Nicolò Canestrelli

A bipolar hip-hop artist is trapped by his own rationality in a hallucinated reality where he cannot tell himself apart. His attempt to express himself through rap is torn by a part of himself anchored to nihilism. But the light of his enthusiasm does not go out: the struggle is expressed through the protagonist's art, divided into sixteen reasons to live. The man reminds himself of his identity and stands out, in his inner theater, through scratching. Here the two parts find each other again. The conflict becomes tangible through rap and beatbox, performed by the respective psychological fragments within the artist's rediscovered identity. But fulfillment is a mere utopia. It is the conflict itself that generates creation: the endless circle of the main character's life.

A hikikomori obsessed with the videos of a painter who no longer uploads anything. A disappearance within a disappearance.

Laura and Marco, a couple who suffered the tragic loss of a child during childbirth, decide to face the process of grieving together. Once they feel ready to share their love with a new member of the family, they come across Giorgio. Abandoned as a newborn at a "Cradle for Life", the boy has lived in a foster home ever since.

In a world where the laws of God and man have been forgotten, Sue is tormented by the violence and abuse his name has brought upon him. Having reached a point of no return, he sets out on a journey in search of the man who chose to call him that: his father.

Rule one: the game begins at 3 p.m. sharp. Rule two: there is always one chair too few. Rule three: the winner gets the crown and the cake. Nobody remembers who wrote the rules. Everybody follows them. Musical Chairs explores the fragile space between aspiration and submission, where the desire to be someone can outweigh the freedom of being no one.