Every encounter is an elsewhere

Giulio works in his flower store. He is alone. Sara wanted to build a strong love, but she finds herself alone. Grief, an unexpected encounter will give Giulio the momentum to give love freely. Because love is either free or it is not love.

  • Massimo Selis
    Director
  • Massimo Selis
    Writer
  • Massimo Selis
    Producer
  • Dex Heartwood
    Animation
  • Massimo Selis
    Cinematography
  • Dex Heartwood
    Cinematography
  • Cesare Vincenti
    Music
  • Francesco Ciarfuglia
    Music
  • Daniele Guarnera
    Sound design
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Ogni incontro è un altrove
  • Project Type:
    Animation
  • Runtime:
    8 minutes 49 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    September 27, 2023
  • Country of Origin:
    Italy
  • Country of Filming:
    Italy
  • Language:
    No Dialogue
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Repton Festival

    United Kingdom
    Official selection
  • Vesuvius International Film Fest
    Naples
    Italy
    November 5, 2023
    Finalist
  • 2 11 17 International Film Festival
    Chennai
    India
    November 7, 2023
    Award Winning
  • Blue Bird Film Festival
    Kolkata
    India
    November 7, 2023
    Award Winner
  • Madrid Indie Film Festival (MADRIFF)
    Madrid
    Spain
    November 16, 2023
    Official Selection
  • Short Shot Fest
    Moscow
    Russian Federation
    November 4, 2023
    Official Selection
  • PME Festival
    Ferrara
    Italy
    Official selection
  • Hummingbird International Film Festival
    Kolkata
    India
    November 20, 2023
    Official Selection
  • Rolling Ideas
    Bucharest
    Romania
    November 15, 2023
    Best Indie Animation (Short)
Director Biography - Massimo Selis

Born in Nuoro in 1975, he moved to Cagliari where he completed the first two years of the bachelor's degree program in psychology. He continued his studies at La Sapienza University in Rome.
However, a passion for filmmaking grew in him, so he attended the one-year filmmaking course at the Professione Cinema school, where he took classes in directing, assistant directing, screenwriting, photography and production. He later graduated in Filmmaking at the New York Film Academy and specialized in cinematography at the Shot Academy in Rome.

He worked for years as an assistant director on feature films, TV series, short films and music videos, working with such productions as Sorpasso, Tao Due, Lux Vide, Immagine e Cinema, Rodeo Drive, Viacolvento, among others.

Parallel to filmmaking, he has organized numerous cultural and creative activities, projects to promote reading and creative writing, and he gives lectures both online and live on topics of art and spirituality.

Over the years he has also published numerous articles and essays for online and print journals, including Quaderni della Sapienza (Irfan edizioni), the art magazine Dionysos (Tabula Fati edizioni), L'intellettuale Dissidente, Culturelite, and Il Pensiero Forte.
He is currently editor for Giubbe Rosse News and chief editor for Idee&Azione magazine.

In 2022, he founded his production company Phausania Film. As screenwriter, director, and producer, he made the feature documentary Steps on the sea, the stop motion animated short film Every encounter is an elsewhere, and he is currently in the development stage for his new documentary.

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Director Statement

I wanted to tell the story of the beauty of giving, of gratuitousness as a response to the imperative of possession that rules our society. Because giving is life. And we did it without using words. Because giving is perhaps even more beautiful when it is silent.