13 min | narrative | 2014 | Italy
filmmaker: Riccardo Di Gerlando
A man with Down syndrome dreams of reviving his dead mother.
A courageously expressive story, driven by visual poetry more than by dialogue, about disability as well as the desire for self-sufficiency. The technical quality of the filmmaking underscore the film’s impressive artistic statement.
While on an uninhabited island Shanna (11) realizes that she is outgrowing her older sister Mirte (14) who has Down syndrome.
Sam has a passion to be a dancer, but is too shy to realize her dreams. When Peaches materializes one night, Sam’s dreams transform into reality.
Daisy waits in a bar for her online date – he is late. A man offers her a drink and she mistakes him for the date who has stood her up.
Tom holds a secret in his human heart; a wing beat and a flutter, and it’s bursting to take flight in this tale of magical realism.
Lou may have Down’s Syndrome but she is more than capable of looking after herself and she longs for independence.
A teenage girl who feels left out and ignored by her peers, is inspired to do something audacious in order to get noticed.
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