Sugarless

A soldier trying to flee the battlefield finds himself stuck on a mountain slope by sniper fire. Hidden behind his small shelter, the soldier realizes he is an easy target and, unable to locate the sniper's position, decides to wait for the night to try to escape. Yet even this is not enough to distract the relentless sniper. The warmth of a memory will help the soldier survive the long, cold night on the mountain.

  • Lorenzo Bussone
    Director
    What Makes Us Human
  • Lorenzo Bussone
    Writer
    What Makes Us Human
  • Lorenzo Bussone
    Director Of Photography
    What Makes Us Human
  • Simone Dosio
    Editor, Colorist
    What Makes Us Human
  • Lorenzo Melli
    Key Cast
    "Soldier"
    What Makes Us Human
  • Paola Bortune
    Key Cast
    "Girl in white dress"
  • Millais Flower Honey
    Music
  • Project Type:
    Music Video, Student
  • Genres:
    Drama, Action
  • Runtime:
    6 minutes 25 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    July 7, 2022
  • Production Budget:
    0 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Italy
  • Country of Filming:
    Italy
  • Language:
    English, No Dialogue
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes - Lorenzo Bussone
  • Student Film Festival
    Foggia
    Italy
    Official Selection
  • Video Festival del Mare
    Civitavecchia
    Italy
    October 8, 2022
    Italian Premiere
    Best Director Award
  • Cortomontagna - Premio Leggimontagna
    Tolmezzo (UD)
    Italy
    December 3, 2022
    Official Selection
  • ILCORTO.IT Festa Internazionale di ROMA 2022
    Rome
    Italy
    Official Selection
  • Too Short To Wait (22 Glocal Film Festival preview)
    Turin
    Italy
    February 18, 2023
    Official Selection
Director Biography - Lorenzo Bussone

Born in Cirié (Turin, Italy) on January 30, 1999, he spent his early years moving between London and Mexico City, where he became passionate about cinema and English literature.
After obtaining his high school diploma, he attended the Turin Polytechnic for a year, coming into contact with the most advanced technologies in the field of robotics and automata. Here he has the opportunity to develop on his own the artificial intelligence that will appear in the first short film of the newly born Incubo Film Productions (his production company): "What makes us human"; an extended pitch trailer for a low-budget sci-fi film which premiered at the Too Short To Wait 2021 (21 Glocal Film Festival preview).
His first feature film, "Incubo", got the Special Mention Award at the Hermetic Film Festival 2020.
He is studying cinema at the University of Turin and is involved in making music videos and fashion films.

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Director Statement

Sugarless is the first single by Millais Flower Honey, a young indie-pop band from Turin, fourth placed in the "Pagella Non Solo Rock 2021". Incubo Film Productions is the name of a fictional production house behind which are hidden three cinema students from Turin University. This music video is a zero budget product involving no professional actors.

The three flowers that appear in the video represent the symbol of the band Millais Flower Honey: a pink poppy, some forget-me-nots and violets.