Justin Alexander Korovkin

In a small suburb on the outskirts of Rome, the cheerful heat of summer camouflages a stifling atmosphere of alienation. From a distance, the families seem normal, but it’s an illusion: in the houses, courtyards and gardens, silence shrouds the subtle sadism of the fathers, the passivity of the mothers and the guilty indifference of adults. But it’s the desperation and repressed rage of the children that will explode and cut through this grotesque façade, with devastating consequences for the entire community.

Dir. Damiano D'Innocenzo, Fabio D'Innocenzo · With Elio Germano, Tommaso Di Cola, Giulietta Rebeggiani

Five people travelling by camper crash into a tree. When they recover, the road they were driving on has been replaced by an impenetrable forest and a wooden house.

Dir. Roberto De Feo, Paolo Strippoli · With Matilda Lutz, Francesco Russo, Peppino Mazzotta

Samuel, a boy who lives with his mother Elena in Villa dei Laghi, an isolated manor surrounded by woods, feels trapped in the family routine, growing up seemingly protected, but unsatisfied and restless.

Dir. Roberto De Feo · With Francesca Cavallin, Ginevra Francesconi, Justin Alexander Korovkin