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.

  • Kristina Sarkyte
    Director
    Broken, The Superstar,
  • Kristina Sarkyte
    Writer
    Broken, The Superstar,
  • Kristin Sarkyte
    Producer
    Broken, The Superstar
  • Simone Donnari
    Key Cast
  • Valentina Canonico
    Key Cast
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    28 minutes 45 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    March 24, 2021
  • Production Budget:
    10,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Italy
  • Country of Filming:
    Italy
  • Language:
    Italian
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital, 4k
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Spotlight Documentary Film Awards
    Atlanta, Georgia
    United States
    American Premiere
    Silver Award Winner
  • Rodi Disabilities International Film Festival
    Rodi
    Greece
    European premiere
    Official selection
  • Rome Prisma Film Awards
    Rome
    Italy
    April 1, 2022
    Best short Doc award
  • Clapperboard Golden Festival
    San Paolo
    Brazil
    March 9, 2022
    South America premiere
    Official selection
  • Luneburg International Documentary Film festival

    Canada
    Semi finalist
  • Mental Health international festival
    Perugia
    Italy
    September 4, 2022
    Movie invited by organizzators
  • Athens International Monthly Art Film festival
    Athens
    Greece
    Honorable Mention
  • Metropolis International Film Festival
    Milano
    Italy
    February 21, 2022
    Italy
    Selected
  • Florida Shorts
    Florida
    United States
    October 28, 2022
    Semi- finalist
  • Asti International Film Festival
    Asti
    Italy
    November 30, 2022
    selected
  • London Indie Short Festival
    London
    United Kingdom
    Semi -finalist
  • World Indie Film Award

    Best short award winner
  • Berlino Shorts Award
    Berlin
    Germany
    Semi finalist
  • Intimamente Film Festival
    Caserta
    Italy
  • Austin International Art Festival

    United States
    Semi-finalist
  • Tokyo Shorts
    Tokyo
    Japan
    Best Documentary Short
  • Brooklyn International Short Awards
    Brooklyn
    United States
    May 30, 2023
    Semi-finalist
  • Stockholm Short Festival
    Stockholma
    Sweden
    February 28, 2023
    Semi-finalist
  • Melbourne International Short Film Festival
    Melbourne
    Australia
    April 30, 2023
    Semi-finalist
  • Europa Film Festival
    Barcellona
    Spain
    March 22, 2023
    Official Selection, Finalist.
  • Lift off Filmaker Session by Lift Off Global Netork
    On line global event.
    July 13, 2023
    Official selection.
  • Serbest International Film Festival
    Kishinev
    Moldova, Republic of
    September 5, 2023
  • Spring Film Festival of Kerala
    Kerala
    India
    September 15, 2023
    Official Selection
Director Biography - Kristina Sarkyte

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.

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Director Statement

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.