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. Merelo
    Director
    The Idiot
  • Juan Sebastián Mariscal
    Writer
  • Arturo Marcos Merelo
    Producer
    The Idiot
  • Eugenio De Rosa
    Producer
  • Giuseppe Provizano
    Key Cast
    "Ulises"
  • Giacomo Guarneri
    Key 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 Festival
    Syracuse, New York
    United States
    March 24, 2018
    Official Selection
  • Alternative Film Festival
    Toronto, Ontario
    Canada
    March 15, 2018
    Best Experimental Short-film
  • New Horizon Film Festival
    Voronezh
    Russian Federation
    Official Selection
  • Noida International Film Festival
    Delhi
    India
    January 28, 2018
    Official Selection
  • Mediterranean Film Festival
    Siracusa
    Italy
    Official Selection
  • EKO International Film Festival
    Lagos
    Nigeria
    Official Selection
  • Festival Internacional de cine de América
    Pachuca, Hidalgo
    Mexico
    May 25, 2018
    Mexican Premiere
    Best Fiction Short-Film
  • Food Film Fest
    Bergamo
    Italy
    June 15, 2018
    Official Selection
  • Sicily International Film Festival
    Palermo
    Italy
    May 12, 2018
    Finalist
  • CineMe
    Bristol
    United Kingdom
    June 26, 2018
    UK Premiere
    Offcial Selection
  • Festival Intravenosa
    Cali
    Colombia
    September 6, 2018
    Official Selection
  • Gastro Film Fest
    Osijek
    Croatia
    July 7, 2018
    Croatian Premiere
    2nd Best Shortfilm - Best Mounting Award
  • Semana Internacional de Cine de Autor
    Lugo
    Spain
    September 22, 2018
    Spanish Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Independent Shorts Awards
    Los Angeles
    United States
    Best Experimental Short
  • Amsterdam Lift-Off Film Festival Online 2018
    Amsterdam
    Netherlands
    Official Selection
  • Veritas Films & Fest
    Pillipsburgh
    United States
    November 14, 2018
    Official Selection
  • Video Babel
    Cusco
    Peru
    November 26, 2018
    Peruvian Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Williamsburg Independent Film Festival
    New York
    United States
    November 17, 2018
    Official Selection
  • Paraná Films Festival
    Paraná
    Argentina
    December 7, 2018
    Argentina
    Official Selection
  • 6 On Nebraska
    Cape Town
    South Africa
    December 7, 2018
    South African Premiere
    Best Experimental Film
  • Canada Shorts
    Saint John
    Canada
    December 3, 2018
    Award of Merit
  • Short Soup International Short Film Festival
    Sydney
    Australia
    January 27, 2019
    Official Selection
  • InShorts Film Festival
    Lagos
    Nigeria
    December 21, 2018
    Nigerian Premiere
    Official Selection
  • SIFF - Switzerland International Film Festival

    Switzerland
    December 17, 2018
    Switzerland Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Short Cut Festival
    Indija
    Croatia
    September 2, 2018
    Official Selection
  • International Online Web Fest
    London
    United Kingdom
    March 15, 2019
    Offcial Selection - Finalist
  • Cinespejo - Festival de Cine Poético
    Las Gabias, Granada
    Spain
    April 27, 2019
    Spanish Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Top Indie Film Awards
    Tokyo
    Japan
    February 1, 2020
    Japan Premiere
    Best Experimental Short - Nominee for Best Original Idea
  • Crown Wood International Film Festival
    Calcutta
    India
    July 13, 2019
    Official Selection
  • Buenos Aires International Film Festival
    Buenos Aires
    Argentina
    June 14, 2019
    Official Selection
  • First-Time Filmmaker Sessions
    PInewood
    United Kingdom
    May 26, 2019
    Official Selection
  • Corto e a capo
    Venticano
    Italy
    August 2, 2019
    Premio identitá e cucina
  • Aasha International Film Festival
    Nashik
    India
    September 16, 2019
    Official Selection
  • LIFFT India Filmotsav
    Pune
    India
    December 12, 2019
    Semi-finalist
  • Austin Arthouse Film Festival
    Austin, Texas
    United States
    October 21, 2019
    Semi-Finalist
  • Festival Transterritorial de Cine Underground
    Buenos Aires
    Argentina
    November 9, 2019
    Official Selection
  • BANGIFF - Bangkokthai International Film Festival
    Bangkok
    Thailand
    October 18, 2018
    Thailand Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Sinevizyon
    Alsancak
    Cyprus
    September 11, 2019
    Cyprus Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Oaxaca Film Festival
    Oaxaca
    Mexico
    November 1, 2019
    Offical Selection
  • Rome Film Awards
    Roma
    Italy
    March 12, 2024
    Best Documentary Short
Director Biography - Arturo M. Merelo

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.

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Director Statement

Cinema as a way of discovering the human soul.