Pale Blue Dot: A Tale of Two Stargazers
Italy, 2021, 15’
Script and screenplay: Matteo Scarfò
Director: Matteo Scarfò
Cast: Valeria Belardelli (nel ruolo di Gladia), Francesca La Scala (nel ruolo di Vasilia), Alessandro Damerini (nel ruolo di Robin), Enzo De Liguoro (nel ruolo di Atan Vilnios), Lucia Cristofaro (nel ruolo della Madre di Gladia), Roberto Stranges (nel ruolo del Padre di Gladia)
Cinematography: Emanuele Spagnolo
Editing: Lucia Patrizi
Scenography: Manuel De Cicco
Costumes: Francesca Di Giuliano
Music: Ruslan Perezhilo
Live sound: Francesco De Laurentiis
Makeup: Nadia Mastroieni
Edition secretary: Giada Tosto
Director assistant: Simone Marsico
Visual Effects Artist: Roberto Stranges
Colorist: Daniele Tullio
Sound editing: Francesco Silipo / Medialand Studio
Production organizer (Lazio): Gemma Marigliani
Production organizer (Calabria): Giorgia Boccuzzi
Produced by: Matteo Scarfò, Giovanni Scarfò, Francesco De Laurentiis, Joe Verni
Synopsis: After thousands of years since the extinction of the human race, an astronaut named Gladia lands on the Planet Earth. She comes from a distant planet and finds just one inhabitant, a robot who has inherited all humankind’s knowledge to develop a consciousness. The two start fighting each other.
Awards:
2022
AtomaCon Short Film Festival (festival):
Best Produced Screenplay (Matteo Scarfo')
Kalakari Film Festival (festival):
Best Make-Up (Nadia Mastroieni)
Best Indie Film Awards (festival):
Best Indie Sci-Fi Film
2021
Neptune Movie Awards (festival):
Best Make-Up and Hairstyle (Nadia Mastroieni)
Best Original Score
Best VFX
Falvaterra Film Festival (festival):
Premio Migliore Cortometraggio Sci-Fi
European Short Awards (festival):
Best Sci-fi
Black Panther International Film Festival (festival):
Best Sci-Fi Short
Brno Film Festival (festival):
Best Sci-fi Short
Kosice International Monthly Film Festival (festival):
Best Sci-fi Short
Roma Short Film Festival (festival):
Best Sci-Fi Short
Zero Degree Film Contest (festival):
Best Environmental Short