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BUBBLES
BUBBLES
Short,
Albania, Italy
2023
Runtime, min
15
A forty-year-old woman named SOL, floats in a long-distance relationship bubble. She starts the day waiting for the wake-up call to accurately perform her morning ritual, which seems to be a video call with her longtime boyfriend FRED. He is so far away that the sunrise at Sol's window marks the sunset at his'. They both look weary and on the verge of frustration as they wait to see each other for Christmas— so the story goes, for some bizarre reason, for the two of them to meet requires the crack of Fred’s bubble, which never occurs.
Director:
Meri Dishnica
Selections and Awards:
"Roma prisma film awardRomaFinalistItalyFotofilm Internatinal short film festivalInstabulBest first drama short filmTurkeyPonza film award italyPonzaBest short filmItalyAthens Internatinal film & art festivalAthensBest female director GreeceMadrid shorts film festivalMadridBest first time directorSpainShort Shot FestMoscowBest short dramaRussian FederationLulea international film festival Luleabest debut directorSwedenReaktor international film festivalWienOfficial SelectionAustriaCinematherapy film festivalAlexandropuliOfficial SelectionGreeceBerlin indie film festivalBerlinOfficial SelectionGermanyToronto international woman film festivalTorontoOfficial SelectionCanadaEastern Europe film festivalCraiovaBest short film RomaniaMetropolis film festivalMilanoFinalistItalyHiff - heart international Italian film festival BolognaFinalistItalyInternational sound & film music festival (ISFMF)SamomborOfficial Selection - nomineeCroatiaYerevan short film festivalYerevanOfficial SelectionArmeniaMilan short film festival MilanFinalist italian short, winner best original scoreItalySikania film festivalcataniaOfficial selectionItalyBudapest short cut film festivalBudapestbest drama shortHungaryCastellabate film festivalCastellabateOfficial SelectionItalyIndependent Shorts Awards Los Angeles, CAlos angelesbest first time director femaleUnited StatesStockholm City Film FestivalStockholmfinalistSwedenMajorca AtlanteansPalma de MajorcaBest Debut DirectorSpainVenice International - Independent Film Festival VeniceveniceOfficial selectionItalyPrague International Film Awardspraguebest First Time DirectorCzech RepublicKLEIN FILM FESTIVALVukovarOfficial selectionCroatiaGoa short film festivalgoaOfficial selectionIndiaCastle film & media award BraccianoNomineeItalyMilan indipendent awardMilanoBest original scoreItalyTaigaKhabarovskOfficial SelectionRussian FederationBrussels capital film festivalBrusselsBest first directionBelgiumCinalfama Lisbon screening and awardLisbonOfficial SelectionPortugalTiblisi international short film festivalTiblisiOfficial selectionGeorgiaFilm in Focusbucharestnominee best actress, nominee best original scoreRomaniaMonza film festMonzaBest Italian short filmItalyTop shot international film festivalWarszawawinner woman's filmPolandBucharest ShortCut CineFestBucharestOfficial SelectionRomaniaHalicarnassus Film FestivalBodrumwinner best first time directionTurkeyGolden Knight Malta International Short Film Festivalla vallettaOfficial selectionMaltaFESTIVAL INTERNAZIONALE DEL CINEMA DI SALERNOsalernoOfficial selectionItalyWest Bengal Short Film FestivalKolkataOfficial selectionIndiaGoddess on the Throne-Hyjnesha ne fronPrishtineOfficial selectionKosovoCittador International Film FestivalViennabest drama filmAustriaVeneto International Film FestivalTrevisoOfficial selectionItalyPanorama International Indie Film FestivalPortoOfficial selectionPortugalMediterranean Film Festival Cannes-Milan-AthensCannes-Milan-AthensOfficial SelectionFranceFollow your heart MiamiFinalistUnited StatesHercules indipendent film festivalSevillaOfficial selectionSpainUral shortNizhny tagilbest first direction, best editingRussian FederationNear nazareth film festival AfulaSemi finalistIsraelmadonie film festivalpalermobest first time directorItalyCapri, Hollywood - The International Film Festival Capricapriofficial selectionItalyColiseum International Film Festival. (COLIFFE)RomeFinalistItalyAthens International Monthly Art Film FestivalAthensBest DramaGreeceBalkan New Film Festivalstockholmofficial selectionSwedenArt film awardsSkopjeHonorable mentionInternational Shorts Film Festival (Washington DC, USA)washningtonofficial selectionUnited StatesReale film festivalCinisello balsamoBest FilmItalyAgropoli film festivalAgropolibest screenplayItalysupercat international film festivalagropoliofficial selectionItaly1st Monthly film festivalbelgrade2nd best first directionSerbiaSpello int’l short film festivalSpelloOfficial selectionItalyBratislava film festivalBratislava Official selectionSlovakiaphotopolis festivalarginioofficial selectionGreeceFort Langley Film FestivalLangleyofficial selectionCanadaLos Angeles Italia - Film, Fashion and Art Festivallos angelesofficial selectionUnited StatesLancaster International Film Festivallancasterofficial selectionUnited KingdomUptilt Film FestWilmingtonOfficial selectionUnited Statesdeluxe film festivalromedeluxe awardItalygolden short film festivalavezzanoofficial selectionItalybig fridge international film festivallondonfinalistUnited KingdomTrapani Film FestivalTrapaniOfficial selectionItalyFestival Internazionale del Cinema di San GiovanniGenovaBest film, best actress, best cinematography ItalyZonta film festivalAlessandriaOfficial selectionItalyBenson Film Festivalomahaofficial selectionUnited StatesPri FestPristinaspecial screeningKosovoLuminous FramesYerevanofficial selectionArmeniaVienna Film StoriesViennaOfficial SelectionAustriaPost Cinema Film FestivalSiracusaOfficial SelectionItalyLeda's Monologues Film FestivalAgrinioBest original scoreGreeceEgypt international film festival CairoOfficial selectionEgyptIslamabad international film festivalIslamababadOfficial selectionPakistanAmicorti international film festivalPeveragnoFinalistItalyPune short film festivalPuneOfficial selection IndiaBCT - festival Benevento cinema e televisioneBeneventoOfficial selectionItalyBridges Loutraki International Film FestivalLoutrakiOfficial selectionGreeceFestival del cinema di SenigalliaSenigalliaSemi-finalistItalyAlta marea festivalTermoliOfficial selectionItalyFalvaterra film festival on tourBeneventoOfficial selectionItalyTIAFF Trasimeno international art film festivalLago di TrasimenoOfficial selectionItalyItalian cinematography award Castellana grotteOfficial selectionItalyCaorle film festivalCaorleOfficial selectionItalyUniversal film festival samothrakiSamothrakiOfficial selectionGreeceFernando di leo short film festivalSan ferdinando di pugliaOfficial selectionItalycortinleviintelviJuly 29, 2025ItalyE FU CINEMA" Short Film FestivalpomaranceJune 28, 2025ItalyRUVIANO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - RIFFcasertaMay 23, 2025ItalyPiGrecoZenanconaOctober 31, 2024ItalyCastel Lagopesole International Short Film FestivalCastel LagopesoleDecember 13, 2024ItalyCYPRUS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL "Golden Aphrodite Awards"nicosiaOctober 28, 2024CyprusMoon Arts Film FestivalcagliariSeptember 28, 2024best sound designItalyTuzla Film FestivaltuzlaOctober 18, 2024Bosnia and HerzegovinaScandriglia Film FestivalscandrigliaOctober 12, 2024best shortItalyAPOX film festivalVeli LosinjOctober 3, 2024CroatiaThe French Duck Film FestivalparisSeptember 13, 2024best shortFranceGiove International Film FestivalCampo di GioveAugust 23, 2024ItalySan Benedetto Film FestSan Benedetto del TrontoAugust 7, 2024semi finalistItaly"
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