CRACOLICE

INFO

Director

Fabio Serpa

Genre

Mockumentary

Duration

12′

Year

2020

Nationality

Italian

SYNOPSIS

Cracolice, a seaside village near the Tyrrhenian Sea, is sadly known for an event that broke out in the early 90s, never denied or confirmed: following the arrival of the famous “toxic ships”, the young people suddenly stopped growing, remaining teenagers forever.
How this was possible remains a mystery.

STILLS

CREDITS

Director

Fabio Serpa

Genre

Mockumentary

Duration

12′

Nationality

Italia

Language

Italiano

Subtitle

Inglese

Cast

Giuseppe Ingoglia, Rossana Colace, Antonio Meola, Davide Iacovo, Miryam Chilà

Screenplay

Fabio Serpa, Alessandro Torre

Producer

Fabio Serpa

Cinematography and editing

Antonio La Camera

Original score

Sebastiano della Bianchina, Antonio Esposito

Sound

Francesco Murano, Giampiero Sanzari

Make-up artists

Valeria Cipolla, Massimiliano Bruno

Special effects

Sofia Greta Catizone, Chiara Mariani

Visual effects

Antonio La Camera

AWARDS AND SELECTIONS

2020
World Premiere
42. CINEMED - Montpellier International Film Festival
2020
Italian Premiere
20. Trieste Science+Fiction Festival
2020
Le Perle - Official Selection
26. MedFilm Festival - Festival del Cinema Mediterraneo ed Europeo
2021
Official Selection
15. Lecce Film Fest
2021
Winner for Best Editing
3. Pollino Film Fest
2021
Italian Ministry of Culture promotion pick
Italian Short Film Center 10 Short Films Around the World
2021
Official Selection
41. Fantafestival - International Science Fiction and Fantasy Film Show
2021
Official Selection
17. Lago Film Fest
2021
Official Selection
16. L'Europe Autour de l'Europe Film Festival
2021
OFFICIAL SELECTION
19. Festival International Signes de Nuit
2021
BEST SHORT FILM AWARD
Calabria Movie – International Short Film Festival
2021
OFFICIAL SELECTION
23. Festival Internazionale Inventa Un Film
2021
Special mention
Visioni Notturne Festival
2021
Official Selection
Lecce Film Festival
2021
Official Selection
8. Life After Oil International Film Festival
2021
Official Selection
7. International Nature Film Festival Gödöllő
2021
Best Docufiction Short Film
10. Mediterraneo Festival Corto
2021
Best Fiction Short Film
Ortometraggi Film Festival
2021
Official Selection
19. Fargo Fantastic Film Festival
2021
Official Selection
Castelli Romani Film Festival Internazionale
2021
Official Selection
22. Festival del Cinema Europeo
2021
Official Selection
9. As Film Festival
2021
Official Selection
16. Rencontres du Film Court Madagasikara
2021
Official Selection
3. Festival Internacional de Cine Austral
2021
Prix Sauvage Corto
16. Festival L'Europe Autour de L'Europe
2021
Special Jury Prize
1. Ceprano Film Festival
2022
Best Director
2. Alta Marea Film Festival
2022
Official Selection
14. Cinefantasy International Fantastic Film Festival
2022
Official Selection
1. Fernando Di Leo Short Film Festival
2022
Best Story
8. Out of Bounds Film Festival
2022
Best Editing
3. Vertigo Film Fest
2022
Best Screenplay, Vicoli Corti Award
2. Be Green Puglia Film Festival
2022
Official Selection
12. Asti Film Festival

FABIO SERPA

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BIOGRAPHY

Fabio Serpa, was born in Paola (CS), on May 17, 1991.
After graduating in Film Directing in 2012 in Cinecittà at NUCT- International School of Cinema and Television (now Roma Film Academy), he directed 2016 “El Duelo Weird!”, a short western/sci-fi filmed in Bereguardo (PV) with an independent crew. The work was selected in 30 international festivals, winning in Monza, Rome, Tokyo, Berlin, and Arizona. In 2019 he produced and directed “Cracolice,” a sci-fi documentary focusing on the disaster of the poison ships in the Tyrrhenian Sea, Calabria. Distributed by Gargantua Distribution, it is selected in 35 International Festivals (including the “Montpellier Film Festival,” the most important after Cannes), chosen among the ten most representative works of 2020 by the National Short Film Center of Turin in the “10 Shorts Around the World” section, included in a thesis by a student from the IULM University of Milan, and interviewed on “Linea Verde Domenica” on Rai Uno in October 2021.

Won as “Best Short Film in Calabria” at the “Calabria Movie Film Festival” in Crotone, “Best Docufilm” at the “Mediterraneo Festival Corto” in Diamante (CS), “Best Fiction” at “Ortometraggi Film Festival” in Turin, “Grand Jury Prize” at “Ceprano Film Festival” in Ceprano (FR), “Best Short Film” at “Wolf Film Festival” in Rome, “Best Direction” at “Alta Marea Film Festival” in Termoli (CB), and “Best Subject” at “Out of Bounds Film Festival” in Molfetta (BA). He also won “Best Editing” at “Pollino Film Festival” in Castrovillari (CS), “Special Mention” at “Visioni Notturne” in Florence, “Special Jury Mention” at “L’Europe Autour de l’Europe,” in Paris, “Best Editing” at “Vertigo Film Festival” in Milan, “Special Mention” at “Molo Film Festival” in Rome and “Special Award Vicoli Corti” at “Be Green Puglia Film Festival” in Massafra (Ta).

FILMOGRAPHY

CRACOLICE

2020

 

EL DUELO WEIRD!

2016