2015Direction and screenplay
Canile (Kennels)
Short film, 16 minutes, Italy. Directed by Gaspare Russo and Massimiliano D’Agostino. Screenplay by Gaspare Russo, Massimiliano D’Agostino and Ilir Jacellari. Produced by Schicchera Production.
Art and cinema
Awards and appearances
Five awards won and seventeen appearances across festivals and programmes, in Italy, Albania, Kosovo, Lebanon, Tunisia and France.
The work
Awards won
| Year | Festival or institution | City and country | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Tirana International Film Festival | Tirana, Albania | Media Award | Winner |
| 2015 | Bridge Film Festival | Mitrovica, Kosovo | European short film | Winner — Best European Short Film |
| 2015 | Ortigia Film Festival, 7th edition | Syracuse, Italy | Short film competition | Winner — Audience Award |
| 2015 | Ortigia Film Festival, 7th edition | Syracuse, Italy | Short film competition | Special Mention of the jury |
| 2015 | Corto Tendenza, 3rd Short Film Festival | Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto (Messina), Italy | Artistic direction award | Winner — Artistic Direction Special Award, 9-12 July 2015 |
Video
David di Donatello 2015
«Canile» was in competition at the 2015 David di Donatello, short film category.
Festivals, markets and programmes
| Year | Festival or institution | City and country | Nature of the participation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Festival de Cannes — Short Film Corner, Marché du Film video library | Cannes, France | One of five Italian short films chosen by the Centro Nazionale del Cortometraggio and made available to international professionals. Professional presence in the market, not in the Festival’s official competition. |
| 2015 | Carthage Film Days — Italian Cinema Days | Tunisia, twelve cities | One of four Italian short films in the programme curated by MedFilm Festival and the Italian Cultural Institute, alongside works by Moretti, Sorrentino, Bellocchio and Martone. 23-28 November 2015. |
| 2015 | Cabriolet Film Festival — Italian Short Film Night | Lebanon | Screening in the selection curated by the Centro Nazionale del Cortometraggio. Sources indicate Beirut and Byblos with conflicting dates. |
| 2015 | Salento Finibus Terrae Film Festival | Salento, Italy | Selection, Corto Italia section |
| 2015 | CortoSplash | Italy | Selection, fiction and documentary section |
| 2015 | Corti in Cortile, 7th edition | Catania, Italy | Competitive section |
| 2015 | Retro Film Festival | Italy | Competitive section |
| 2015 | San Germano Film Festival | Italy | Competitive section |
| 2015 | NoCrime Film Festival | Italy | Competitive section |
| 2015 | Human Rights Film Festival | Naples, Italy | Short film competition |
| 2015 | Quaglietta Film Festival | Italy | Selection |
| 2015 | AS Film Festival — Punti di vista section | Rome, Italy | Selection, November 2015. Filmitalia records the participation as 2016. |
| 2015 | Torino Spiritualità — Corti d’autore, Cinema Massimo | Turin, Italy | Non-competitive programme |
Sources
- Festival archive for «Canile» — CinemaItaliano.info
- Centro Nazionale del Cortometraggio selection for Cannes 2015 — CinemaItaliano.info
- Italian short film at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival — Taxidrivers, May 2015
- Opening of the Carthage Film Days — ANSAmed, 23 November 2015
- 2015 edition archive — Ortigia Film Festival
- «Canile» record — Filmitalia
- Plaques, trophies and ceremony photographs — Gaspare Russo archive