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NOMOFOBIA (2018)

An afternoon like many others in the provinces of Tuscany, central Italy, has an unexpected twist when a mother decides to confiscate her teenager daughter’s
telephone.

  • Ado Hasanovic
    Director
  • Elisa Bondavalli
    Writer
  • Ado Hasanovic
    Producer
    producer
  • Elisa Bondavalli
    Producer
    co-producer
  • Fabrizio Iotti
    Producer
    co-producer
  • Nema Problema Onlus
    Producer
    co-producer
  • LISA GRANUZZA DI VITA
    Key Cast
    "Jesica"
  • TIZIANA BAGATELLA
    Key Cast
    "Marija"
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Nomofobia
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    14 minutes 43 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    August 7, 2018
  • Production Budget:
    7,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Country of Filming:
    Italy
  • Language:
    Italian
  • Shooting Format:
    ALEXA Mini 2K
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Roma International Film Festival RIFF
    Rome
    Italy
    November 17, 2018
    World
    Official Selection
  • Festival del cortometraggio Mediterraneo - Passaggi d’Autore: Intrecci Mediterranei
    Sant'Antioco
    Italy
    December 9, 2018
    Official Selection
  • Vesuvius Film Festival
    Caserta
    Italy
    December 21, 2018
    Official Selection
  • Reggio Calabria Film Fest
    Reggio Calabria
    Italy
    March 28, 2019
    Official Selection
  • Pordenone International Film Festival
    Pordenone
    Italy
    March 30, 2019
    BEST FILM - FUTURE GENERATION AWARD
  • Bosnian-Herzegovinian Film Fest
    New York
    United States
    April 13, 2019
    North American Premiere
    GOLDEN APPLE JURY AWARD - BEST SHORT FILM
  • Brussels Short Film Festival
    Bruxelles
    Belgium
    May 2, 2019
    Official Selection - Official Selection - Oscar Qualifying Film Festival
  • BUZZ International Film Festival
    Buzau
    Romania
    July 9, 2019
  • Corto Fiction
    Chianciano Terme
    Italy
    August 23, 2019
    SOCIAL AWARD FOR BEST SHORT FILM AND SPECIAL MENTION TO THE ACTRESSES TIZIANA BAGATELLA AND LISA GRANUZZA DI VITA
  • Sarajevo Film Festival
    Sarajevo
    Bosnia and Herzegovina
    August 17, 2019
    Official Selection - Oscar Qualifying Film Festival
  • Omladinski Film Festival
    Sarajevo
    Bosnia and Herzegovina
    September 7, 2019
    Official Selection
  • Jahorina Film Festival
    Pale
    Bosnia and Herzegovina
    September 28, 2019
    GOLDEN MAPLE FOR BEST SHORT FILM
  • MikroFAF - International festival of DIY and independent short film
    Belgrade
    Serbia
    October 11, 2019
    Official Selection
Director Biography - Ado Hasanovic

Ado Hasanović (Born in Srebrenica in 1986) is a Rome-based film director. Between 2008 and 2011 he served as the Creative Director of the Srebrenica Short Film Festival. He studied directing at the Sarajevo Film Academy, graduating in 2013. In 2015, he began working for the Mediterranean Short Film Festival, where he served as Art Director. In July 2017 Ado finished the prestige National Film School “Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia” in Rome, Italy. His short films Angel of Srebrenica, Blue Viking in Sarajevo, Mama, Breath of Life Srebrenica, and Nomophobia, have been shown at international film festivals and have won various awards.

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Director Statement

Nomofobia was inspired by a real fact that took place in 2015 in Italy, when a 17 years old girl murdered her mother because she had taken her telephone away and prohibited to use the computer.

“Nomofobia” is a neologism born out of the English crasis between the words “no-mobile phobia”, which literally defines the fear of not having the telephone by your side.
It might sound like a very remote disorder, but what people may ignore is that 53% of the British population are already affected by this disease.

The film is shot in a one long-take. To give a more realistic and spontaneous touch to
the story I used a hand camera to follow closely my two characters in their space. In particular, there is a moment that distinguishes itself from all the others for its ambition and complexity: for these reasons I decided to turn to small, light and easily handleable equipment. Close-ups and medium close-ups are the mainly used frames, in order to capture mother and daughter conflicting emotions. Cinematography embraces cold tones to underline the empty and dry relationship between the women and the daughter’s impersonal and virtual life. It is my intention to show these human characters for what they actually are, in both their dramatic and absurd faces: my glance will not be the one of a judge, rather a very empathic one.