2019 Programme

Watch our post-screening Q&A sessions from the inaugural UNICEF Innocenti film festival 25-27 October (playlist):

Films color coded by film category:

All films will be presented at Cinema La Compagnia, Via Cavour 50R, Florence, Italy

All are original language films, with English and Italian subtitles.

*Parental discretion advised/Visione accompagnata da un adulto.

25 October

19:15 Official festival opening/Apertura del Festival

• PLUS ONE, short documentary/breve documentario, Directed by Abdullah Şahin, Turkey/Turchia.
• LES ENFANTS DU RIVAGE, short drama/cortometraggio drammatico, Directed by Amelia Nanni, Belgium/Belgio
• HENDI AND HORMOZ, feature drama/ lungometraggio, Directed by Abbas Amini, Iran

22:00  Q & A with filmmakers/A tu per tu con il regista

26 October

11:00  Early programme/Matinée

• TAHANAN, animation/animazione, Directed by Demetrio E. Celestino III, Philippines/ Filippine
• THAALA, feature drama/lungometraggio, Directed byPalitha Perera, Sri Lanka

15:00  Around the world  

• WINGED MIRACLE, short drama/cortometraggio drammatico, Directed by Zahra Mirrza, Azerbaijan
• EUROPEAN PREMIERE: THEMBA, short drama/cortometraggio drammatico, Directed by Sara Momtazian, Sudafrica/South Africa
• THE ENDLESS, animation/animazione, Directed by Yu Hoi Yan, Hong Kong SAR
• METASTASISES, short drama/ cortometraggio drammatico, Directed by Felix Kalaivanan, Austria
• COMETA EN ÓRBITA, short documentary/breve documentario, Directed by Naya Kuu, Ecuador

17:00  Afternoon programme/Pomeriggio al cinema

• SINCERELY ANTHONY, animation/animazione, Directed by Max Shoham, Canada
• LANE 4, feature drama/lungometraggio, Directed by Emiliano Cunha, Brazil/Brasile*

19:00  Prime-time shorts/Cortometraggi in prima serata

• EUROPEAN PREMIERE: TANGO, short drama/cortometraggio drammatico, Directed by Inkar Karim, Kazakistan
• WORLD PREMIERE: THE MATTRESS, short drama/cortometraggio drammatico, Directed by Neo Monyamane, Sufafrica/South Africa
• AMIR ALI, short drama/cortometraggio drammatico, Directed by Shiva Ghanbarian, Iran
  20:15  Q&A with filmmakers/A tu per tu con il regista

21:00 Feature presentation/Lungometraggio

• EVERYTHING’S FINE, animation/animazione, Directed by Katy Daft and Ellie Boll, UK/Regno Unito
• THE HUNGRY LION, feature drama/lungometraggio, Directed by Takaomi Ogata, Japan*

22:30  Q&A with filmmakers/A tu per tu con il regista

27 October

11:00  Early programme/Matinée

• OUR REALITY IS HAPPY, short documentary/breve documentario, Directed by Aniyah Faisal, Pakistan
• CLEATS, short drama/cortometraggio drammatico, Abdullah Şahin, Turkey/Turchia
• BUDDHA IN AFRICA, feature documentary/Lungometraggio documentario, Nicole Schafer, South Africa/Sudafrica

15:00  Around the world

• WORLD PREMIERE: SOPHIA RISING, documentario breve/short documentary, regista/Directed by Sophia Lesiapadei, Kenya
• CROSSFIRE, short drama/cortometraggio drammatico, Directed by Andrea Curbelo, Columbia
• MINOR’S HOPE, feature documentary/lungometraggio documentario, Directed by Mohamed Kenawi, Italy/Italia
• SISTER, short documentary/breve documentario, Directed by Nguyen Nhat Duy, Vietnam

17:00  Prime-time shorts/Cortometraggi in prima serata

• RISE FROM THE TIDE, short drama/cortometraggio drammatico, Directed by Yang Liu and XU Mingsheng, China/Cina
• MIST OF THE PAST, short drama/cortometraggio drammatico, Directed by Christian Banisreal, Indonesia
• HAPPY BIRTHDAY, short drama/cortometraggio drammatico, Directed by Layth Daham, Iraq

20:15  Q&A with filmmakers/A tu per tu con il regista

19:00  Feature presentation/Lungometraggio

• LOLO, short drama/ cortometraggio drammatico, Directed by Leandro Goddinho and Paolo Menezes, Germany/Germania
• ITALIAN PREMIERE: ANBESSA, lungometraggio documentario / feature documentary, regista/Directed by Mo Scarpelli, Etiopia/Ehtiopia

21:00  Q&A with filmmakers/A tu per tu con il regista

21:30  Parting shots/Proiezione finale

• ØDELAGT, animation/animazione, Directed by Eduarda Duarte, Portugal/Portogallo
• KRESALA, short drama/cortometraggio drammatico, Directed by June Laka, Spain/Spagna
• MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE, feature documentary/lungometraggio documentario, Directed by Sammy Hossenny and Alexandre Brecher, Cameroon/Camerun