents lead her to doubt both her husband and herself. Caught between suspicion and confusion, reality grows increasingly unstable, forcing her to confront something she can no longer control.

A man who cleans up crime scenes for organized crime discovers, during a job, a young woman still alive, hidden inside a wardrobe.

Eva and Vittoria are two girls from Genoa with very different personalities. Vittoria is a determined young woman, in her third year of architecture school, but she will soon realize that it is not her true path. Eva, on the other hand, has no clear idea of what she wants to do with her life. It won’t take long before Vittoria understands that life can be very different from an architectural project, while Eva finds a job and begins to find her place in society. From that day on, Eva and Vittoria were no longer so different.

A dystopian world where reality isn’t certain and has no boundaries. A mad one, seeking a higher power, willing to do anything for it, even killing others. Two agents and a young scientist on his trail. A rush against time where everyone’s skills will be put to the test.

One night, a man must confront a past trauma, realizing he is no longer the victim, but the perpetrator himself.

Iris is a teenager like any other, but she has been hiding a disturbing ability since childhood: every time she begins to care about someone, that person dies. For this reason, her mother takes her to an isolated house in the countryside, so she can no longer hurt anyone. As Iris grows up and becomes aware of her condition, the help of Zaìra proves essential—a mysterious woman who seems to live on the other side of the woods and who will become her mentor.

A young woman finds herself talking to a stranger in an empty cinema. An apparently chance encounter that will reveal a different reality, where every gesture is part of a script already written.

Two girls become friends while waiting for the bus.