Italy’s Nòt Film Fest has set its 2022 festival lineup, highlighting the indie-est of indie films in line with its goal of creating a space for filmmakers who have experienced rejection in the movie industry.
Alize Latini and Giovanni Labadess serve as artistic directors for this year’s fest, which will be held from Aug. 23-28. Named “The Sundance of Italy” by Mashable Italia and “One of the August events to look out for” by Vanity Fair Italy, this year’s 5th annual festival will be held, as always, outdoors and in-person in the dreamy city of Santarcangelo di Romagna. The village is nestled in the Italian countryside near the coast of the Adriatic sea, not far from La Dolce Vita director Federico Fellini’s hometown of Rimini, where up-and-coming filmmakers converge with seasoned veterans to enjoy a weeklong celebration of indie movies.
Started by a group of Italian filmmakers in Los Angeles in 2017, Nòt Film Fest reclaims the English word “not,” which can have a negative connotation, and gives it a double entendre with the Italian word “nòt,” which in the local Romagnolo dialect means “night.” The result is a unique “Salon des Refusés,” a French phrase that means “exposition of rejects.” The fest presents a platform and a community for independent filmmakers that values unique and innovative voices dedicated to making cinema indie again.
Past judges and guests include Gabriela Rodriguez, producer of Alfonso Cuaron’s Roma; Slamdance founder Peter Baxter, and Theo Green, the Oscar-winning sound designer of Dune.
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In addition to screenings, the festival also offers opportunities for filmmakers to further their career with daily networking events, distribution opportunities, special awards, and free educational resources.
For the first time this year, Nòt Film Fest will host MovieMaker‘s own MovieMaker Production Services Program Pitch Session. There, filmmakers will be able to learn more about our unique program, which has helped dozens of productions get deals, make connections, publicize their films, and save tens of thousands of dollars in the process.
Gavin Booth’s Zero Budget Movie Marketing Workshop is also a great resource for festival attendees looking to promote movies after their budget has been spent.
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For those interested in making movies that are both independent and easy on the environment, the Green Filmmaking Workshop sponsored by Distretti Ecologici will show filmmakers how to produce their films with the lightest possible environmental impact, shattering the myth that small films can’t afford to be sustainable.
With 100 films across 10 competitive categories, Nòt Film Fest 2022 will feature 20 narrative features, 30 narrative shorts, 10 feature documentaries, 10 short documentaries, 10 experimental shorts, 10 music videos, and 10 fashion films.
Jury members include: Mammoth Lakes programming director Paul Sbrizzi, actor, screenwriter and director Greta Bellamacina, Vanity Fair Italy contributor Jader Liberatore, MovieMaker writer Caleb Hammond, Jenny De Nucci, Coco Edoghame, Lodo Guenzi, Ileana Dugato, Leonardo Godano, Andrea Passeri, Ludovico Di Martino, Vincent Calmer, Chiara Monateri, Daphne di Cinto, Lorenzo Colonna, and Enrico Zavatta.
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See the full lineup of films below:
MOONWALKER FEATURES
THE DAYS I LOST – Samuel Ríos y Valles (ITALIAN PREMIERE) – Mexico
THE MAN WITH HARE EARS – Martin Sulik (ITALIAN PREMIERE) – Czech Republic
SCUMBAG – Mariana Cengel Solcanska & Rudolf Biermann (ITALIAN PREMIERE) – Slovakia
ZEBRA GIRL – Stephanie Zari (ITALIAN PREMIERE) – United Kingdom
TROUBLED MINDS – Raitis Abele & Lauris Abele (REGIONAL PREMIERE) – Latvia
98 SECONDS WITHOUT SHADOW – Juan Pablo Richter (ITALIAN PREMIERE) – Bolivia
TIONG BAHRU SOCIAL CLUB – Tan Bee Thiam (REGIONAL PREMIERE) – Singapore
ONLY HUMAN – Igor Ivanov (REGIONAL PREMIERE) – Macedonia
IN HER NAME – Sarah Carter (EUROPEAN PREMIERE) – USA
CHRONICLES OF HER – T. Abouelhassan, M. Khaled, R. Mejdi, E. Najjar, F. Shaer (ITALIAN PREMIERE) – Jordan, Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia
SHOOTING STAR FEATURES
THE FALLING WORLD – Jaclyn Bethany (INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE) – USA
NEON HEART – Lucas Estevan Soares (ITALIAN PREMIERE) – USA
RETROGRADE – Adrian Murray (EUROPEAN PREMIERE) – Canada
THE DAPHNE PROJECT – Alec Tibaldi & Zora Iman Crews (INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE) – USA
WE BURN LIKE THIS – Alana Waksman (ITALIAN PREMIERE) – USA
THE GOD OF INTERNET – Joanna Satanowska (ITALIAN PREMIERE) – Poland
THE CIVIL DEAD – Clay Tatum (EUROPEAN PREMIERE) – USA
GIVING BIRTH TO A BUTTERFLY – Theodore Schaefer (EUROPEAN PREMIERE) – USA
DREAMS ON FIRE – Philippe McKie (ITALIAN PREMIERE) – Japan
IT HATCHED – Elvar Gunnarsson (EUROPEAN PREMIERE) – Iceland
MOONWALKER SHORTS
ON MY MIND – Martin Strange-Hansen (REGIONAL PREMIERE) – Oscar nominated Denmark
THE BEDSPREAD – David Pérez Sañudo (ITALIAN PREMIERE) – Spain
ROY – Tom Berkeley & Ross White (REGIONAL PREMIERE) – United Kingdom
THE LETTER ROOM – Elvira Lind (REGIONAL PREMIERE) – USA
WOMEN OF VIRTUE – Stéphanie Halfon (REGIONAL PREMIERE) – France
NOBODY – Jakob Marvin Pietsch (ITALIAN PREMIERE) – Austria
SIMONE’S GONE – Mathilde Chavanne (REGIONAL PREMIERE) – France
BURROS – Jefferson Stein (REGIONAL PREMIERE) – USA
TINA’S PROBLEM – Radovan Petrovic (ITALIAN PREMIERE) – Macedonia
THE RIGHT WORDS – Adrian Moyse Dullin (REGIONAL PREMIERE) – France
SHOOTING STAR SHORTS
AN ENCOUNTER – Kelly Campbell (ITALIAN PREMIERE) – Ireland
ALONE TOGETHER – Aglaja Filipovic (REGIONAL PREMIERE) – Serbia
BIRDS – Katherine Propper (ITALIAN PREMIERE) – USA
LIE STILL – Ida Marie Meurs-Gerken (INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE) – Denmark
VUJA DE – Viktor Ivanov (INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE) – USA / France
PRELUDE – Tsubasa Matsumoto (INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE) – USA
LOST BEYOND THE STARS – Kayla Arend (INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE) – USA
THE HIDEAWAY – Jane Stephens Rosenthal (ITALIAN PREMIERE) – USA
FIGLIE DELLE STELLE – Edoardo Smerilli (NO PREMIERE) – Italy
MI ISLA – Sandra Lipski (INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE) – Spain
A film screens at Nòt Film Fest
EXPERIMENTAL SHORTS
VENEERS – Matt Scott Jones (INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE) – USA
BAD FURNITURE – Randall Maxwell (REGIONAL PREMIERE) – USA
AVERY – Christine Wood (ITALIAN PREMIERE) – USA
THE LITTLE BROOMSTICK RIDER – Matteo Bernardini (ITALIAN PREMIERE) – Italy
OTHER HALF – Lina Kalcheva (REGIONAL PREMIERE) – United Kingdom / Bulgaria
CYCLES – Stefan Pecher (ITALIAN PREMIERE) – Austria
CASUAL VIGNETTES OF GILDED VULGARITY – Paul Kaiser (INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE) – USA
BARDO -Alessandro Di Maio (REGIONAL PREMIERE) – Italy
DEATH VALLEY – Grace Sloan (ITALIAN PREMIERE) – USA
RECONSTRUCTION – Pia Andell (ITALIAN PREMIERE) – Finland
ER TALENTS JURY SHORTS
ASK ME A QUESTION – Matteo Valentini (WORLD PREMIERE) – United Kingdom
EVERY OTHER WEEK – Ryan Wagner (INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE) – USA
GHOSTED – Morgan Gruer (INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE) – USA
VOID – Jonathan E Munoz (INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE) – USA
THE ONE WHO NEVER WATCHED FRIENDS – Charlotte Gabris (ITALIAN PREMIERE) – France
THE RISE – Lorenzo Fassina (REGIONAL PREMIERE) – Italy
THE PITCH – Eno Freedman Brodmann (ITALIAN PREMIERE) – USA
SUPERHERO – Charlie Fonville (REGIONAL PREMIERE) – Luxembourg
FLICK – Émile V. Schlesser (ITALIAN PREMIERE) – USA/Puerto Rico
GUD – Alana Spencer (ITALIAN PREMIERE) – Australia
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SUPERDOCS FEATURES
THE MOST USELESS SEAGULL IN THE WORLD – Giuseppe Lanno (WORLD PREMIERE) – Italy
EN MI ZAPATOS – Pedro Morato (ITALIAN PREMIERE) – Belgium
CLOSING WORDS – Gaëlle Hardy & Agnès Lejeune (ITALIAN PREMIERE) – Belgium
TRUST ME – Emil Trier (ITALIAN PREMIERE) – Norway
WHY ARE WE (NOT) CREATIVE? Hermann Vaske – ITALIAN PREMIERE Germany
NEVER WENT BACK – Silvana Costa (NO PREMIERE) – Italy
ERI TU – Riccardo Ferraris (WORLD PREMIERE) – Switzerland
ROBY PUMA – L’ARTISTA TREMENDO – Alessio Fattori (NO PREMIERE) – Italy
SPIN TIME Sabina Guzzanti (REGIONAL PREMIERE) – Italy
THE LONG RIDER Sean Cisterna (ITALIAN PREMIERE) – Canada
SUPERDOCS SHORTS
YELLO – King Yaw Soon (EUROPEAN PREMIERE) – USA / Malaysia
SOLASTALGIA – Gabriele Urbonaite (EUROPEAN PREMIERE) – USA / Lithuania
A TABLE IS AS GOOD AS NINE LIVES – Christina Leonardi (INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE) – USA
NEURODIVERGENT – Afton Quast Saler (EUROPEAN PREMIERE) – USA
IN LIGHT – Alice Fassi (REGIONAL PREMIERE) – Italy
OFELIA – Piefrancesco Bigazzi (NO PREMIERE) – Italy
VICTORY – Eloisa Diez (ITALIAN PREMIERE) – Mexico
WHAT REMAINS – Alejandro Rodríguez (EUROPEAN PREMIERE) – Spain
THE CUP IS ALREADY FILLING UP – Debora Elgeholm (ITALIAN PREMIERE) – Sweden
YOU AND THE THING THAT YOU LOVE – Nicholas Maher (ITALIAN PREMIERE) – USA
MUSIC BOMB
WHERE TEARS PERHAPS – Walter Escamilla (ITALIAN PREMIERE) – Colombia
NYC! SOUND (BACK) ON – Gilad Avnat & Stav Nahum (ITALIAN PREMIERE) – Israel
CRNO OKO – Ljubba Stefanovic (ITALIAN PREMIERE) – Serbia
LITTLE BIG – MOUSTACHE (feat. NETTA) Alina Pasok, Iliya Prusikin (ITALIAN PREMIERE) – Russia
CONSENSUAL – Jeff Hillard (ITALIAN PREMIERE) – USA
LA CATTIVA NOVELLA – Fulvio Risuleo (REGIONAL PREMIERE) – Italy
BREAK THE SILENCE – Noah Frech (ITALIAN PREMIERE) – USA
SPACE CHASER – REMNANT OF TECHNOLOGY – John Robson (ITALIAN PREMIERE) – Germany
SAFETY FIRST – Lucas Fiederling (ITALIAN PREMIERE) – USA
ENOUGH – Caleb Slain (ITALIAN PREMIERE) – USA
FASHION POPCORN
GERALDINE – Eduardo Lytton (ITALIAN PREMIERE) – Stati Uniti
YOSHI FUNABASHI – Mattia Ramberti (ITALIAN PREMIERE) – Italy
CIELO – Michele Bizzi & BG (ITALIAN PREMIERE) – Italy
ENTRELUGAR – Pedro Perdigão (ITALIAN PREMIERE) – Italy
THE HUMAN CHILD – Lika Nadir (ITALIAN PREMIERE) – Ukraine
THE NORTH FACE – Leone (ITALIAN PREMIERE) – Italy
CHRONICLES OF TIME – Chaos (ITALIAN PREMIERE) – USA
ASUS WOW THE WORLD – Leone (ITALIAN PREMIERE) – Italy
YOU ARE ON – Iacopo Carapelli (ITALIAN PREMIERE) – Italy
MORE – Stefano Lari (ITALIAN PREMIERE) – Italy
Main Image: A photo of a crowd gathered at a past festival, courtesy of Nòt Film Fest.
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