Schedule La Guarimba International Film Festival – Summer 2025

A FESTIVAL FOR NONNA SAVERIA!

Last year, Nonna Saveria left us, one of the symbols of this festival and the first supporter of my projects. She left little by little, in a descent toward childhood, after a life of sacrifices like those of many Calabrian women of her generation.
It was she, with her fare contadino, who taught me to take care of things, the importance of getting my hands dirty to cultivate my dreams, and to celebrate good news together.

She attended every edition, from the very beginning, always sitting in the front rows, not to miss a thing. For me, Nonna was the physical embodiment of what the impact of my work truly means: a hardworking woman who did not have access to education or cultural events, yet was deeply moved by the stories we projected. Because culture cannot be a weapon against the ignorant, nor a bubble to make us feel superior. It must be an illuminated path to elevate us collectively, free to interpret the images we see, without preachy explanations or unnecessary lectures.

Indeed, after every evening, my grandmother and I exchanged opinions about what she liked the most. This tradition gave birth to the Nonna Saveria Award, which we would present to the short film she liked the most. In twelve years of the festival, Nonna Saveria never ceased to surprise me with her choices of shorts and the profound reasoning with which she defended them.

This year will be the first edition without her light and the first for my son Lorenzo, who unfortunately never got to meet her. I will miss her enthusiasm for this program we have put together, her eyes lit up by the big screen, and her hands capable of calming any anxiety. I will miss her voice and her dialetto calabrese, which for so many years I thought was just her way of speaking Italian. I will miss her, but I will use this sadness to cultivate something beautiful for everyone.

This 13th Edition of the La Guarimba International Film Festival, therefore, is a celebration of Nonna Saveria’s life and of all of us who fight against distrust to build a better world than the one we were handed.
We will screen 190 short films from 67 different countries, without forgetting our values: there will be space to talk about the people of Gaza as well as those in Ukraine, we will give voice to the Venezuelan crisis, to the emancipation of women’s bodies, to experimental cinema, to dance, to music videos, and we will host a large selection of animation, including La Grotta dei Piccoli, the program of 100 shorts for children in collaboration with UNICEF Italia.

There will also be important moments of exchange between excellent cultural experiences, such as the independent animation collective Serato Animato, who will be with us all week conducting workshops and screenings; the friends from TAM, who will explain how to create an independent museum; the founders of ESTÁJEVI from Caracas, who will make us dance by the sea; the musician José Ignacio Benítez Dotti, who will take us on a journey of music and poetry.

We will also give space to the regional network of festivals born thanks to the support of the Calabria Film Commission; we will offer Calabrian lunches with friselle and pimmiduori and arepada venezuelana; we will organize an artistic tour of the historic center of Amantea and present the Audience Award dedicated to Vitaliano Camarca and, of course, the Nonna Saveria Award to continue celebrating what was a wonderful person.

Giulio Vita, festival director and grandson of Nonna Saveria

 LA GUARIMBA ENTRY IS FREE 

ALL THE FILMS WILL BE SCREENED WITH ITALIAN AND ENGLISH SUBTITLES

 ARTISTS FOR LA GUARIMBA 

Every day, starting at 18:00, we will host the exhibition “Artists for La Guarimba” an annual online and offline illustration exhibition.

This year, the artists selected are: Mikel Murillo (Spain), Barbora Kmecova (Slovakia), Johnny Ryan (USA), Karol Carassai (Italy), Rocío Quillahuaman (Peru/Spain), Dania Bucko (Venezuela), Laura Jayne (England), Audrey d’Erneville (Senegal), Assala Chouk (Tunisia), Resi (Indonesia), Yiling Changues (Tahiti), Bijijoo (USA), Lika Kvitsiani (Georgia), Mari Kinovych (Ukraine), Marcelo Clapp (Portugal).

LIDO AZZURRO (LUNGOMARE, 5)

 8:00 | BEACH CLEANING 

LA PICCOLA BIBLIOTECA DI AMANTEA (VIA MAZZINI, 26)

 18:00 | DOODLE SPACE | Free drawing workshop 

IL TERRENITO (VIA MAZZINI, 32)

 20:30 | OPENING CONCERT “20 YEARS OF THE ORCHESTRA DI FIATI MEDITERRANEA” 

 21:00 | OPENING 

 21:30 | SHORTS IN COMPETITION | All ages 

feelslikimfallinginlove by Raman Djafari | 4′ | UK | MUSIC VIDEO

Paternal Advice by Lisa Clarkson | 11′ | UK/Scotland | FICTION

The Golden Donkey by Anne Verbeure | 16′ | Belgium | ANIMATION

Common Pear by Gregor Božič| 15′ | Slovenia | DOCUMENTARY

Pasta Negra by Jorge Thielen Armand | 14′ | Canada/Colombia/Italy/Venezuela | FICTION

Flares by Jáchym Bouzek | 5′ | Czech Republic/France | ANIMATION

 22:30 | SHORTS IN COMPETITION | Accompanied children 

Baumarkt (DIY Store) by Marc Teuber | 2′ | Germany | MUSIC VIDEO

Mercenaire by Pier-Philippe Chevigny | 15′ | Canada | FICTION

An Explosive Love Story by Adina Oana Enache | 3′ | Italy | ANIMATION

3350 KM by Sara Kontar  | 13′ | Syria/France | DOCUMENTARY

No Room by Jelena Oroz | 6′ | Croatia | ANIMATION

The Boy with the White Skin by Simon Panay | 15′ | France | FICTION

 00:00 | SCREENING “INSOMNIA” | Experimental films 

Beyond the Facade by Eyup Kuş | 5′ | Austria

Concrete Whisper by Jannis Lenz | 13′ | Germany/Austria

How to Film a Mushroom by Lucas Albert Gortemaker | 20′ | Belgium/The Netherlands/Germany

Dell’Altro Mondo by Delia Simonetti | 7′ | Italy

Hun Tun by Magdalena Hejzlarová | 15′ | Czech Republic

LIDO AZZURRO (LUNGOMARE, 5)

 09:30 | CHEW, DRAW, BARF | Curated by Serato Animato 

LA PICCOLA BIBLIOTECA DI AMANTEA (VIA MAZZINI, 26)

 18:00 | DOODLE SPACE | Free drawing workshop 

IL TERRENITO (VIA MAZZINI, 32)

 18:00 | STARTING POINT OF AMANTEA HISTORICAL CENTRE TOUR 

 21:00 | SHORTS IN COMPETITION | All ages 

Reminder by CIANG studio | 3′ | Italy | MUSIC VIDEO

Keep Frozen! by Jeanne Tiessé | 8′ | France | ANIMATION

Lights in the Night Sky by Octavio Daniel Carreño | 15′ | Mexico | FICTION

Lanawaru by Angello Faccini | 16′ | Colombia/Mexico/USA | DOCUMENTARY

Poppy Flowers by Evridiki Papaiakovou | 4′ | Estonia/Cyprus | ANIMATION

Lees Waxul by Yoro Mbaye | 21′ | Senegal | FICTION

 22:30 | SHORTS IN COMPETITION | Accompanied children 

The Cage by Roxanne Gaucherand | 4′ | Belgium| MUSIC VIDEO

Amarelo Banana by Alexandre Sousa | 12′ | Portugal/Hungary | ANIMATION

Clear Sky by Marcin Kundera | 22′ | Poland/Ukraine | DOCUMENTARY

The Truck by Elizabeth Rao | 13′ | USA | FICTION

Free the Chickens by Matúš Vizár | 15′ | Czech Republic/Slovakia | ANIMATION

Vox Humana by Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan | 20′ | Philippines/Singapore/USA | FICTION

LIDO AZZURRO (LUNGOMARE, 5)

 9:30 | INDUSTRY CONFERENCES 

9:30 | SUBTITLING FOR FILM FESTIVALS 

10:00 | LE SUPERCAZZOLE: TAKE THE GAME SERIOUSLY | with Museo Tam, Serato Animato, Esta Jevi

10:30 | THE CALABRIAN FILM FESTIVALS 

LA PICCOLA BIBLIOTECA DI AMANTEA  (VIA MAZZINI, 26)

18:00 | BOOK PRESENTATION AND DRAWING LAB | with Rullampo 

IL TERRENITO (VIA MAZZINI, 32)

 21:00 | SHORTS IN COMPETITION | All ages 

Lay Me Down by Emmanuelle Mohnblatt, Sébastien Kirszenblat, Marie Deboissy | 5′ | France | MUSIC VIDEO

Three Keenings by Oliver McGoldrick | 10′ | UK| FICTION

Children of the Bird by Julia Tudisco | 12′ | Hungary | ANIMATION

Four Holes by Daniela Muñoz Barroso | 20′ | Cuba/France | DOCUMENTARY

The Office Farewell by Mehdi Pierret | 18′ | Belgium | FICTION

Dead Weight by Øyvind Tangseth | 8′ | Norway| ANIMATION

 22:30 | SHORTS IN COMPETITION | Accompanied children 

Quicksand by Sujin Kim | 3′ | South Korea | MUSIC VIDEO

A Son and A Father by Andrés Ramírez Pulido | 25′ | Colombia/France | FICTION

World Naked Bike Tour by William Bradford | 10′ | Canada/Mexico/Philippines/UK | ANIMATION

Invasive Species by Risto-Pekka Blom | 6′ | Finland | DOCUMENTARY

Detlev by Ferdinand Ehrhardt | 13′ | Germany | ANIMATION

Majonezë by Giulia Grandinetti | 22′ | Italy/Albania | FICTION

LA PICCOLA BIBLIOTECA DI AMANTEA (VIA MAZZINI, 26)

 10:00 | THE POETRY OF RHYTM | with José Ignacio Benítez Dotti

 18:00 | DOODLE SPACE | Free drawing workshop 

IL TERRENITO (VIA MAZZINI, 32)

 21:00 | SHORTS IN COMPETITION | All ages 

Sexual Misery by Ingrid Heiderscheidt | 5′ | Belgium | MUSIC VIDEO

Shadow of the Butterflies by Sofia El Khyari | 9′ | Morocco/France/Qatar/Portugal | ANIMATION

Xing Long by Xin Alessandro Zheng | 17′ | Italy | FICTION

Puriykachay by Rocio Quillahuaman | 9′ | Spain | DOCUMENTARY

Il Burattino e la Balena by Roberto Catani | 8′ | Italy | ANIMATION

Neverlandex by Agata Kapuścińska | 23′ | Poland| FICTION

 22:30 | SHORTS IN COMPETITION | Accompanied children 

Ye Kou Si Kuo by Lola Lefèvre | 3′ | France | MUSIC VIDEO

Söder by Raoul Bruck | 27′ | Austria | FICTION

The Peel by NanTung Lin | 6′ | Belgium/Finland/Portugal/Taiwan | ANIMATION

Crocodile Nest by Jazmin Rojas Forero | 9′ | Colombia/Germany | DOCUMENTARY

Dollhouse Elephant by Jenny Jokela | 11′ | Finland | ANIMATION

My Demon by Rossana Montoya | 17′ | Colombia | FICTION

LA PICCOLA BIBLIOTECA DI AMANTEA (VIA MAZZINI, 26)

 18:30 | CINEFORUM 

IL TERRENITO (VIA MAZZINI, 32)

 21:00 | SHORTS IN COMPETITION | All ages 

Lost in Space by Rupert Höller | 4′ | Austria/USA | MUSIC VIDEO

Voiceless by Samuel Patthey | 15′ | Swizerland | ANIMATION

Shadows by Rand Beiruty | 12′ | Jordan/France | ANIMATION

Atom & Void  by Gonçalo Almeida | 9′ | Portugal | FICTION

Quota by Job, Joris & Marieke | 2024 | 3′ | The Netherlands | ANIMATION

Sirènes by Sarah Malléon | 16′ | Martinique | FICTION

 22:30 | SHORTS IN COMPETITION | Accompanied children 

Bob Dylan’s Big Dick by Chris Lambourne | 3′ | UK | MUSIC VIDEO

Almost Certainly False by Cansu Baydar | 20′ | Turkey| FICTION

8 Times by Adam Mbowe | 2023 | 15′ | Canada/Gambia/USA | DOCUMENTARY

Luz Diabla by Gervasio Canda, Paula Boffo, Patricio Plaza | 11′ | Argentina/Canada| ANIMATION

The Leader Will Come by Michiel Geluykens, Manuel Janssens | 17′ | Belgium| FICTION

Barry by YONK |  1′ | The Netherlands | ANIMATION

SECRET LOCATION

 01:30 | SPECIAL PROGRAM “DANCE FILMS!” 

Do Not Dance by Julian Quentin, Marie Heleen Samrotzki | 7′ | Germany

Monoplay – York by Victor Lyapakhin, Alina Now | 5′ | Russia

Muses by Simon Vermeulen |8′ | Canada

 02:00 | ESTÁJEVI PARTY 

LA PICCOLA BIBLIOTECA DI AMANTEA (VIA MAZZINI, 26)

20:45 | AWARD CEREMONY AND ‘BEST OF’ LA GROTTA DEI PICCOLI 

 21:00 | CARIBE ATÓMICO 

Audio y el Caiman by Andrés I. Estrada | 16′ | Venezuela

 22:00 | SERATO ANIMATO 

My Ex Boyfriend by Cissi Efraimsson | 3′ | Sweden

Easter Egg Hunt by Leah Putnam | 1′ | UK

Butterfly by CIANG studio | 2′ | Italy

Drain Snake by Nespy5euro | 4′ | Italy/Mexico

How to Make a Pizza Tutorial by Jake Huffcutt | 1′ | USA

ZimZam by Fantastic 3D Creation | 2′ | France

Buzz Box by David Daniels (STRATA CUT) | 6′ | USA

Spooky Loops by Stas Santimov | 4′ | Ukraine

Worm Hole by Kate Renshaw-Lewis | 1′ | USA

Horse Squeezing by Master Tingus | 2′ | Australia

Overture by Jakub Hronský | 7′ | Czech Republic

Sending Signals by Rafael Esteban Trujillo | 1′ | Spain

Breakfast by Caitlin McCarthy | 1′ | UK

Somewhat Related by James Kerr/Scorpion Dagger | 4′ | Canada

IL TERRENITO (VIA MAZZINI, 32)

 23:00 | AWARDS 

 23:30 | ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE “VITALIANO CAMARCA” AUDIENCE AWARD 

LA PICCOLA BIBLIOTECA DI AMANTEA (VIA MAZZINI, 26)

 21:00 | SHORTS FOR CHILDREN 

Mind the Gap by Gwenola Heck | 1′ | Germany

Forever Seven by Antje Heyn, Alexander Isert | 10′ | Germany

Above the Tamarind Tree by Buthyna Al-Mohammadi | 8′ | Qatar

Hello Summer by Martin Smatana, Veronika Zacharová | 11′ | Slovakia

Pear Garden by Shadab Shayegan | 7′ | Germany

Muscle Man In: Metal Mayhem by Nicolas Gemoets | 8′ | Belgium

Shorts from the box / modern times by Géza M. Tóth | 8′ | Hungary

Intermezzo by Putik Amirasari | 3′ | Indonesia

Next Stop by María Barriga | 3′ | Spain

Gilbert by Arturo Lacal, Alex Salu, Jordi Jiménez |13′ | Spain

Monster Shaker by David Garcia | 11′ | France

Everything We Missed by Marta Prokopová | 12′ | Slovakia

 22:35 | SHORTS FOR YOUTH 

Potatoes by Marcin Podolec | 4′ | Poland

Robert Yoghurt by Sacha Beeley | 2′ | UK

Dagon by Paolo Gaudio | 6′ | Italy

That Mystery of Mysteries by Eléonore Geissler | 12′ | France

Floaters by Mocong Yuan | 6′ | UK

Nabu by Joanna Rusinek | 5′ | Poland

High Diver by Oscar Bittner | 5′ | Germany

Flow of Being by Helen Unt | 11′ | Bulgaria/Estonia

LA PICCOLA BIBLIOTECA DI AMANTEA (VIA MAZZINI, 26)

 21:00 | SHORTS FOR CHILDREN 

House Trap by George Hampshire | 2′ | The Netherlands

Homework by Nacho Arjona | 15′ | Spain

Filante by Marion Jamault | 9′ | France

El Chucur by Jairo Tarapuez Jaramillo | 12′ | Colombia

Sailboat at the End of the Street by Lucia Aimara Borjas | 8′ | Croatia

Eureka! by Kris Borghs | 10′ | Belgium

The Little Ancestor by Alexa Tremblay-Francoeur | 11′ | Canada

Simon Super Rabit S5 by Julien Cayot | 5′ | France

Little Hole by Giulia Tivelli | 6′ | Italy

Barry by YONK | 1′ | The Netherlands

Sphere Supreme by Hasan Pastaci | 5′ | Belgium/Turkey

 22:30 | SHORTS FOR YOUTH 

Create Safe Dance Spaces by Britt Raes | 1′ | Belgium

The Dog in the Long Grass by Seb Cox | 5′ | UK

Dead Weight by Øyvind Tangseth | 8′ | Norway

Uncertified Document by Hao Wang, Ying Wan, Ximing Li, Nahee Jang | 7′ | France

Né Una Né Due by Lucia Catalini | 6′ | Italy

A Toi by Stéphane Berla | 3′ | France

The Shyness of Trees by Bingqing Shu, Maud Le Bras, Jiaxin Huang, Simin He, Lina Han, Loïck Du Plessis D’argentré, Sofiia Chuikovska | 9′ | France

Dolores by Cecilia Andalón Delgadillo | 9′ | Mexico

Society of Clothes by Dahee Jeong | 15′ | France

LA PICCOLA BIBLIOTECA DI AMANTEA (VIA MAZZINI, 26)

 21:00 | CAMBUR: ENVIRONMENTAL SHORTS 

The Bear and the Bird by Marie Caudry | 26′ | France

Rerooted by Christian Spurling, Delphine Coudray | 6′ | Ireland

Books Are Made of Trees by Julianna Jakubowska | 6′ | Denmark

Dancing in the Rain by Chao-chun Yeh | 6′ | Taiwan

Playground by Jojo Chongjaroenjai | 1′ | USA

Quota by Job, Joris & Marieke | 3′ | The Netherlands

The Refusers by Wiep Teeuwisse | 3′ | The Netherlands

Desi Oon by Suresh Eriyat | 7′ | India

Le Petit et le Géant by Isabela Costa | 9′ | France/Brazil

Veils of Landscape by Chihiro Yamanaka | 5′ | Japan

Tubulus Plasticus by Yoonjoo Lee | 1′ | South Korea

Rise Age by Tatjana Theuer | 5′ | Germany

 22:30 | SHORTS FOR YOUTH 

Detours Ahead by Esther Cheung |  8′ | Canada

Mimt by Ted Wiggin | 4′ | USA

Pietra by Cynthia Levitan | 13′ | Portugal/Brazil/Lithuania/Poland/Spain

An Explosive Love Story by Adina Oana Enache | 2′ | Italy

The Thoughtless Hand by Harry Bhalerao | 5′ | UK/Germany

Gravity by Robotina – Sara Taigher and Yassmin Yaghmai | 9′ | Italy/Mexico

Cottage Cheese by Liina Luomajoki, Lena Metzger, Janina Müller, Alice Kunz | 5′ | Switzerland

Where I Belong by Mohamad Beirouty | 2024 | 8′ | Lebanon

Wind Goes On by Eric Lee | 15′ | Hong Kong

LA PICCOLA BIBLIOTECA DI AMANTEA (VIA MAZZINI, 26)

 21:00 | SHORTS FOR CHILDREN 

Carmen and the Wooden Spoon by Carlos Gómez-Mira Sagrado | 20′ | Spain

Kitty Kotty in Winter by Marta Strozycka | 7′ | Poland

Let’s Play by Marzieh Rasekh | 5′ | The Netherlands

Baking with Boris by Maša Avramović | 8′ | France

Saq Nikté and the Spirit of the Mask by Ester Weiner | 5′ | Guatemala/Uruguay

Reminder by CIANG studio | 3′ | Italy

Amen by Orphee Coutier, Bettina Demarty, Kimie Maingonnat, Laurène Perego, Louise Poulain, Avril Zundel | 7′ | France

Peninsula by Angèle Vergoni, Sarah Vanhoeck | 6′ | Belgium

Le Case di Achille by Nespy 5Euro | 3′ | Italy

Freak of Nature by Alexandra Lermer | 8′ | Germany

Ummi and Zaki by Daniela Opp | 4′ | Germany

Polliwog by Julia Skala | 9′ | Germany

Jarred by Maryna Yanul | 5′ | Ukraine

 22:30 | SHORTS FOR YOUTH 

Create Safe Talking Spaces by Britt Raes | 1′ | Belgium

Storytelling by Nils Hedinger | 8′ | Switzerland

Box by Aline Schoch | 8′ | Switzerland

Are We There Yet? by Sven Kristlbauer, Raul Bison, Marion Zeder | 5′ | Switzerland

Jour de Vent by Martin Chailloux, Ai Kim Crespin, Élise Golfouse, Chloé Lab, Hugo Taillez, Camille Truding | 7′ | France

Raaf by Jeroen Ceulebrouck | 13′ | Belgium/Portugal

Dream by Semiramis Mamata | 5′ | Greece

Tiny Little Bopoolagi by Bom Kim | 9′ | South Korea

LA PICCOLA BIBLIOTECA DI AMANTEA (VIA MAZZINI, 26)

 21:00 | SHORTS FOR CHILDREN 

The Final by Álvaro Parrilla Álvarez | 15′ | Germany

Forever by Theo Djekou, Pierre Ferrari, Cyrine Jouini, Pauline Philippart, Anissa Terrier | 6′ | France

Down in the Dumps by Vera van Wolferen | 18′ | The Netherlands

The Girl with the Occupied Eyes by André Carrilho | 2024 | 8′ | Portugal

Aria by Arthur P. Motta | 13′ | Brazil

The Strange Case of the Human Cannonball by Roberto Valencia | 10′ | Ecuador

The Path of Sounds by Tom Raijasse, David Nguyen | 8′ | France

Yore Gramps and the Whale by Mariana Elisabetsky | 13′ | Brazil

Bliss by Freya Zoharah K. Sørensen | 5′ | Denmark

feelslikeimfallinginlove by Raman Djafari | 4′ | UK

Wrong Way by Giacomo Calderoni | 4′ | Italy

Hell is Above Us by Pietro Leddi | 1′ | Italy

 22:30 | SHORTS FOR YOUTH 

#Yacht by Pablo Anasse, Loane Baumer, Marine Bouvier, Marie Malaval, Maxence Mouttou, Florence Susanna | 5′ | France

TV or the Disturbance on Forest Hill Road by Frederic Siegel | 14′ | Switzerland

Al Amal by Thomas Kunstler | 3′ | Greece

I Am Glitching by Salma Parra | 7′ | Germany

Impossible Maladies by Alice & Stefano Tambellini | 8′ | Italy

Au Coeur du Son by Marie Larrive, Lucas Malbrun | 4′ | France

LA PICCOLA BIBLIOTECA DI AMANTEA (VIA MAZZINI, 26)

 21:00 | SUNDAY CINEMA | Forms of Resilience 

A Day in the Tent by Haneen Koraz / Children from the Deir al-Balah Refugee Camp in Gaza | 4′ | Palestine

The Kids Fixed It by Haneen Koraz / Children from Khan Younis in Gaza | 5′ | Palestine

Grandmother Wore Us Out by Haneen Koraz / Children from the Deir al-Balah Refugee Camp | 5′ | Palestine

Six Children and Eggs by Haneen Koraz / Children from the Basmet Amal Camp in the Deir al-Balah in Gaza | 4′ | Palestine

The Monster by Haneen Koraz / Children from the Jafa Camp in the Deir al-Balah in Gaza | 3′ | Palestine

 21:30 | BEST OF LA GROTTA DEI PICCOLI 2025 

 

F.A.Q.

Which is the price of the entrance?

Since our first year, the entrance for the screening is free, because our goal is to bring the cinema back to the people and the people back to cinema!

But I want to contribuite anyway

You can make a donation or buy a t-shirt, a bag, a gadget or a poster and help us to be sustainable!

Can we bring our children?

The festival doesn’t know the censorship but, after 23:00, some projections can hurt the sensibility of some people. That’s why we created “La Grotta dei Piccoli”, a space dedicated to children that will consist of animation movies projections during all the evenings of the festival.

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