Solitaire
Synopsis
English
Renaud is 85 years old and lives in Paris with his trusty wheelchair-caregiver. He is a loner, creature of habit, peacefully blocked for years on the top floor of a Montmartre building. But what if a new woman, moving into the apartment across the street, suddenly messes up his routine? What if both start feeling an uncontrollable desire to no longer live in solitude?
Italiano
Renaud ha 85 anni e vive a Parigi con la sua fidata sedia a rotelle / badante. È solitario, abitudinario, serenamente bloccato da anni all'ultimo piano di un palazzo di Montmartre. Ma se arrivasse all’improvviso una nuova dirimpettaia a scombussolare la sua routine? E se tornasse ad entrambi una voglia irrefrenabile di non vivere più in solitaria?
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Short Film | Animation | Comedy
10' 58''
Italy
2020
no dialogue
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Edoardo Natoli
Zen Movie
Edoardo Natoli | Paola Rota
Edoardo Natoli
Giuseppe Di Maio
Edoardo Natoli
Nicola Sorcinelli
Gianluigi Carlone (Banda Osiris)
Edoardo Natoli
Michele Falasconi
Selections & Awards
77th VENICE FILM FESTIVAL - MOSTRA INT. DEL CINEMA DI VENEZIA (ITALY)
GIORNATE DEGLI AUTORI / THE DAYS
NASTRI D'ARGENTO (ITALY)
♥ Winner of BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
BENGALURU INT. SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (INDIA)
OSCAR® qualifying festival
FLICKERS' RHODE ISLAND INT. FILM FESTIVAL (USA)
OSCAR® qualifying festival
NEW YORK INT. CHILDREN'S FILM FESTIVAL (USA)
OSCAR® qualifying festival
POFF SHORTS - BLACK NIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL (ESTONIA)
OSCAR® & EFA qualifying festival
SARAJEVO FILM FESTIVAL (BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA)
OSCAR® & EFA qualifying festival
Selection presented by Passaggi d'Autore
FESTA DEL CINEMA DI ROMA - ALICE NELLA CITTÀ (ITALY)
CAPRI, HOLLYWOOD (ITALY)
ORVIETO FILM FEST (ITALY)
DUBLIN INT. FILM FESTIVAL - VIRGIN MEDIA (IRELAND)
CINEMA ITALIAN STYLE (USA)
MINIMALEN FILM FESTIVAL (NORWAY)
PASSAGGI D'AUTORE (ITALY)
FESTIVAL DE CINE ITALIANO DE MADRID (SPAIN)
AS FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
PEQUE FILMES - INT. CHILDREN FILM FESTIVAL OF GALICIA (SPAIN)
HSIN-YI CHILDREN'S ANIMATION AWARDS (TAIWAN)
SPELLO INT. SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
AMICORTI FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
♥ Winner of BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
RIVER FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
LAGO FILM FEST (ITALY)
SHORTS INT. FILM FESTIVAL - MAREMETRAGGIO (ITALY)
CACTUS FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
SHANGHAI INT. FILM FESTIVAL (CHINA)
ZABUT FESTIVAL (ITALY)
CIVITANOVA FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
COSTANTINE'S GOLD COIN (SERBIA)
BURGAS INT. FILM FESTIVAL (BULGARIA)
CABRIOLET FILM FESTIVAL (LEBANON)
FICMONTERRAY - MONTERRAY INT. FILM FESTIVAL (MEXICO)
SATURNIA FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
ASTERFEST INT. FILM FESTIVAL (MACEDONIA)
FABRIANO FILM FEST (ITALY)
♥ Winner of BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
CIAK FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
SALENTO INT. FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
ORTIGIA FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
SOCIAL WORLD FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
REGGIO CALABRIA FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
♥ Winner of the SPECIAL MENTION
FICMONTERRAY - MONTERRAY INT. FILM FESTIVAL (MEXICO)
ISCHIA GLOBAL FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
FESTIVAL INT. INVENTA UN FILM LENOLA (ITALY)
♥ Winner of the SECOND PRIZE (BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM)
OUT OF BOUNDS FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
FESTIVAL INT. DEL CINEMA POVERO (ITALY)
♥ Winner of BEST ITALIAN SHORT FILM
VALDARNO CINEMA FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
♥ Winner of PREMIO DIARI DI CINECLUB
FIRENZE FILMCORTI (ITALY)
♥ Winner of the JURY PRIZE
CAPRI MOVIE INT. FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
♥ Winner of SGUARDI ANIMATI AWARD
FLORENCE SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
MOLISECINEMA (ITALY)
MANTOVA LOVERS INT. SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
DIECIMINUTI FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
GALICHNIK FILM FESTIVAL (MACEDONIA)
FESTIVAL DU CINÉMA INT. EN ABITIBI-TÉMISCAMINGUE (CANADA)
FANO FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
♥ Winner of the SPECIAL MENTION
ADRIATIC FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
ELBA FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
VISIONI CORTE INT. SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
CORTI IN OPERA (ITALY)
♥ Winner of the SPECIAL PRIZE
SAN DIEGO ITALIAN FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
♥ Winner of the TECHNICAL EXCELLENCE RISTRETTO AWARD
IMMAGINI A CONFRONTO (ITALY)
♥ Winner of the SPECIAL MENTION
INT. SHORT AND INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL, DHAKA (BANGLADESH)
18-55 CINE EN CORTO (MEXICO)
ASTI INT. FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
♥ Winner of BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
ACCORDI @ DISACCORDI INT. SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
♥ Winner of the SPECIAL MENTION
GREENWICH VILLAGE FILM FESTIVAL (USA)
♥ Winner of BEST SHORT ANIMATION AWARD
BAFF IN CORTO (ITALY)
AMARCORT FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
MOVIEVALLEY INT. FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
Edoardo Natoli
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Biography
English
Edoardo Natoli, born in 1983, is a director, actor and screenwriter from Rome, Italy. As an actor he began working when he was fifteen in cinema, theater and television, directed by Mario Martone, Marco Tullio Giordana, Paolo Virzì, Carlo Lizzani, Liliana Cavani, Francesco Munzi, Lucio Pellegrini, Riccardo Donna and Cristina Comencini. Since 2006 he has collaborated as an assistant director for commercials, video clips and films by Gabriele Muccino, Paolo Virzì, Luca Guadagnino and Ben Stiller. In 2013, thanks to the experience gained over the years as an assistant director and after further modeling studies, he made his first stop-motion short film "Secchi", which was a finalist at the Nastri d'Argento and winner of several national and international awards, including the SIAE prize of creativity at the 70th Venice Film Festival and Universal's Cinemaster in Los Angeles. Since 2014 he has been a FAI Testimonial. Since 2015 he has been creative director and director of advertising campaigns for the Maison Valentino, Tod’s and Vhernier. In 2019 he presented his first solo exhibition in the DUERRE C 1919 Gallery in Genoa. In 2020, during the lockdown period, he created and directed "Solitaire", an animated short film that will be presented at the Giornate degli Autori (The Days) at the 77th Venice Film Festival.
Italiano
Edoardo Natoli, nato nel 1983, è un regista, attore e sceneggiatore di Roma. Come attore inizia a lavorare a quindici anni tra cinema, teatro e televisione diretto da Mario Martone, Marco Tullio Giordana, Paolo Virzì, Carlo Lizzani, Liliana Cavani, Francesco Munzi, Lucio Pellegrini, Riccardo Donna e Cristina Comencini. Dal 2006 collabora come assistente alla regia per spot, videoclip e film di Gabriele Muccino, Paolo Virzì, Luca Guadagnino e Ben Stiller. Nel 2013 Grazie all'esperienza acquisita negli anni come assistente alla regia ed allo studio della modellazione, realizza il suo primo cortometraggio in stop-motion “Secchi”, finalista ai Nastri d’Argento e vincitore di numerosi riconoscimenti nazionali ed internazionali tra cui il premio SIAE della creatività alla 70ª Mostra del Cinema di Venezia e il Cinemaster della Universal a Los Angeles. Dal 2014 è Testimonial del FAI. Dal 2015 è direttore creativo e regista di campagne pubblicitarie per la Maison Valentino, Tod’s e Vhernier. Nel 2019 presenta la sua prima mostra personale nella Galleria DUERRE C 1919 di Genova. Nel 2020, durante il periodo di lockdown, crea e dirige “Solitaire”, cortometraggio di animazione che sarà presentato alle Giornate degli Autori della 77ª Mostra del Cinema di Venezia.
Filmography
(2020 | animated short film)
Venice Film Festival (Giornate degli Autori)
NONNA IOLE
(2017 | documentary)
VALENTINO BLACK AND WHITE
(2015 | animated short film)
VIAGGIO CON IL GIOVANE FAVOLOSO
(2014 | documentary)
SECCHI
(2012 | animated short film)
