Bonjourno amici! The best new Italian short films are here. Show Me Shorts and the Embassy of Italy invite you to our annual celebration of bite-size cinema Italiano style. The films have been curated in collaboration with Amarcort Film Festival.

A woman tries to hustle her family together to take a portrait in La Foto Perfetta (The Perfect Photo), but it's not so easy.
In Chiusi Alla Luce (Closed to the Light) the camera and sound effects take us inside a frozen snapshot of a dramatic farmyard scene during WWII.
Extortion and layers of family trust and betrayal are exposed in the dramatic Destinata Coniugi Lo Giglio (Intended for Lo Giglio Spouses).
68.415 is a dystopian sci-fi film set in a world where eating may solve the world's problems.
An unusual friendship develops in Deeper than the Skin, when two men meet in a doctor's office awaiting a diagnosis.
Things go awry when a group of women throw an unwanted bachelorette party in the comedic Bailabamba.

Language: Italian (with English subtitles)

Rating: M Violence, offensive language & drug use.

Thank you to: Embassy of Italy, Amarcort Film Festival, Ministry for Ethnic Communities