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Flashes of Light

Martina comes back to the village were she's born, leaving everything behind. She carries with her a secret that the place of her origins will reveal.

  • Mattia Paone
    Director
  • Mattia Paone
    Writer
  • White Rabbit production
    Producer
  • Federica Marcone
    Key Cast
    "Martina"
  • Caterina Franchetta
    Key Cast
    "Gianna"
  • Anna Ianni
    Key Cast
    "Martina bambina"
  • Paolo Gatti
    Key Cast
    "Franco"
  • Roberta Leonzi
    Key Cast
    "Concettina"
  • Alessandro De Gregoriis
    DOP & Camera Operator
  • Mattia Paone
    Editing
  • Bruno Contin
    Soundtrack
  • Miriam Ricordi
    Soundtrack
  • Paola Palmieri
    Storyboard
  • Roberta Verzella
    Assistant Director
  • Davide Di Giuseppe
    Ciak
  • Rita Palmaricciotti
    Makeup
  • Annalisa De Ritis
    Costume
  • Manuel Felix
    Sound
  • Paolo Gatti
    Cook
  • Roberta Verzella
    Color
  • Mattia Paone
    Color
  • Silvio Scarapazzi
    Mixing & Mastering
  • Roberta Verzella
    Still photographer
  • Giulia Vernacotola
    Making of
  • Matteo Giovannini
    Making of
  • Miriam Ricordi
    Mixing e Mastering
  • Miriam Ricordi
    Sound Designer
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Bagliori
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    11 minutes 6 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    June 15, 2024
  • Production Budget:
    1,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Italy
  • Country of Filming:
    Italy
  • Language:
    Italian
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital 4K
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2.35:1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Paesi Narranti
    Navelli
    Italy
    June 29, 2024
    Abruzzo Premiere
    Official Selection 2024
  • Fuoriluogo Beach - Scerne di Pineto
    Italy
    September 1, 2024
  • First-Time Filmmaker Sessions - by Lift-Off Global Network
    Pinewood Studios
    United Kingdom
    Official Selection 2024
  • Reale Film Festival
    Milano
    Italy
    Winner Best Family Drama 2024
  • Hollywood Gold Awards
    Los Angeles
    United States
    Official Selection 2024
  • AFC Film Festival

    Italy
    November 15, 2024
    Winner Best Short Film 2024
  • Cinemaking International Film Festival
    Dhaka
    Bangladesh
    Winner 2024
  • Thilsri International Film Festival
    Tamil Nadu
    India
    Winner Critics’ Choice Award Best International Short Film 2024
  • Absurd Film Festival
    Cinisello Balsamo
    Italy
    Winner Best Screenplay 2024
  • Himachal Short Film Festival
    Himachal Pradesh
    India
    Official Selection 2024
  • Hollywood Best Indie Film Awards
    Hollywood
    United States
    Official Selection 2024
  • Dreamz Catcher International Film Festival
    Nandanpur
    India
    Winner Phenomenal Attaintment Award (Best Short) 2024
  • Makizhmithran International Film Festival
    Tamil Nadu
    India
    December 18, 2024
    Winner Honorable Mention Award (Best International Short Film) 2024
  • Majestic King International Film Festival
    Tamil Nadu
    India
    Winner Best International Short Film 2024
  • kalakari film festival
    Dewas
    India
    Official Selection 2024
  • Monza Film Fest
    Monza
    Italy
    Honorable Mention for Best Producer 2024
  • Cinematography & Photography Awards
    London
    United Kingdom
    nominee 2024
  • Antelope Valley College Independent Film Festival
    California
    United States
    March 8, 2025
    Official Selection 2025
  • Kodaikanal Film Festival
    Tamil Nadu
    India
    Winner Special Jury Award “Best International Short Film”
  • Cine Sepia Reels Carnival
    West Bengal
    India
    Winner Best Short - Remarkable Reels Award
  • Blue Bird Film Festival
    West Bengal
    India
    Honorable Mention 2025
  • All that Moves Internationa Film Festival
    San Paolo
    Brazil
    Winner Best Audio Design in a Narrative Short
  • TRILOKA INTERNATIONAL FILMFARE AWARDS
    Tamil Nadu
    India
    Winner Best Short Film
  • TRILOKA INTERNATIONAL FILMFARE AWARDS
    Tamil Nadu
    India
    Winner Special Jury Award in the category Best Director
  • IFA-Indie Film Awards
    Peshawar
    Pakistan
    February 25, 2025
    Official Selection 2025
  • Manchester Lift-Off Film Festival
    Manchester
    United Kingdom
    Official Selection 2025
  • Bangkok Movie Awards
    Bangkok
    Thailand
    Winner Bangkok Society of Film CRITICS’ AWARD
  • Crown Wood International Film Festival
    West Bengal
    India
    Official Selection 2025
  • Allentown Film Festival
    Allentown
    United States
    April 13, 2025
    Official Selection 2025
  • Krimson Horyzon International Film Festival
    West Bengal
    India
    Winner Phenomenal Attaintment Award (Best Short)
  • Kerala Short Film Festival
    Kerala
    India
    March 29, 2025
    Official Selection 2025
  • Scrittura e Immagine Short Film Festival
    Pescara
    Italy
    March 21, 2025
    Official Selection 2025
  • Austin Lift-Off Film Festival
    Austin
    United States
    Official Selection 2025
  • Palma Film Festival
    Palma
    Spain
    Official Selection 2025
  • Cannes 7th Art Awards
    Cannes
    France
    May 21, 2025
    Winner Audience Prize
  • Cannes 7th Art Awards
    Cannes
    France
    May 21, 2025
    Winner Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Caterina Franchetta
  • Mei International Film Festival
    Karnataka
    India
    June 22, 2025
    Winner Best International Short Film
  • [Story.Land] International Short Film Fest
    Plovdiv
    Bulgaria
    Official Selection 2025
  • Indie Cine Tube Awards
    West Bengal
    India
    Winner Cine Vision Award
  • 24 Hours Film Challenge
    Kolkata
    India
    Winner: Best Woman Oriented Film
  • Kookai International Film Festival
    Kerala
    India
    Winner Best Short Film
  • 24 Hours Film Challenge
    Kolkata
    India
    Winner: Best Drama Film Concept : Mattia Paone
  • 24 Hours Film Challenge
    Kolkata
    India
    Winner: Best Short Film Script: Mattia Paone
  • 24 Hours Film Challenge
    Kolkata
    India
    Winner. Best Talented Filmmaker: Mattia Paone
  • 24 Hours Film Challenge
    Kolkata
    India
    Winner: Best Cinematographer: Alessandro De Gregoriis
  • Pune Short Film Festival
    Pune
    India
    Official Selection 2025
  • ICELAND Land of Cinema Film Festival

    Iceland
    Official Indie Selection
  • Capri Film Meeting Awards 2025
    Capri
    Italy
    Official Selection 2025 Best Artist of the Year
  • Premio Tortoreto alla Cultura 2025
    Tortoreto
    Italy
    June 7, 2025
    3th classified
  • Writers Guild Award
    Los Angeles
    United States
    Official Selection 2025 Top 100 Writers of the Year
  • Palais des Festivals during the Cannes Film Festival at a special screening of the Cannes 7th Art Awards festival at the Marché du Film
    Cannes
    France
    May 21, 2025
    Winner Audience Prize & Best Actress in a Supporting Role
  • Cambridge Short Film Festival
    Cambridge
    United Kingdom
    Nominee
  • Filmmakers of the Future
    New York
    United States
    Official Selection 2025 Filmmakers of the Future
  • Festival Passport
    Sydney
    Australia
    Official Selection 2025
  • MEGAF – Media Green Art Festival
    Pantelleria
    Italy
    July 10, 2025
    Official Selection 2025
  • New Jersey Film Awards
    New Jersey
    United States
    Finalist
  • New Jersey Film Awards
    New Jersey
    United States
    Nomination Best Actress: Anna Ianni
  • New Jersey Film Awards
    New Jersey
    United States
    Nomination Best Cinematography: Alessandro De Gregoriis
  • New Jersey Film Awards
    New Jersey
    United States
    Nomination Best Original Score: Bruno Contin & Miriam Ricordi
  • New Jersey Film Awards
    New Jersey
    United States
    Winner: Best International Short
  • New Jersey Film Awards
    New Jersey
    United States
    Winner: Best Sound Design: Miriam Ricordi
  • Festival degli Argocorti
    Roma
    Italy
    November 26, 2025
    Teatro Basilica (San Giovanni in Laterano)
    finalist (attestato di merito)
  • Three M Film Awards

    Official Selection 2025
  • World Actors Guild Awards

    Official Selection 2025
  • "GOLD APOLLO AWARD" Santa Marinella Short Film Festival
    Santa Marinella
    Italy
    July 25, 2025
    Official Selection 2025
  • New York Lift-Off Film Festival
    New York
    United States
    Official Selection 2025
  • Special Event in Venice – 8 & Halfilm Awards

    BEST ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER
  • Palm Springs International Indie Film Awards 2025

    Official Selection 2025
  • The Visionary Film Project

    Official Selection 2025
  • Voci tra cielo e terra - I colori del territorio
    Spoltore
    Italy
    June 19, 2025
  • Cult Movies International Film Festival

    United Kingdom
    Winner Best Short Drama
  • Rameshwaram International Film Festival
    Tamil Nadu
    India
    July 30, 2025
    Winner Best International Competition
  • Premio Nazionale del Cinema Indipendente

    Official Selection 2025
  • Travancore International Film Awards (TIFA)
    Kerala
    India
    Winner Best Make Up Rita Palmaricciotti
  • Travancore International Film Awards (TIFA)
    Kerala
    India
    Winner Best Mix & Mastering Silvio Scarapazzi
  • Travancore International Film Awards (TIFA)
    Kerala
    India
    Winner Best Costume Annalisa De Ritis
  • San Francisco Film Achievement Awards
    San Francisco
    United States
    BEST EUROPEAN SCREENPLAY 2025 (Category: Narrative Short)
  • San Francisco Film Achievement Awards
    San Francisco
    United States
    BEST ORIGINAL INDIE DIRECTOR
  • San Francisco Film Achievement Awards
    San Francisco
    United States
    BEST EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER
  • Special Event in Toronto
    Toronto
    Canada
    Official Selection 2025
  • 1984 Film Awards
    London
    United Kingdom
    Winner BEST EUROPEAN SHORT FILM 2025
  • INDIAN MOVIE AWARDS
    Kolkata
    India
    Official Selection 2025
  • Best Screenwriter 2025

    Official Selection 2025
  • SWEET DEMOCRACY FILM AWARDS

    Official Selection 2025
  • Silicon Valley Film Experience
    Silicon Valley
    United States
    BEST EUROPEAN SCREENPLAY 2025 (Category: Narrative Short)
  • Silicon Valley Film Experience
    Silicon Valley
    United States
    BEST ORIGINAL INDIE DIRECTOR
  • Silicon Valley Film Experience
    Silicon Valley
    United States
    BEST EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER
  • Independent Artist with Highest Commercial Potential

    Official Selection 2025
  • Indo Dubai International Film Festival
    Dubai
    United Arab Emirates
    Winner Best International Short Film
  • Los Angeles Lift-Off Film Festival
    Los Angeles
    United States
    Official Selection 2025
  • Woodstock International Film Awards
    Salt Lake City
    United States
    Official Selection 2025
  • California Foreign Press Film Awards

    WINNER BEST ORIGINAL NARRATIVE SHORT
  • California Foreign Press Film Awards

    WINNER BEST INDIE PRODUCER
  • California Foreign Press Film Awards

    WINNER BEST EUROPEAN INDIE FILMMAKER
  • Natural Born Artist
    Manhattan
    United States
    BEST EUROPEAN FILMMAKER
  • Dreams Film Awards
    Sydney
    Australia
    Winner BEST INDIE PRODUCER
  • Dreams Film Awards
    Sydney
    Australia
    Winner BEST ORIGINAL IDEA
  • Dreams Film Awards
    Sydney
    Australia
    Winner EUROPEAN SHORT FILM 2025
  • Venice Global Indie Critics’ Showcase

    Official Selection 2025
  • Pulitzer-style Indie Film Prize

    Official Selection 2025
  • Asian Oscar Film Critics Awards 2025

    BEST ORIGINAL NARRATIVE SHORT
  • Asian Oscar Film Critics Awards 2025

    BEST INDIE PRODUCER
  • Asian Oscar Film Critics Awards 2025

    BEST EUROPEAN INDIE FILMMAKER
  • BEST INTERCONTINENTAL INNOVATION DISTRIBUTION AWARDS

    Finalist
  • ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA
    Hollywood
    United States
    BEST EUROPEAN NARRATIVE SHORT 2025
  • ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA
    Hollywood
    United States
    BEST ORIGINAL DIRECTOR
  • Kobani International Film Festival
    Bochum
    Germany
    Quarter-Finalist
  • Leading Figures in Contemporary Independent Cinema

    Official Selection 2025
  • Golden Shell Awards
    Tamil Nadu
    India
    Nominee
  • Video Green Bag
    Pescara
    Italy
    June 19, 2025
  • 6th-RIFF-Roshani International Film Festival-2024
    Aurangabad
    India
    Winner Best Short Film Award (Below 15 min)
  • International Association Of Screenwriters and Directors

    Official Selection 2025
  • Indie Golden Globes - Summer Edition

    Official Selection 2025
  • Ferrara Film Festival
    Ferrara
    Italy
    Finalist
  • FILMMAKERS of The Future 2025

    BEST ORIGINAL NARRATIVE SHORT
  • FILMMAKERS of The Future 2025

    BEST INDIE PRODUCER
  • FILMMAKERS of The Future 2025

    BEST EUROPEAN INDIE FILMMAKER
  • Orange International Film Festival
    Catania
    Italy
    Official Selection 2025
  • Telluride Indie Film Festival
    Colorado
    United States
    BEST EUROPEAN NARRATIVE SHORT 2025
  • Telluride Indie Film Festival
    Colorado
    United States
    BEST ORIGINAL DIRECTOR
  • PARIS International Press Awards
    Parigi
    France
    Official Selection 2025
  • Monaco Film Meeting
    Monaco
    Monaco
    Official Selection 2025
  • Yagi Media Shorts Awards
    Roma
    Italy
    Official Selection 2025
  • Edinburgh Future Cinema Festival

    Official Selection 2025
  • Rimini International Indie Film Awards
    Rimini
    Italy
    Official Selection 2025
  • Special Event in Toronto

    BEST EUROPEAN DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
  • Official Toronto Guide 2025

    Official Selection 2025
  • Stockholm Film Friends Awards 2025

    Official Selection 2025
  • Indie Emmy Awards

    BEST EUROPEAN INDIE NARRATIVE SHORT
  • Indie Emmy Awards

    BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT
  • Alibag Short Film Festival
    Alibag
    India
    Official Selection 2025
  • Chicago New Directors New Screenwriters Awards
    Chicago
    United States
    BEST EUROPEAN NARRATIVE SHORT
  • Chicago New Directors New Screenwriters Awards
    Chicago
    United States
    BEST INDIE PRODUCER
  • Chicago New Directors New Screenwriters Awards
    Chicago
    United States
    BEST EUROPEAN INDIE FILMMAKER
  • European Indie Film Critics Awards

    BEST EUROPEAN INDIE NARRATIVE SHORT
  • European Indie Film Critics Awards

    BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT
  • ASIAN INTERNATIONAL FILMFARE AWARDS
    West Bengal
    India
    Honorable Mention
  • LOS ANGELES Best Indie Sets of the Year & New Visions in Cinema
    Los Angeles
    United States
    Winner BEST PRODUCER (Category: International Short Film)
  • LOS ANGELES Best Indie Sets of the Year & New Visions in Cinema
    Los Angeles
    United States
    Winner BEST DIRECTOR (Category: International Short Film)
  • LOS ANGELES Best Indie Sets of the Year & New Visions in Cinema
    Los Angeles
    United States
    Most Innovative Artist of the Year
  • Miami International Young Cinema Awards
    Miami
    United States
    Official Selection 2025
  • LONDON UNDERGROUND FILM CRITICS AWARDS
    London
    United Kingdom
    BEST EUROPEAN NARRATIVE SHORT
  • LONDON UNDERGROUND FILM CRITICS AWARDS
    London
    United Kingdom
    BEST INDIE PRODUCER
  • LONDON UNDERGROUND FILM CRITICS AWARDS
    London
    United Kingdom
    BEST EUROPEAN INDIE FILMMAKER
  • DIARIO ITALIANO Script Awards
    Roma
    Italy
    BEST ORIGINAL SHORT FILM
  • DIARIO ITALIANO Script Awards
    Roma
    Italy
    BEST EUROPEAN DIRECTOR
  • DIARIO ITALIANO Script Awards
    Roma
    Italy
    BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY SHORT
  • DIARIO ITALIANO Script Awards
    Roma
    Italy
    BEST INDIE PRODUCER
  • Foreign Press Prize – Autumn in Cannes
    Cannes
    France
    Official Selection 2025
  • SPRING FILM FESTIVAL OF KERALA
    Trivandrum
    India
    Winner Best Women Oriented Film
  • Family Film Festival
    Napoli
    Italy
    Finalist
  • SOCIAL FILM FESTIVAL ARTELESIA BENEVENTO
    Napoli
    Italy
    Official Selection 2025
  • NEW HORIZONS OF CINEMA
    Beverly Hills
    United States
    BEST EUROPEAN NARRATIVE SHORT
  • NEW HORIZONS OF CINEMA
    Beverly Hills
    United States
    BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
  • FILM GRAMMY AWARDS

    Official Selection 2025
  • MIA – the Rome International Audiovisual Market
    Roma
    Italy
    Official Selection 2025
  • International Society of Film Critics Awards

    BEST EUROPEAN INDIE NARRATIVE SHORT
  • International Society of Film Critics Awards

    BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT
  • HOLLYWOOD ARTHOUSE
    Santa Monica
    United States
    BEST EUROPEAN NARRATIVE SHORT
  • HOLLYWOOD ARTHOUSE
    Santa Monica
    United States
    BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
  • 8 & Halfilm Awards Special Event in Las Vegas
    Las Vegas
    United States
    Official Selection 2025
  • STANLEY FILM AWARDS
    Londra
    United Kingdom
    BEST ORIGINAL NARRATIVE SHORT (Category: Short Film)
  • STANLEY FILM AWARDS
    Londra
    United Kingdom
    BEST ORIGINAL MOVIEMAKER (Category: Short Film)
  • STANLEY FILM AWARDS
    Londra
    United Kingdom
    BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (Category: Short Film)
  • Egyptian American Film Festival
    Brooklyn
    United States
    Official Selection 2025
  • Golden Anthology: The Year’s Best Authors
    Los Angeles
    United States
    Official Selection 2025
  • Worldwide Film Promotion Awards 2025

    BEST ORIGINAL NARRATIVE SHORT (Category: Short Film)
  • Worldwide Film Promotion Awards 2025

    BEST ORIGINAL MOVIEMAKER (Category: Short Film)
  • Worldwide Film Promotion Awards 2025

    BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (Category: Short Film)
  • Goa Short Film Festival

    India
    Official Selection 2025
  • MTPIFF – Montpellier Independent Film Festival
    Montpellier
    France
    Official Selection 2025
  • The Edgar Allan Poe International Screenwriter Awards
    Boston
    United States
    BEST EUROPEAN NARRATIVE SHORT
  • The Edgar Allan Poe International Screenwriter Awards
    Boston
    United States
    BEST INDIE CINEMATOGRAPHER
  • The Edgar Allan Poe International Screenwriter Awards
    Boston
    United States
    BEST SCREENWRITER
  • Paris New Cinema Film Awards
    Parigi
    France
    BEST SHORT FILM
  • Indie OSCAR - UK Edition

    BEST EUROPEAN SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR
  • Indie OSCAR - UK Edition

    BEST EUROPEAN ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR
  • From VENICE to AMERICAN FM
    Los Angeles
    United States
    BEST ORIGINAL NARRATIVE SHORT (Category: Short Film)
  • From VENICE to AMERICAN FM
    Los Angeles
    United States
    BEST ORIGINAL MOVIEMAKER (Category: Short Film)
  • From VENICE to AMERICAN FM
    Los Angeles
    United States
    BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (Category: Short Film)
  • WASHINGTON DC FILM FACTORY AWARDS – SPECIAL EVENT 2025
    Washington
    United States
    BEST ARTHOUSE NARRATIVE SHORT 2025
  • WASHINGTON DC FILM FACTORY AWARDS – SPECIAL EVENT 2025
    Washington
    United States
    BEST FILMMAKER
  • WASHINGTON DC FILM FACTORY AWARDS – SPECIAL EVENT 2025
    Washington
    United States
    BEST CAMERA OPERATOR
  • Brooklyn Pizza Film Festival
    Brooklyn
    United States
    BEST INDIE NARRATIVE SHORT
  • Brooklyn Pizza Film Festival
    Brooklyn
    United States
    BEST ARTHOUSE CINEMATOGRAPHER
  • Brooklyn Pizza Film Festival
    Brooklyn
    United States
    BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT
  • Focus On The Author
    Los Angeles
    United States
    BEST EUROPEAN MOVIEMAKER
  • Focus On The Author
    Los Angeles
    United States
    BEST INDIE NARRATIVE SHORT FILM
  • Focus On The Author
    Los Angeles
    United States
    BEST EDITING
  • INDIAN DIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL FILMFARE AWARDS
    Kolkata
    India
    official selection: Best Actress Federica Marcone
  • West Bengal Short Film Festival
    West Bengal
    India
    Official Selection 2025
  • UpLift
    Colchester
    United Kingdom
    Official Selection 2025
  • Salt Lake City Independent Distributors Awards
    Salt Lake City
    United States
    BEST INDI SHORT FILM (Category: Indie Short Film)
  • Salt Lake City Independent Distributors Awards
    Salt Lake City
    United States
    BEST EUROPEAN FILMMAKER (Category: Indie Short Film)
  • Salt Lake City Independent Distributors Awards
    Salt Lake City
    United States
    BEST CAST (Category: Indie Short Film)
  • Van Gogh Cinema Awards
    Amsterdam
    Netherlands
    BEST ORIGINAL NARRATIVE SHORT(Category: Short Film)
  • Van Gogh Cinema Awards
    Amsterdam
    Netherlands
    BEST ORIGINAL MOVIEMAKER(Category: Short Film)
  • Van Gogh Cinema Awards
    Amsterdam
    Netherlands
    BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (Category: Short Film)
  • Sunset Boulevard Filmmaker Fest
    Los Angeles
    United States
    BEST ORIGINAL SHORT FILM 2025
  • Sunset Boulevard Filmmaker Fest
    Los Angeles
    United States
    BEST INDIE MOVIEMAKER OF THE YEAR
  • The Little Croco Festival

    Official Selection 2025
  • Geneva International Critics’ Week Prize
    Geneva
    Switzerland
    BEST ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER 2025 (Category: International Narrative Short)
  • Geneva International Critics’ Week Prize
    Geneva
    Switzerland
    BEST EUROPEAN SCREENPLAY SHORT
  • Northwest Independent Film Critics Awards
    Seattle
    United States
    Official Selection 2025
  • Berlin Screening Awards
    Berlino
    Germany
    BEST EUROPEAN NARRATIVE SHORT FILM
  • Berlin Screening Awards
    Berlino
    Germany
    BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR
  • Berlin Screening Awards
    Berlino
    Germany
    BEST SOUNDTRACK
  • EFM
    Berlino
    Germany
    Official Selection 2025
  • Burbank, California Cinematic Hall of Fame
    California
    United States
    BEST EUROPEAN NARRATIVE SHORT (Category: Short Film)
  • Burbank, California Cinematic Hall of Fame
    California
    United States
    BEST ORIGINAL MOVIEMAKER (Category: Short Film)
  • Burbank, California Cinematic Hall of Fame
    California
    United States
    BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (Category: Short Film)
  • 6TH ONE LEAF INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

    India
    Best Short Film
  • 6TH ONE LEAF INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

    India
    Best Screenplay
  • 6TH ONE LEAF INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

    India
    Best Actor – Special Mention
  • 6TH ONE LEAF INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

    India
    Best Producer
  • 6TH ONE LEAF INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

    India
    Best Original Story
  • 6TH ONE LEAF INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

    India
    Best Actress
  • 6TH ONE LEAF INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

    India
    Best Director – Drama Film
  • GLOBAL Film Indie Critics Association Awards

    Official Selection 2025
  • Amalfi CineCrossroads
    Amalfi
    Italy
    BEST EUROPEAN INDIE SHORT FILM 2025
  • Directors Guild of the World (DGW) Awards
    Oakland
    United States
    Official Selection 2025
  • AMDb Awards 2026
    Tribeca
    United States
    Official Selection 2025
  • Malta International Seventh Art Awards 2025
    Valletta
    Malta
    BEST EUROPEAN ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR (Category: Short Film)
  • Malta International Seventh Art Awards 2025
    Valletta
    Malta
    BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SHORT FILM (Category: Short Film)
  • Malta International Seventh Art Awards 2025
    Valletta
    Malta
    BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY SHORT (Category: Short Film)
  • Malta International Seventh Art Awards 2025
    Valletta
    Malta
    BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER (Category: Short Film)
  • Vatican City Global Film Awards
    Città del Vaticano
    Italy
    BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE NARRATIVE SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR
  • Rome Film Critics Awards
    Roma
    Italy
    Official Selection 2025
  • First Shortlist of the Indie Oscar 2026

    Official Selection 2025
  • LWIFF | Lonely Wolf
    London
    United Kingdom
    Semi-Finalist
  • SPAIN FREEDOM FILM FESTIVAL
    Siviglia
    Spain
    BEST EUROPEAN SHORT FILM 2025
  • SPAIN FREEDOM FILM FESTIVAL
    Siviglia
    Spain
    BEST INDIE FILMMAKER
  • Detroit Film Network Awards
    Detroit
    United States
    Official Selection 2025
  • Michelangelo Film Critics Awards

    BEST EUROPEAN DIRECTOR (Category: INDIE SHORT FILM 2025)
  • Michelangelo Film Critics Awards

    BEST PRODUCER (Category: INDIE SHORT FILM 2025)
  • Gatsby Awards
    San Jose
    United States
    Official Selection 2025
  • Broadway Christmas Film Awards
    Manhattan
    United States
    BEST EUROPEAN NARRATIVE SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR (Category: Short Film)
  • Broadway Christmas Film Awards
    Manhattan
    United States
    BEST INDIE MOVIEMAKER (Category: Short Film)
  • Arthouse Directors Guild of America Film Contest
    Orlando
    United States
    BEST ORIGINAL NARRATIVE SHORT (Category: Short Film)
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    Orlando
    United States
    BEST ORIGINAL MOVIEMAKER (Category: Short Film)
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    Orlando
    United States
    BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (Category: Short Film)
  • Vienna New Stories Film Prize
    Vienna
    Austria
    BEST INTERNATIONAL EUROPEAN NARRATIVE SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR
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    Vienna
    Austria
    BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT
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    Vienna
    Austria
    BEST INDIE DIRECTOR
  • Saint-Tropez Golden Film Critics Awards
    Costa Azzurra
    France
    BEST INDIE SCREENPLAY SHORT 2026
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    Costa Azzurra
    France
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    Costa Azzurra
    France
    BEST INDIE FILMMAKER
  • Rebel Hollywood Movie Awards 2026
    Hollywood
    United States
    Official Selection 2026
  • Mulholland Drive Global Screenwriter Contest
    Los Angeles
    United States
    BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM 2026
  • Mulholland Drive Global Screenwriter Contest
    Los Angeles
    United States
    BEST SOUNDTRACK
  • Mulholland Drive Global Screenwriter Contest
    Los Angeles
    United States
    BEST INDIE FILMMAKER
  • Tulip International Film Festival
    Rotterdam
    Netherlands
    Official Selection 2026
  • Indie Golden Globes 2026
    Los Angeles
    United States
    BEST ORIGINAL SHORT FILM 2026
  • Leonardo da Vinci Critics’ Film Awards
    Mantova
    Italy
    Official Selection 2026
  • Alaska Film & Series Festival
    Anchorage (Alaska)
    United States
    Official Selection 2026
  • Shakespeare Film Golden Gala in Venice
    Venezia
    Italy
    BEST SHORT FILM 2026
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    Venezia
    Italy
    BEST EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER
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    Venezia
    Italy
    BEST INDIE MOVIEMAKER
  • Australian Oscar in Melbourne
    Melbourne
    Australia
    Official Selection 2026
  • Jean-Luc Godard Awards
    Cannes
    France
    BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE SHORT FILM 2026
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    Cannes
    France
    BEST INDIE SCREENPLAY SHORT 2026
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    Cannes
    France
    BEST INDIE PRODUCER
  • JLG Archive
    Cannes
    France
    Official Selection 2026
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    Official Selection 2026
  • Cortomontagna - Premio Leggimontagna
    Tolmezzo
    Italy
    Official Selection 2026
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    Valletta
    Malta
    Official Selection 2026
  • NEW STAR FILM AWARDS 2026

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    Palm Springs
    United States
    Official Selection 2026
  • Cine Tour Film Critics Awards 2026
    Torino
    Italy
    BEST INDIE DIRECTOR (Category: Indie Narrative Short) 2026
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    Torino
    Italy
    BEST EDITING (Category: Indie Narrative Short) 2026
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    Torino
    Italy
    BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: Indie Narrative Short) 2026
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    Los Angeles
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    Official Selection 2026
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    Lago di Como
    Italy
    Official Selection 2026
  • Athens Film Grand Prix
    Atene
    Greece
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    Atene
    Greece
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    San Francisco
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    Official Selection 2025
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    Kolkata
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    Remarkable Reels Award
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    Hollywood
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    Hollywood
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    New York
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    New York
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    Official Selection 2026
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    Phoenix
    United States
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    Phoenix
    United States
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    Bruxelles
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    Official Selection 2026
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    Jalgoan
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    Best Short Film Award
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    Hollywood
    United States
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    Hollywood
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    Parigi
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    Official Selection 2026
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    Londra
    United Kingdom
    Official Selection 2026
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    Florida
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    Official Selection 2026
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    Hollywood
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    Official Selection 2026
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    Berlino
    Germany
    Official Selection 2026
  • Emirates International Film and Audiovisual Festival
    Dubai
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    Official Selection 2026
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    Cannes
    France
    Official Selection 2026
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    Londra
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    BEST ORIGINAL SHORT FILM 2026
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    Londra
    United Kingdom
    BEST EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER
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    United Kingdom
    BEST INDIE DIRECTOR
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    Lione
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    Siena
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    Lisbona
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    Official Selection 2026
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    India
    Best Director – Special Award
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    India
    Best Story – Special Award
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    India
    Best Screenplay
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    India
    Best Short Film – Award of Distinction
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    India
    Best Actress – Award of Distinction
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    India
    Best Actor – Mastery Award
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    India
    Best Drama
  • LBD Liverpool Best Director
    Liverpool
    United Kingdom
    BEST EUROPEAN SHORT FILM 2026
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    Official Selection 2026
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    Bangkok
    Thailand
    Nominee
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    Vancouver
    Canada
    BEST EUROPEAN INDIE FILMMAKER 2026 (Category: European Narrative Short)
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    Vancouver
    Canada
    BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: European Narrative Short)
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    Basel
    Sweden
    Official Selection 2026
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    Manhattan
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    Official Selection 2026
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    Cannes
    France
    Official Selection 2026
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    Los Angeles
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    Official Selection 2026
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    Milano
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    Official Selection 2026
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    Monaco
    Monaco
    Official Selection 2026
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    Salonicco
    Greece
    Official Selection 2026
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    San Jose
    United States
    Official Selection 2026
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    Tokyo
    Japan
    Official Selection 2026
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    Firenze
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    Official Selection 2026
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    Cannes
    France
    Official Selection 2026
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    Buenos Aires
    Argentina
    Official Selection 2026
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    Principato di Monaco
    Monaco
    Official Selection 2026
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    Official Selection 2026
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    Official Selection 2026
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    Tribeca
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    Normandia
    France
    Official Selection 2026
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    Firenze
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    Official Selection 2026
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    Brno
    Czechia
    Winner
  • Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Film Awards
    Los Angeles
    United States
    Official Selection 2026
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    Amsterdam
    Netherlands
    Official Selection 2026
  • ABAFTA Summer Fest
    Londra
    United Kingdom
    Official Selection 2026
  • Independent Critics’ Week Awards
    Copenhagen
    Denmark
    Official Selection 2026
  • Within the Family International Festival of Family and Children's Films
    Mosca
    Russian Federation
    Official Selection 2026
  • Hong Kong Film & Screenplay Awards 2026
    Hong Kong
    China
    Official Selection 2026
  • The Film Tony Awards
    New Orleans
    United States
    Official Selection 2026
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    Venezia
    Italy
    Official Selection 2026
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    Atene
    Greece
    Official Selection 2026
  • Under the Spotlight: Independent Creators Awards
    Atlanta
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    Official Selection 2026
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    Parigi
    France
    Official Selection 2026
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    Cannes
    France
    Official Selection 2026
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    Cannes
    France
    Official Selection 2026
  • IDIFA – Independence Day International Film Awards
    Washington D.C.
    United States
    Official Selection 2026
  • 6th- Reels International film festival
    Maharashtra
    India
    Best Short Film Award (15 min. Below)
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    Maharashtra
    India
    Best Director Award
  • The Directors’ Hall Of Fame 2026
    Los Angeles
    United States
    Official Selection 2026
  • TORONTO TALENTS 2026
    Toronto
    Canada
    Official Selection 2026
  • Vietnam International Movie Awards
    Hanoi
    Vietnam
    Official Selection 2026
  • Foreign Press Film Awards
    Cannes
    France
    Finalist
  • 8 & Halfilm Awards, Special Event in Venice
    Venezia
    Italy
    Official Selection 2026
Director Biography - Mattia Paone

Mattia Paone was born in Abruzzo on January 26, 1988.

Since he was a child he became passionate about cinema, later on he will realize that his dream is to be a filmmaker.

After his graduation he enrolled in a drama course; meanwhile he was writing his first feature film: “Verde di mezzanotte”, due in 2014.

In 2015 he made the short film “Aglio Rosso” as a thesis for a film school in Abruzzo.

Between 2017 and 2019 he moved to Rome to attend a film school specializing in screenwriting and directing. During that time he made several shorts: “Memories”, “Il pomeriggio con Sandro”, “Il tempo dell’anima”, “Il cancello” (documentary), “Dark Night”, “Il gioco” and “Un bel sogno” (documentary).

Now he makes self-produced shorts: in 2020 “Cose vecchie”, “Jeunesse” (an advertising spot), “La bellezza delle cose” and the videoclip “For All the love”.

In 2022 “AVIO”, sf short, in 2024 “Bagliori”.

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Director Statement

Bagliori is something that we have inside us from birth and that we carry with us throughout our lives, something profound that despite distances and time returns cyclically.