Corte
Short film 24 min.
Mediaart Production Coop and Schuldenberg Films, 2024
Six millennials meet renowned writer Noel Riccardi at an old workers' holiday settlement in the Italian Alps.
Noel, curious about the younger generation, invites them to join him for an evening of food, drinks, and debate.
However, the discussion soon takes a heated turn as political disagreements spark a generational clash. When tensions peak, Noel responds with a cowardly act of violence.
The following morning, another friend of the group arrives and joins Maria, who has developed an affinity for the older intellectual. Together, they pay him a visit.
"Set against a backdrop with a clear historical context and its continuity into the present, the filmmaker precisely and playfully captures a series of contradictory relationships.
Using a versatile and fluid audiovisual language, the film presents a highly contemporary dialogue and conflict.
The abrupt, violent conclusion carries a spontaneous insight, highlighting a powerful and engaging inquiry into generational and power dynamics—a humorous and daring experiment."
(Zhang Wenqian)
Written and Directed by: Magdalena Mitterhofer
Co-writer and Producer Richard Gabriel Gersch
Actors: Cassie Augusta Jørgensen, Emilio de Marchi ,Thomas Prenn, Katia Fellin, Shade Théret, Tenko Nakajima, Niklas Draeger, Edie Samland
Director of Photography: Paul Spengemann
Montage: Celine Jünger
Sound Design: Shadi Farid
Costume Design: Anna Philippa Müller
Costume Design Assistant: Sophia Mitterhofer
Set Design: Carlotta Monty Meyer
Set Design: Assistant Marian Mutschlechner
Hair Make-up: Hannah Brugger
Unit Production: Manager Luis Morat
First AC: Felix Rier
Set Sound: Shadi Farid
Gaffer: Marvin Hesse
DIT: :Celine Jünger
Graphics: Anne Dietzsch
Screenplay Consultant: Arnold Trautwein
Colour grading: Julien von Schultzendorff
Drone Operator: Manuel Schneider
Re-Recording Mixer: Lorenz Fischer
Casting: Cassandra Han
Subtitles: Nicola Baratto
Producer: Traudi Messini
Line Producer: Martina Kreuzer
Co-Producers: Fabian Altenried, Sophie Ahrens, Kristof Gerega
Production Assistance: Marlene Goetz
Produced by: Mediaart Production Coop
Co-produced by: Schuldenberg Films
In collaboration with: Dolomiti Contemporanee
Funded by: IDM Film Commission Südtirol, MBB Medienboard Berlin Brandenburg, Amt für Film und Medien - Autonome Provinz Bozen
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Mubi / Imdb
Festivals
Contemporanea Film Festival 2025
Menzione speciale / Special Mention
Recontres Internationales Paris/Berlin at Loods6 , Amsterdam 2025
HIVE International Short Film Days Berlin 2025
Adriatic Film Festival 2025
Bolzano Film Festival - Local Heroes 2025
Beijing Short Film Festival 2024
BISFF NOVA "Best Film" - Jury Award
BISFF NOVA "Best Film" - Critics Choice Award
Rencontres Internationales Paris Berlin 2024
Nominated for Moving Image Art Prize 2024
Visioni italiane - Cineteca Bologna 2024
Online Festivals
Tokyo International Short Film Festival
Museum / Gallery
'Renaissance' Museion, Bolzano 23.03.-01.09.2024
'Frey seyen und wöllen sein' Mewo Kunsthalle 22.2. - 5.10.2025
'Open House' Brücke Museum Berlin 28.- 29.06.2025
screening at bologna.cc Amsterdam 06.12.2024
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