2020 Official Selection

2nd Edition

The jury of the 2nd edition of Pollino International Film Festival has chosen among 1516 submissions from more than 98 countries. These are the films selected for the screening.


International Shorts

Till the end of the world by Flourence Bouvy

26′ · Netherlands · International Shorts

The cocaine famine by Sam McMullen

13′ · Ireland · International Shorts

Life is a bitch by Jules Carrin

20′ · France · International Shorts

Border crossing by Agnieszka Chmura

15′ · Poland · International Shorts

Hollywood is in her head by Lou Cheruy Zidi

14′ · France · International Shorts

Neverland by Xingyu Zhao

33′ · China · International Shorts

The hunt by Jean-Pierre Dupuy

20′ · France · International Shorts

Deshdentau by Andrea Belcastro

19′ · Italy · International Shorts

Los viejos heraldos by Luis Alejandro Yero

23′ · Cuba · International Shorts


Animation Shorts

Red hands by Francesco Filippi

30′ · Italy · Animation Shorts

Turno di notte by Gianfrancesco Iacono

3′ · Italy · Animation Shorts

Temptation of Saint Francis by Johnnie Semerad

6′ · USA · Animation Shorts

Disintegrants by John Harlan Norris

5′ · USA · Animation Shorts

Roses in the night by Pencho Kunchev

5′ · Bulgaria · Animation Shorts


Music Video

Synecdoche Montauk – Wherever You Are by Oleg Trofim

5′ · Russia · Music Video

Hide Out by Jingsu Lee

4′ · Korea · Music Video

Paradise by Even Wu

4′ · USA · Music Video


Script and Plot Official Selection

Flame by Derek McDaniel

USA · Feature Film Screenplay

Seven acres by Paul William Miley

USA · Feature Film Screenplay

The yachtsman by John Ervin

USA · Feature Film Screenplay

Roads to home by Bager Kaya

Turkey · Short Film Screenplay

The pledge by Uriel Rodriguez

USA · Short Film Screenplay

The stranger by Alessia Scali

Italy · Plot / Synopsis