Completed - ITALIAN - First film, LGBT, Drama - 94 minutes
Year of production : 2018 Director(s) : Margherita FERRI Writer(s) : Margherita FERRI Cast : Eleonora CONTI, Susanna ACCHIARDI, Fabrizia SACCHI Producer(s) : Chiara GALLONI (ARTICOLTURE), Ivan OLGIATI (ARTICOLTURE)
Maia, called ZEN, a rowdy yet solitary 16-year-old tomboy, lives in a small village on top of the rough and beautiful Italian Apennines. She’s the only girl of the local ice hockey-team and she is constantly bullied by her teammates for her masculine attitude. When Vanessa - the beautiful and bewildered girlfriend of the team captain - runs away from home and hides in Maia’s family lodge, Maia feels free to trust someone for the first time. Led by the need to break away from the roles that the small community has forced them to play, Maia and Vanessa embark on a journey of self-discovery: an exploration of their gender identity and sexuality, liquid and restless like the troubled time of youth.
Country(ies) : ITALY
Venice - Biennale 2018 (Biennale College Cinema)Rome FF 2018 (Alice nella città - fuoriconcorso)Frameline 2019 (honorable mention best first feature)buff 2019 (Church of Sweden award)