Assunta

Assunta

Assunta

Italy / Fiction / 9’ / Color / 2023

A prostitute, chooses to entrust her son Mattia to a family after rescuing him from an abusive father, allowing him to have what she, for the time being, cannot provide for him.

Director: Luana Rondinelli

Script: Luana Rondinelli, Francesco Teresi

Director of Photography: Daniele Savi

Producer: Ignazio Passalacqua, Michela Culmone

Music: Gregorio Caimi

Editing: Giuliana Sarli

Sound: Matteo Di Simone

Cast: Donatella Finocchiaro, Antonio Pandolfo, Bruno Di Chiara, Mattia Libeccio


Biography

Luana Rondinelli is an Italian actress, playwright, and director born in Rome on March 7, 1979. A graduate of the Ribalte – Teatro Sistina, she founded the theater company Accura Teatro in 2011. Rondinelli has gained recognition for her work in both theater and film. Her play Taddrarite won the 2014 Rome Fringe Festival Award, and she has participated in several international theater festivals, including the In Scena! Italian Theater Festival in New York.

Attended Festivals

Rome Short Film Festival

i-Fest International Film Festival Palermo

Out of Bounds Film Festival

Foggia Film Festival

Magma - Short Film Festival

International Film Festival of Castelli Romani – CROFFI

Nebrodi International Film Festival Doc

Tuscania in Short – CineLabFest

Brigands Film Festival

i-Fest International Film Festival

Reggio Calabria Film Fest

SAFF - Sant'Agata Film Festival

Salento International Film Festival SIFF

NIFF - Noto International Film Festival

Caltagirone Short Film Fest

Courts in the Villa

Ortigia Film Festival – OFF

Carpine Visciano Short Film Festival

Film Traces Film Festival

Umbria Film Festival

Vision 2030. Sustainable Cinema

BorgoFilmFest

Shorts on the Couch. Cinema and Psychoanalysis

Prato Film Festival

Milazzo Film Festival

Looks Elsewhere

Aphrodite Shorts

Awards

-2024 Dec, Roma Filmcorto Festival (festival):

“Italian Cinema Award”

-2024 Nov, Via dei Corti - Independent Short Film Festival (festival):

“Critics' Award”

-2024 Nov, Magma - Short Film Festival (festival):

“Audience Award “Insula - Impressions of Sicily”

-2024 Oct, Tuscania in Corto - CineLabFest (festival):

“”Best Female Short Film Award”

-2024 Sep, SAFF - Sant'Agata Film Festival (festival):

“Best Performance Award”

“Best Screenplay Award”

-2024 Aug, Corto di Sera (festival):

“Visioni Isolane Award”

-2024 Jul, Caltagirone Short FilmFest (festival):

“Best Actress Award”

-2024 Jun, Trapani Film Festival (festival):

“Best Short Film Award”

-2024 Apr, Prato Film Festival (festival):

"Clara Calamai" Award Best Human Rights Interpretation

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