Opening Ceremony
MOFF Godmother's Welcome
10 min.
Presentation of the 6th edition
by Davide Buzzi (Switzerland)
Music video/animation - 5 min. 43" - EN IT / sub. IT
“The Myth of the She-Wolf”
by Yash Dhruv Sawhney, Rajeev Amit Singh (India)
Documentary - 12 min. 08" - EN / sub. IT
“A collective movement of sharing”
Story of a young researcher who decided to propose sustainable agricultural techniques to small-scale sugarcane farmers in Uttar Pradesh.
by Umberto Onza (Finland)
AI Animation - 19 min. 58" - EN / sub. IT
“Finland's National Epic”
Told countless times by singers and poets, filmmakers and playwrights, why not tell it again with the help of generative artificial intelligence?
by Katia Bonaventura (Italia)
Experimental - 7 min. 10" - No dialogues
“A Story of Loss and Search”
Psychoanalytic interpretations of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale and a disused hydroelectric power plant that now awaits new life.
Block 2 - opening 9:30 pm
by Fabio Zahnd (Switzerland)
Documentary - 20 min. 31" - EN CH / sub. IT
“A Story of Hope”
An exciting journey to Kenya, where the nafasi sawa foundation opens new opportunities for orphans and semi-orphans through education.
by Jimmy Luong (USA)
Drama - 12 min. 58" - EN / sub. IT
“The Cruelty of Life”
Despite his mother's concerns, Jay remains determined to leave a lasting legacy as one of the world's greatest musicians.
by Olivia Kusijanovic (Equador)
Music video - 1 min. 54" - SP / sub. EN IT
“Pink quotas but where?”
A Fashion Film, created to highlight and de-normalize the “Pink Tax”: an unjustified additional price that all women pay to buy products exactly the same as men's, just because they are “for women.”
by Jack Haynes (UK)
Drama - 15 min. - EN / sub. IT
"Hidden Vulnerabilities”
After the painful end of a long-term engagement, a lonely banker hires an escort for a night of escapism.
by David Byron Kelley (USA)
Music video - 4 min. 42"
“Who paws more?”
Story of a farm horse who wants to go dancing at a city nightclub in 1960s Paris.
Tuesday 10th April 2025
Block 1 - opening 8 pm
by Ed Porter (USA)
Documentary - 24 min. 42" - EN / sub. IT
“Food for Today and Tomorrow”
Compelling documentary highlighting the San Joaquin Valley's vital contribution to global food production.
by Lab. Cinematografico Omissis (Italia)
Drama - 3 min. - IT
"Youth Denunciation"
Calabrians are not omertous, it is that they have no one in the institutions they can trust, and the state has often let them down or abandoned them.
by John D. Nilles (USA)
Drama - 15 min. - EN / sub. IT
“Reckoning”
Nine years after killing his friend in cold blood, Dwain returns to unearth his remains. There, in a desolate field, he comes to terms with Jay's ghost and struggles to understand his own motives.
by Patty Sway (Spagna)
Commedy - 2 min. - EN / sub. IT
“But just today..?”
A bride's nerves are on edge and her makeup artist tries to calm her down, but ...
by Adil Burak Aydın (Turkey)
Comedy - 10 min. 47" - TR / sub. EN IT
“Does it really need to matter..?”
Black humor and existential musings, exploring how we define ourselves in a world obsessed with the idea of being someone important.
Block 2 - opening 9:30 pm
by Ilya Noyabrev (Ukraine)
Dramedy - 19 min. 37" - UA / sub. EN IT
“Everlasting Love or Everlasting Life?”
The baron of the imaginary, Queen Cleopatra, the supreme Avicenna -- or us mere mortals, it makes no difference.... Love and immortality is in the hearts.
by Béla Baptiste (USA)
Spot - 0 min. 53" - FR
“Imaginary toothbrush”
You're about to watch a YouTube video or a short film at MOFF, but first you have to sit through a forced commercial...
by Philip Hofmänner, Simon Jonas Pflanzer (Switzerland)
Drama - 18 min. 41" - CH / sub. EN IT
“Human/Machine Interdependence”
In the near future, Susanna's boyfriend Marco decides to have a chip implanted in his brain because of his depression.
by Tanya O'Quinn (USA)
Drama - 30 min. - EN / sub. IT
“All About Karma”
She only wanted to be the perfect Christian wife of the perfect Christian husband; however, after discovering a New Age store...
Friday 11th April 2025
Block 1 - opening 8 pm
by Richard R. Murray (USA)
Documentary - 18 min. 01" - EN / sub. IT
“The light that illuminates the spirit”
When a new principal arrives at one of Michigan's worst schools, he seeks help from a unique company known for solving “impossible” school problems.
by Yatha Dholakia (Czech Republic)
Drama - 2 min. 47" - EN / sub. IT
“Verbal Bullying”
A group of friends get together to discuss the events of a party they all attended the night before over a joint.
by Jake Solomon (USA)
Drama - 26 min. 26" - EN / sub. IT
“Reflections of Torment”
Desperate for clean skin, Myles begins a powerful and controversial acne treatment and forced to live daily with his increasingly declining mental health.
by Nuk Suwanchote (USA)
Drama Fantasy - 13 min.45" - EN / sub. IT
“The Secret of Longevity”
An imaginary friend discovers that his only task is to bring happiness to the child assigned to him, only to find that the latter is a dying 90-year-old man.
Block 2 - opening 9:30 pm
by Seth Thompson, Hannah Sullivan (USA)
Biopic - 6 min. 14" - EN / sub. IT
“Woman Notwithstanding”
A journey through mastectomy and the resulting questions about how to define beauty, femininity, and strength.
by Amélie Ravalec (France)
Experimental - 30 min. - EN JP / sub. IT
“Mystical Journey”
In a world where art and reality collide, Miho's vivid dreams reveal the cosmic power of Architecture, uniting her with artists around the world in a desperate battle to heal the universe.
by Valérie Loewensberg (Argentina)
Drama - 20 min. - SP / sub. EN IT
“The Magic of Snow”
Isolated in a mental hospital, Cecilia dreams of a place where snow burns her skin and where she can find her lost love, Philippe.
by Francis Fa (China)
Dramma - 10 min. 21" - CIN / sub. EN IT
"Fragile as butterflies"
In a delicate dance of emotions, two young women confront their deep-seated desires and fixations, embarking on a soul-searching journey to liberate their selves.
by ahmet Serhat ak (Turkey)
Drama - 12 min. - TR / sub. EN IT
“The pencil mark...”
In trials held after the 1980 coup, the death penalty was imposed by breaking a pencil, a ritual unique to the Turkish justice system.
Saturday 12th April 2025
Block 1 - opening 14 pm
by Jaap Perenboom (Netherlands)
Documentary - 18 min. 22" - EN / sub. IT
“Beauty in a Wing Beat”
Breathtaking journey with the Blue Morpho butterfly as she navigates the dangers of the jungle in an extraordinary cycle of transformation.
by Tara Young (USA)
Comedy - 14 min. 30" - EN / sub. IT
“It's not all anger...”
A disheveled artist finds solace in the isolation of her park bench when a lone, confident traveler intrudes and sparks fly...
by Dmytro Zavora (Ukraine)
Animazione - 7 min. 20" - EN / sub. IT /
“Placebo or Poison”
Set in postwar Germany, a man goes to a pharmacy with the intention of buying poison to end his life...
by Jackson Giuricich (USA)
Comedy - 16 min. 12" - EN / sub. IT
“...role of his life?”
After being kicked out by his girlfriend, a struggling young actor finds himself as the unlikely roommate of Colleen, an older woman suffering from memory loss...
by Justin Wheelon (USA)
Documentary- 2 min. 23" - EN / sub. IT
“Within the span of an apnea...”
A journey beneath the waves, guided by an underwater photographer who touches our ecological consciences in the time of a breath.
Block 2 - opening 15:45 pm
by Colmcille Donston (USA)
Drama - 18 min. 25" - EN / sub. IT
“Youth Under Fire”
In a world where achievement means life or death, nearly 25-year-old Rhiannon has few options to save herself from a government agency created to deal with overpopulation.
by Tom Van Avermaet (Belgium)
Drama Fantasy - 30 min. - EN / sub. EN IT
“Life hardens hearts”
In the heart of a bustling metropolis, Paula, a lonely street performer, entertains people as a living statue and feels a strong attraction to Agatha, a stone sculpture she stands next to every day.
by Tim Difato (USA)
Animation - 14 min. 10" - EN / sub. IT
“The Tree of Life”
Animation showing in simple and vivid language the importance of biodiversity and the connections between all species on planet earth.
Award ceremony - beginning 6:00 pm
