::: I Siciliani Short Film Award :::

:: DETAILS

STIDDA CA CURRI
Reg./Dir.:
Piero Messina
Sogg./Story
Tratto da una novella di
Turi Vasile
Scen./Script:
Michele Russo
Tano Serravalle
Fot./Phot.:
Fabrizio La Palombara
Mont./Ed.:
Piero Messina
Carlo Lanzini
Mus.:
Piero Messina
Adriano Modica
Scg./Art Dir.:
Tano Serravalle
Int./Cast:
Lucia Sardo
Pasquale Platania
Mimì Strerrantino
Prod.:
Massimo Lazzara
Orig.:
Italia / Italy 2003
18’/ v.o. italiano / DV

:: PLOT

Turi spends his time in the sicilian countryside. One day he meets Lillo, a sheepherder. Before starting a conversation, Turi’s father arrives and ask Lillo some questions. Lillo tells his story and at the end the father decides to invite him at home. During the dinner Turi’s mother doesn’t like that young boy. Turi’s father has a different opinion about Lillo, in that young he has saw himself. One night Lillo’s boss arrives to Turi’s house asking is they saw his boy telling them a different story about Lillo.

:: BIOGRAPHY

PIERO MESSINA
Piero Messina attends the DAMS of University Rome 3. In 1996 he realized, in collaboration with Fabio Villia, the short film Una vita non basta screened a few years later at the cinema Politeama of Caltagirone. In 1999 he directed a three-minute short Sinfonie winning a Special Mention of the Jury in “Libere Visioni”. The following year he shot the short Ben Adam, that participated to the Roman Short Film Festival Arcipelago and to the Fano Film Festival. In 2000 he met Massimo Lazzara, producer of Infinity media, planning the realization of Stidda ca curri.

:: FILMOGRAPHY

FILMOGRAFIA
Filmography
1996
Una vita non basta
1999
Sinfonie
2000
Ben Adam
2003
Stidda ca curri