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Shooting Watermelons

Shooting Watermelons
Shooting Watermelons

Synopsis

An anxious young man struggles to accept his vulnerabilities whilst on holiday in an upper-class summer residence in Sardinia with his overtly masculine family.
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Details

Year
2023
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
20 min
Format
Digital
Director
Antonio Donato
Producer
Patrick James Verlin
Co-Producer
Lorenzo Maria Chierici, Anita Contini, Claudia Pau
Editor
Iacopo Calabrese, Antonio Donato
Screenwriter
Antonio Donato, Paolo Carbone
Director of Photography
Sahil Kotwani
Production Designer
Anastasiya Mykhaylova
Sound
Davide Hare, David Arrepia, Alessio Festuccia, Ricardo Salazar
Composer
Tristan Lane Clarke
Principal cast
Luca Lacerenza, Luigi Di Fiore, Sebastian Balzarolo, David Agranov, Alessandra Sarno

Genre

Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Courageous Donuts

C/O Brian Paul Limited, 159a Chase Side, Enfield, England, EN2 0PW

Sales Company

Lights On

Flavio Armone

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