Assunta
Italy / Fiction / 9’ / Color / 2023
A prostitute, chooses to entrust her son Mattia to a family after rescuing him from an abusive father, allowing him to have what she, for the time being, cannot provide for him.
Director: Luana Rondinelli
Script: Luana Rondinelli, Francesco Teresi
Director of Photography: Daniele Savi
Producer: Ignazio Passalacqua, Michela Culmone
Music: Gregorio Caimi
Editing: Giuliana Sarli
Sound: Matteo Di Simone
Cast: Donatella Finocchiaro, Antonio Pandolfo, Bruno Di Chiara, Mattia Libeccio
Biography
Luana Rondinelli is an Italian actress, playwright, and director born in Rome on March 7, 1979. A graduate of the Ribalte – Teatro Sistina, she founded the theater company Accura Teatro in 2011. Rondinelli has gained recognition for her work in both theater and film. Her play Taddrarite won the 2014 Rome Fringe Festival Award, and she has participated in several international theater festivals, including the In Scena! Italian Theater Festival in New York.
Attended Festivals
Rome Short Film Festival
i-Fest International Film Festival Palermo
Out of Bounds Film Festival
Foggia Film Festival
Magma - Short Film Festival
International Film Festival of Castelli Romani – CROFFI
Nebrodi International Film Festival Doc
Tuscania in Short – CineLabFest
Brigands Film Festival
i-Fest International Film Festival
Reggio Calabria Film Fest
SAFF - Sant'Agata Film Festival
Salento International Film Festival SIFF
NIFF - Noto International Film Festival
Caltagirone Short Film Fest
Courts in the Villa
Ortigia Film Festival – OFF
Carpine Visciano Short Film Festival
Film Traces Film Festival
Umbria Film Festival
Vision 2030. Sustainable Cinema
BorgoFilmFest
Shorts on the Couch. Cinema and Psychoanalysis
Prato Film Festival
Milazzo Film Festival
Looks Elsewhere
Aphrodite Shorts
Awards
-2024 Dec, Roma Filmcorto Festival (festival):
“Italian Cinema Award”
-2024 Nov, Via dei Corti - Independent Short Film Festival (festival):
“Critics' Award”
-2024 Nov, Magma - Short Film Festival (festival):
“Audience Award “Insula - Impressions of Sicily”
-2024 Oct, Tuscania in Corto - CineLabFest (festival):
“”Best Female Short Film Award”
-2024 Sep, SAFF - Sant'Agata Film Festival (festival):
“Best Performance Award”
“Best Screenplay Award”
-2024 Aug, Corto di Sera (festival):
“Visioni Isolane Award”
-2024 Jul, Caltagirone Short FilmFest (festival):
“Best Actress Award”
-2024 Jun, Trapani Film Festival (festival):
“Best Short Film Award”
-2024 Apr, Prato Film Festival (festival):
"Clara Calamai" Award Best Human Rights Interpretation