Quarume - Never go back
Ulises, lost into his emotions, decides to take a trip and look for a friend, Angelo, that can help him through the painful process of having lost his woman.
Walking around Palermo they will try the different street foods, mostly all done with guts, as a metaphor of the deep pain he is enduring .
By walking and eating Ulises will clear his mind a bit to reach his own path, somehow more free.
-
Arturo M. MereloDirectorThe Idiot
-
Juan Sebastián MariscalWriter
-
Arturo Marcos MereloProducerThe Idiot
-
Eugenio De RosaProducer
-
Giuseppe ProvizanoKey Cast"Ulises"
-
Giacomo GuarneriKey Cast"Angelo"
-
Project Title (Original Language):Quarume - mai arritornare indietro
-
Project Type:Experimental, Short
-
Genres:Drama, Indie, Experimental, Artistic, Author, independent
-
Runtime:14 minutes 51 seconds
-
Completion Date:January 8, 2018
-
Production Budget:2,500 USD
-
Country of Origin:Italy
-
Country of Filming:Italy
-
Language:Italian
-
Shooting Format:Digital
-
Aspect Ratio:16:9
-
Film Color:Color
-
First-time Filmmaker:No
-
Student Project:No
-
Red Corner Film Festival
Official Selection -
CNY Film FestivalSyracuse, New York
United States
March 24, 2018
Official Selection -
Alternative Film FestivalToronto, Ontario
Canada
March 15, 2018
Best Experimental Short-film -
New Horizon Film FestivalVoronezh
Russian Federation
Official Selection -
Noida International Film FestivalDelhi
India
January 28, 2018
Official Selection -
Mediterranean Film FestivalSiracusa
Italy
Official Selection -
EKO International Film FestivalLagos
Nigeria
Official Selection -
Festival Internacional de cine de AméricaPachuca, Hidalgo
Mexico
May 25, 2018
Mexican Premiere
Best Fiction Short-Film -
Food Film FestBergamo
Italy
June 15, 2018
Official Selection -
Sicily International Film FestivalPalermo
Italy
May 12, 2018
Finalist -
CineMeBristol
United Kingdom
June 26, 2018
UK Premiere
Offcial Selection -
Festival IntravenosaCali
Colombia
September 6, 2018
Official Selection -
Gastro Film FestOsijek
Croatia
July 7, 2018
Croatian Premiere
2nd Best Shortfilm - Best Mounting Award -
Semana Internacional de Cine de AutorLugo
Spain
September 22, 2018
Spanish Premiere
Official Selection -
Independent Shorts AwardsLos Angeles
United States
Best Experimental Short -
Amsterdam Lift-Off Film Festival Online 2018Amsterdam
Netherlands
Official Selection -
Veritas Films & FestPillipsburgh
United States
November 14, 2018
Official Selection -
Video BabelCusco
Peru
November 26, 2018
Peruvian Premiere
Official Selection -
Williamsburg Independent Film FestivalNew York
United States
November 17, 2018
Official Selection -
Paraná Films FestivalParaná
Argentina
December 7, 2018
Argentina
Official Selection -
6 On NebraskaCape Town
South Africa
December 7, 2018
South African Premiere
Best Experimental Film -
Canada ShortsSaint John
Canada
December 3, 2018
Award of Merit -
Short Soup International Short Film FestivalSydney
Australia
January 27, 2019
Official Selection -
InShorts Film FestivalLagos
Nigeria
December 21, 2018
Nigerian Premiere
Official Selection -
SIFF - Switzerland International Film Festival
Switzerland
December 17, 2018
Switzerland Premiere
Official Selection -
Short Cut FestivalIndija
Croatia
September 2, 2018
Official Selection -
International Online Web FestLondon
United Kingdom
March 15, 2019
Offcial Selection - Finalist -
Cinespejo - Festival de Cine PoéticoLas Gabias, Granada
Spain
April 27, 2019
Spanish Premiere
Official Selection -
Top Indie Film AwardsTokyo
Japan
February 1, 2020
Japan Premiere
Best Experimental Short - Nominee for Best Original Idea -
Crown Wood International Film FestivalCalcutta
India
July 13, 2019
Official Selection -
Buenos Aires International Film FestivalBuenos Aires
Argentina
June 14, 2019
Official Selection -
First-Time Filmmaker SessionsPInewood
United Kingdom
May 26, 2019
Official Selection -
Corto e a capoVenticano
Italy
August 2, 2019
Premio identitá e cucina -
Aasha International Film FestivalNashik
India
September 16, 2019
Official Selection -
LIFFT India FilmotsavPune
India
December 12, 2019
Semi-finalist -
Austin Arthouse Film FestivalAustin, Texas
United States
October 21, 2019
Semi-Finalist -
Festival Transterritorial de Cine UndergroundBuenos Aires
Argentina
November 9, 2019
Official Selection -
BANGIFF - Bangkokthai International Film FestivalBangkok
Thailand
October 18, 2018
Thailand Premiere
Official Selection -
SinevizyonAlsancak
Cyprus
September 11, 2019
Cyprus Premiere
Official Selection -
Oaxaca Film FestivalOaxaca
Mexico
November 1, 2019
Offical Selection -
Rome Film AwardsRoma
Italy
March 12, 2024
Best Documentary Short
Arturo M. Merelo is a director, producer, professor, playwright, and distributor from Spain who has made his career in Mexico.
His short films have been selected in over 100 festivals worldwide, including Guanajuato and Oaxaca, Key West and Sunscreen (Florida), Santander (Colombia), Fringe Festival Edinburgh, Perth Independent Latino (Australia), and the European Cinematography Awards, and have won several awards.
Arturo holds a Masters in Communications/Cinema from Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca and has studied film directing, screenwriting and distribution with Mexican filmmakers Amat Escalante and Gibrán Portela.
He has managed and staged his original works at the Microteatro in San Miguel de Allende and taught directing, narrative filmmaking, and world cinema history at the Universidad Descartes-Chiapas (UNAM affiliated).
He is co-founder of Florestania Films, SRL, in Santo Domingo, DR.
Cinema as a way of discovering the human soul.