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La Città dell’Utopia International Film Festival is delighted to announce the Finalists and our Oficial Selections.
We are immensely proud of our finalists who have demonstrated a profound and philosophical perspective in their films! Each finalist has taken risks and endeavoured to shape artistic and critical language visually within their works. We need new voices like you in our era! Congratulations to all the talented filmmakers who provide a window into diverse perspectives, cultures, and human experiences, fostering empathy and understanding!
Feature
Finalist:
- A Criminal Film, Zahra Korehei and Javid Moazami, Iran
Oficial Selections:
- No Shadows Left, Richard Thornéus, Sweden
- Yellow Dog, Delavar Dostanian, Iran
- Enemy Next Door, Ovanes Ovanesyan, Kazakhstan
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![](https://www.lacittadellutopia.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/3.-Enemy-Next-door-Feature-Kazakhstan-150x150.png)
![](https://www.lacittadellutopia.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/15.-A-criminal-Film-Feature-Zahra-Korehei-Javid-Moazzami-Iran-11-150x150.png)
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Short Film
Finalists:
- The Night of the Monkey, Heloise Haddad, France
- The Death Mess, David Da Costa, Portugal
- Ballare, Esraa Munim, Iraq
- Flowers, KRISTIAN XIPOLIAS, Italy
- Mother, Mariia Felenko, Ukraine
- Curiosity, Kaja Jakubowska, Poland
- PLAYGROUND, Elisa Possenti, Italy
- DEAF, ROY ARIDA, Lebanon
- Vivi, without H, Estelle Carbonneau, France
- Pitage, Ali Khaledi, Iran
- Does Heaven Cremate Bodies?, Muhammad Hafeez Sahrin, Singapore
- Fail To My Past, BOWEN JING, China
- THE NICE GUY WHO WENT BAD BUT WHO USED TO BE NICE, Jauffrey Gallé, France
- Pisho, Aun Ul Haider, Pakistan
Oficial Selections:
- THE INSURANCE, Sengthe Vanh Bouapha, France
- The Ingenuity of Bodies, Leandro Ghersi, Argentina
- Boy’s things, Raquel Colera, Spain
- On Sundays, Olavo Junior, Brazil
- Saksham, Ajinkya P Patil, India
- Robert and the Sorcerer, Frères MICHEL, France
- The 13, Margaux Le Bail, Clément Beauvois, France
- COCOON, Mona Farkhondeh, Iran
- 8 РЮМОК КЕФИРА, Давид Владимировичь Чебан, Kazakhstan
- Bitter, Antoine Clément, France
- BOUMLA, Yazid Yettou, Algeria
- MHATARA DONGAR(The Old Mountain), DEVESH RANGANATH KANASE, India
- AHALYA, Chinmoy Barma, India
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![](https://www.lacittadellutopia.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/13.Pisho-Short-Student-Aun-Ul-Haider-Pakistan-150x150.png)
![](https://www.lacittadellutopia.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/16.ballare-Short-esraa-munim-Iraq-150x150.png)
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![](https://www.lacittadellutopia.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/2.Curiosity-short-Kaja-Jakubowska-Poland-150x150.png)
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![](https://www.lacittadellutopia.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/21.Vivi-without-H-Short-Estelle-Carbonneau-France-150x150.png)
![](https://www.lacittadellutopia.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/22.Pitage-Short-Ali-khaledi-Iran-150x150.png)
![](https://www.lacittadellutopia.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/24.PLAYGROUND-Short-Elisa-Possenti-Italy-150x150.png)
![](https://www.lacittadellutopia.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/6.Flowers-Short-KRISTIAN-XIPOLIAS-Italy-150x150.png)
![](https://www.lacittadellutopia.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/7.The-death-mess-Short-David-Da-Costa-Portugal-150x150.png)
![](https://www.lacittadellutopia.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/9.Mother-Short-Student-Mariia-Felenko-Ukraine-150x150.png)
![](https://www.lacittadellutopia.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/DEAF-Short-ROY-ARIDA-Lebanon-150x150.png)
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![](https://www.lacittadellutopia.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/16.-The-13-Short-Margaux-Le-Bail-Clement-Beauvois-France-150x150.png)
![](https://www.lacittadellutopia.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/17.-Saksham-Short-Ajinkya-P-Patil-India-150x150.png)
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![](https://www.lacittadellutopia.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/19.-Bitter-Short-Antoine-Clement-France-150x150.png)
![](https://www.lacittadellutopia.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/20.-BOUMLA-Short-Yazid-Yettou-Algeria-150x150.png)
![](https://www.lacittadellutopia.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/21.-Boy_s-things-Short-Raquel-Colera-Spain-150x150.png)
![](https://www.lacittadellutopia.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/22.-AHALYA-Chinmoy-Barma-Short-India-150x150.png)
![](https://www.lacittadellutopia.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/23.-8-РЮМОК-КЕФИРА-Short-Давид-Владимировичь-Чебан-Kazakhstan-150x150.png)
![](https://www.lacittadellutopia.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/24.-On-Sundays-Short-Olavo-Junior-Brazil-150x150.png)
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Experimental
Finalists:
- Wind of Jinn, Boredom of November, Javid Moazami and Zahra Korehei, Iran
- That is the Silence, Inna Ivanovskaya, United States
- LAS MEMORIAS PERDIDAS DE LOS ÁRBOLES, Antonio La Camera, Italy
- The Kitchen Dance _ An offbeat arrival, Katerina Foti, Greece
Oficial Selections:
- Incidents (Savaneh), Hajeer Moradi,Iran
- Serious and lively, Jie Ying SONG, China
- Ambrozia, Borimir Ilkov, Bulgaria
- The Ritual of The Black Sun, Yas` Maeterlinck, Russia
- Mechanical Resonance, Juejun Chen, China
- Retake, Larissa Moon, Experimental
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Documentary
Finalists:
- Macula, Sasha Stanislavovich Kozma, Russia
- Rich and Famous, Arina Sergeevna Shevtsova, Russia
- Rodchenko, Ivan Antonovich Baturin, Russia
- Other Worlds Child, Natalya Aleksandrovna Tetenkina, Russia
Oficial Selections:
- LASTER, David Lužar, Germany
- The Treaty of Vain Combat, Márcio Januário, Henrique Drebes, Brazil
- Reverie, Vasu Bhatia, India
- The Dream, Alice Evgenievna Tamarova, Russia
- By the beginning of the 2008 war on the Gaza Strip, Mohammed hussine Majd, Palestine
- The Weight of Memories on My Feet, Tariq Abdalla, Egypt
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![](https://www.lacittadellutopia.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/10.-Reverie-Documentary-Vasu-Bhatia-India-150x150.png)
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Animation
Finalists:
- The Last Dinner, ShuangYan Jin and XinYan Wei, Korea
- Lights, Jitka Nemikinsová, Czech Republic
- Somber, Alexis Morisson, France
Oficial Selections:
- Blind Love, Samoud Yacyn, Tunisia
- Dear Animal, Younes Kafashian, Iran
- Piano, Marjan Keshani, Iran
- The 9th Continent, Mostafa Borzouyan Dastjerdi, Iran
- Moonset Crow Cry, Huifu Ling, China
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![](https://www.lacittadellutopia.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/28.-Moonset-Crow-Cry-Animation-Huifu-Ling-China-150x150.png)
![](https://www.lacittadellutopia.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/32.-Piano-Animation-Marjan-Keshani-Iran-150x150.png)
![](https://www.lacittadellutopia.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/27.-Dear-Animal-Animation-Younes-Kafashian-Iran-150x150.png)
![](https://www.lacittadellutopia.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/29.-Blind-Love-Animation-Samoud-Yacyn-Tunisia-150x150.png)
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![](https://www.lacittadellutopia.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/10.Somber-Animation-Alexis-Morisson-France-150x150.png)
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