Giulia Rupi

It's About to Rain

Said Mahran fights for his right to remain in Italy, where he was born and raised from Algerian parents, after his visa expires.

Inexistentia

Giulia and Tomas, in a post apocalyptic future, are forced to live far from each other. They can be together only through virtual reality. Hoping for a better world, they play a dangerous virtual game that will change their lives forever.

Senza distanza

There is a B&B where every room is a city of the world. You can choose the room-city you want to go to and you'll live in its time zone. It's a training course for long distance relationships. Apparently.

Mercato libero

Paolo is on trial at a call center. He has the time of a phone call to convince the elderly Nando to give him his credit card details. A short film on the vulnerability of the elderly and on jobs that dirty the conscience.

Reality News

Nine actors and their driver are taken hostage during a theatrical tour organized for Italian soldiers in countries striven by war. The kidnap has a political motive and soon turns into a reality show without the hostages knowledge. The terrorist are sending a live feed to an Italian TV station which gets broadcast 24 hrs a day, in exchange for proceeds from advertising sales. The hostages are completely isolated, surrounded by woods, by the silence and suddenly find themselves struggling with the violence of the kidnappers, their precarious hygienic conditions and with themselves.

The 4 of Us

Four thirty-five-year-olds living disappointing lives decide one evening to become parents.