Screening of the Spring Academy’s participants short films

Spring Academy 2023 gets under way

One of the hallmarks of L’immagine e la parola is its close ties with the Spring Academy, the Locarno Academy spin-off organized in concert with the CISA film school. This year’s ten-day masterclass is titled Find a Film!: a suggestion that the participants will be taking up under the guidance of mentor Radu Jude, delving into the archives of broadcaster RSI Radiotelevisione svizzera to come up with new short films. Their training pathway will stretch from 10 to 19 March, starting Friday 10th at 6 pm in Locarno’s Spazio Elle, where the successful workshop applicants will be in the theater to watch screenings of their own previously completed short films:

When A Rocket Sits on the Launchpad – Bohao Liu – 2023 – China – 12'

Eggshells – Slava Doytcheva – 2020 – Bulgary – 15,25’ 

Imperiale – Coline Confort – 2022 – Switzerland – 22,10’ 

Es Muss – Jumana Issa – 2022 – Switzerland – 18,10’ 

Piccolo sonno – Federico Frefel – 2022 – Italy – 18,25’ 

Quello che non ti so dire – Ambra Guidotti –  2022 – Switzerland – 21’32''

Rio – ZheniaKazankina – 2019 – Russia – 22' 

Nina – Chiara Toffoletto –  2022 –Switzerland – 17’40''  

Happy new year, Jim – Andrea Gatopoulos – 2022 – Italy - 9, 25’ 

Perhaps hell is white – Diego Andres Murillo – 2022 – Venezuela – 20, 40’ 

Adria – Alessandro Garbuio – 2022 – Switzerland – 34’22'' 

That will be the start of a journey to discover images of the past and to see the city and surrounding region with new eyes amid the over-arching themes of history, natural environment, politics and society. The ten short films made by the ten young international filmmakers will also be presented at the 76th Locarno Film Festival. 

For profiles of the participants, visit here.