A Contact
How can we live a real contact with somebody? And if it is someone with autistic syndrome? Probably the answer is inside the audiovisual art, inside the screen.
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Kristina SarkyteDirectorBroken, The Superstar,
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Kristina SarkyteWriterBroken, The Superstar,
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Kristin SarkyteProducerBroken, The Superstar
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Simone DonnariKey Cast
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Valentina CanonicoKey Cast
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Project Type:Documentary
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Runtime:28 minutes 45 seconds
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Completion Date:March 24, 2021
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Production Budget:10,000 USD
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Country of Origin:Italy
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Country of Filming:Italy
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Language:Italian
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Shooting Format:Digital, 4k
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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Spotlight Documentary Film AwardsAtlanta, Georgia
United States
American Premiere
Silver Award Winner -
Rodi Disabilities International Film FestivalRodi
Greece
European premiere
Official selection -
Rome Prisma Film AwardsRome
Italy
April 1, 2022
Best short Doc award -
Clapperboard Golden FestivalSan Paolo
Brazil
March 9, 2022
South America premiere
Official selection -
Luneburg International Documentary Film festival
Canada
Semi finalist -
Mental Health international festivalPerugia
Italy
September 4, 2022
Movie invited by organizzators -
Athens International Monthly Art Film festivalAthens
Greece
Honorable Mention -
Metropolis International Film FestivalMilano
Italy
February 21, 2022
Italy
Selected -
Florida ShortsFlorida
United States
October 28, 2022
Semi- finalist -
Asti International Film FestivalAsti
Italy
November 30, 2022
selected -
London Indie Short FestivalLondon
United Kingdom
Semi -finalist -
World Indie Film Award
Best short award winner -
Berlino Shorts AwardBerlin
Germany
Semi finalist -
Intimamente Film FestivalCaserta
Italy -
Austin International Art Festival
United States
Semi-finalist -
Tokyo ShortsTokyo
Japan
Best Documentary Short -
Brooklyn International Short AwardsBrooklyn
United States
May 30, 2023
Semi-finalist -
Stockholm Short FestivalStockholma
Sweden
February 28, 2023
Semi-finalist -
Melbourne International Short Film FestivalMelbourne
Australia
April 30, 2023
Semi-finalist -
Europa Film FestivalBarcellona
Spain
March 22, 2023
Official Selection, Finalist. -
Lift off Filmaker Session by Lift Off Global NetorkOn line global event.
July 13, 2023
Official selection. -
Serbest International Film FestivalKishinev
Moldova, Republic of
September 5, 2023 -
Spring Film Festival of KeralaKerala
India
September 15, 2023
Official Selection
2021 – “A Contact”, documentary post production.
2020 – Tutor of a young movie directors at Otranto International Movie film Festival, Italy. Realization of a short movie “Vattene”, OFF- Otranto Film Festival.
2016. “Broken”, short movie:
Goldensun short film festival-official selection;
7 th Festival Cinemator- official selection, professional cat.
Lumiere cinemaavvenire film festival;
Phoenix Film Festival Melbourne;
Arroios Film Festival, Spain;
Volves film Festival, Lithuania; and other;
2013- “The Superstar”:
35 International Cinemed film Festival, sezione Panorama.
2014- Cannes, International Film Festival, out of competition.
2014- Best Director- rivelation 3 Gold Elephant World - International Film & Musical Festival 2012- Finalist del Columbia George International Film festival 2012
2012- Winner of Honorable Mention al Mexico International Film festival
2012- Winner if Honorable Mention all’International Californian Short Film festival
Other festivals: 3 Morlupo Corto festival, 14 Festival Internazionale del Cinema di Frontiera, 9 Festival del Cortometraggio Gabriele Inguscio, 9 Sardinia International Film festival, 1 Erice Film festival, 11 CINEMADAMARE, 3 Tofla Short Film festival, 13 Festival del Cinema Indipendente di Foggia, 2 Bibbiena Film festival, in competition.
2008 –2007- “Aphros” Festival of Venezia Palace inRome, in artistic movies competition.
2004 -2005 First ID theatre peace “L’Imperatore ed Architetto d’Assiria” by Arrabal, Roma, Teatro Argot.
2003. Winner of the first place on “Fabrizio Romano Premium” , Napoli, dedicated to“Under 35” , theatrical competition.
2022-2023 -Università di Roma 3
Qualification achieved: Master's degree in Journalism, information and pubblishing.
Graduated 106/110
2010 - 2011 Cinema School “Tracce snc.”, Rome (Student of Maestro Paolo Sorrentino and Others)
Qualification achieved : Master of the II level “Movie Director”, and “Screenwriter” at the same school.
2005 - 2008
University of Rome “La Sapienza”
Qualification achieved: Specialization degree of “Arts and technics of digital performance”
Graduated on the national level
105/110
2002 m. - 2005 m.
University L’Orientale of Neaples
Qualification achieved: Bachelor of Comunication and Philosophy
Graduated on the national level 105/110
Date 1988 -2000
Name and tape of the institute and personal formation Secondary school: “Nemunas”.
Principal subjects / professional qualification, object of the studies Foreign languages
Qualification achieved Maturity 9,5/10
OTHER STUDIES
Stage of psychology: “Aspects of the figurative communication”, “Efficient communication” , “Autovaluation and concept of yourself”, “Emotion control”, “Pragmatic of communication” at University L’Orientale.
Other stages: “Laboratory of journalism”, “Music of Occident and Orient”, “The public space of the woman, the woman rights”.
Kristina Sarkyte is a Journalist since 2019, and mane partner and owner of Hyperreality snc. since 2012.
The Contact is a very important project for me. You will live my personal research inside the poetry of the audiovisual art, where the image becomes the only possible language to be able to comunicate with a different autistic children.