The screening will be preceded by the short movie “The Anniversary“

Aldo is a young man who is living in the same apartment building as Roman, an actor in action B-movies. Both of them are isolated in their flats since a pandemic broke out and they must adhere to the lockdown rules. They match online, talk and can even see each other via video calls, but they cannot meet in person. Eventually the urge to break the lockdown becomes too strong.

In his new film, groundbreaking director Julian Hernandez explores just how much loneliness feeds the passion and how bright does this flame burn when loneliness becomes isolation. After screening Hernandez’s previous films at the TLVFest (“Broken Sky”, “I Am Happiness on Earth” and “Bramadero”), this time he creates a world that reminds us of recent history, but also throws us into another horrible plague. This is a very passionate film about desires simmering under fear and caution.

Viewing is 18+ due to explicit sexual content.

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The Anniversary
Director & Script: Marius Gabriel Stancu
Producer: Cosimo Santoro
With: Joseph Altamura, Tobia De Angelis, Stella Mastrantonio, Andrea Pittorino
Italy, 2022, 17 minutes, Italian with English subtitles
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Today Rosa celebrates the anniversary of her engagement to Roberto. While she waits for him for dinner, she spends the afternoon at the pool with her younger brother Angelo. News of a boy’s body found in a field a few kilometers from the city is the topic of conversation. Roberto arrives before he’s expected and secrets are about to surface.
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In association with the Embassy of Mexico