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Moths to flame

2018 ITA-UK  I  13 min   |   English

Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin are inexplicably trapped in a room, just minutes before the Apollo 11 mission. The countdown is definite: they’ll take a small step for a man and a giant leap into the unknown.

MOTHS TO FLAME // Official Trailer
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From a Story of: Marco Pellegrino

Written and Directed:

Luca Jankovic, Marco Pellegrino

Starring: David Menkin, David Callahan

Produced by: Box Vision, Paguro Film

In Collaboration with: Ananim Productions, Overclock

Festival Distribution: Premiere Film

AWARDS

  • SILVER RIBBON for BEST SHORT FILM 2019,  Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists

  • STUDIO UNIVERSAL PRIZE,  ALICE NELLA CITTÀ 2018, Italian Premier - October 2018

  • BEST SHORT FILM,  GENOVA FILM FESTIVAL 2018

  • JURY PRIZE,  VISIONARIA 2018

  • JURY PRIZE,  CORTOVILLESE 2019

  • BEST SCIENCE-FICTION FILM,  CINEFANTASY IFFF 2019, São Paulo

  • BEST SCIENCE-FICTION FILM, RAGFF - RETRÒ AVANT GARDE FILM FESTIVAL 2019

  • SPECIAL MENTION,  HEXAGON FILM FESTIVAL 2019

  • BEST VFX,  TERNI FILM FESTIVAL 2019

  • BEST PHOTOGRAPHY to Alessandro Dominici,  INVENTA UN FILM 2019 

FESTIVAL PARTICIPATIONS

  • VISIONI ITALIANE, Official Selection 2019

  • TRIESTE Science+Fiction, Official Selection 2018

  • FANTAFESTIVAL,  Official Selection 2018

  • CORTISONICI, Official Selection 2019

  • CATANIA FILM FESTIVAL, Official Selection 2019 

  • ETNA COMICS, Official Selection 2019

  • FI PI LI HORROR FESTIVAL Official Selection 2019

  • CARDIFF MINI FILM FESTIVAL, Official Selection 2019

  • EDINBURGH SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, Official Selection 2019

  • EDERA FILM FESTIVAL, Official Selection 2019

  • CLOROFILLA FILM FESTIVAL Official Selection 2019

  • CORTI IN CORTILE, Official Selection 2019

  • 16th SEDICICORTO FILM FESTIVAL, Official Selection 2019

  • IV SEQUENCE SHOT FILM FESTIVAL Official Selection 2019

  • ORVIETO FILM FESTIVAL Official Selection 2019

  • BIRMINGHAM FILM FESTIVAL, ORVIETO Official Selection 2019

  • CARDIFF INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Official Selection 2019

  • CRASH INTERNATIONAL FANTASTIC FILM FESTIVAL Official Selection 2019

  • ACCORDI E DISACCORDI  XVI Edizione Official Selection 2019

  • Festival Internacional de cine DE SAN LUIS POTOSÌ Official Selection 2019

  • GRIDO SHORT FILM Italian Institute of Culture in Belgium 2019

  • NINGBO INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL Official Selection 2019

  • CRASH INTERNATIONAL FATASTIC FILM FESTIVAL Official Selection 2019

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