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Do You See Me?
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locandina_DYSM.jpg Title: Do You See Me?
Nation: Italy
Genre: Surreal
Year: 2006
Length: 13'
Production: Hermann Film

BUY (original version - english)          COMPRA (with subtitles in italian) 



By Alessandro Abbate and Alessandro de Cristofaro. Starring: Christopher Kuckenbaker, Zlata Sakic, Twila Joselyn McDonell, Ross Martens, Brent Houston, Wade Carney. Screenplay: Alessandro Abbate. Cinematogrphy: Ross Martens. Set Design: Brent Houston. Sound: Rory Malone. Editing: Alessandro de Cristofaro. Produced and Directed by Alessandro de Cristofaro.  

Synopsis
Gilberto, the frame-maker, is happily looking at his last job, just finished. But is that woman in the photograph really moving? Is the frame a door open onto a parallel dimension? And how can we be sure about what we call "time"?

Festivals
Festival of Italian Cinema 2007 (Japan), Open Roads 2007 (USA), Golden Lion Film Festival 2007 (Swaziland), Crossing Borders 2008 (USA),Festival of Nations 2006 (Austria), Resfest 2006 (Italy), Snowyfest2006 (Australia), San Francisco Short Film Festival 2006 (USA), Salento International Film Festival 2006 (Italy), Scienceplusfiction 2006(Italy), Fiaticorti 2006(Italy), Opere Nuove Festival 2006 (Italy), FILMETS 2006 (Spain), Premio Scrittura e Immagine 2006 (Italy), Museo in Corto 2006 (Italy), Corto Dorico 2006 (Italy), Pratometraggi 2006 (Italy), Visioni Italiane 2006 (Italy), Le Trottoir in Corto 2007 (Italy), Lo Stivale Visionario 2007 (Italy), Giovani Suoni 2007 (Italy), SDSM 2007 (Italy), La Settimana Corta 2007 (Italy), Corti DaSogni 2007 (Italy), Orvietocortofest 2007 (Italy), Overlook Festival2007 (Italy), Fatfilmfest 2007 (Italy), Napoli Film Festival 2007 (Italy), Ischia Film Festival 2007 (Italy), Dams Film Festival 2007 (Italy), Festival Internacional de Cine de ELCHE 2007 (Spain), Reggio Film Festival 2007 (Italy), 41° Parallelo 2007 (USA), Festival del Cinema Italiano di Stoccolma 2007 (Sweden), Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival 2008 - CNC Italian Short Films (France), Cinema Corto in Bra 2008 (Italy), Round Festival 2008 (Italy), Maremetraggio 2008 (Italy), International Festival of Cinema and Technology 2008 (USA), Festival del Cinema Italiano 2008 (Romania).

Awards and Honourable Mentions
Silver Ribbons 2006 (Nomination – Mention for Direction), Arcipelago Film Festival 2006 (Best Young Film Editor Award - A.M.C.), Genova Film Festival 2006 (Shortvillage Award), Cortoperscelta 2006 (Best Film ex-aequo), Sannioshortfilm 2006 (Best Film), Premio Perini 2006 (Mention), ZeroTrenta 2006 (Best Cinematography), Premio Cinema e Letteratura 2006 (Best Direction), Festival 'O Curt 2007 (Best film ex-aequo), Cortoaward 2007 (Best Film), X_Science 2007 (Audience Award), Filmbreve 2007 (Best Italian Short Movie of the Year), WT Os Film Festival 2007 (Nomination), Premio Inventa Un Film 2008 (Third Place), Filmlabfestival 2008 (Best Screenplay).