Talponi

Moles

Zurich University of the Arts
Comedy
15 minutes
Switzerland
Italian with English Subtitles
2021

Anna, Francesco, and the eight years old Giorgio can't afford a fancy holiday. Social pressure makes them fake a Bahamas vacation through photoshopped posts on social media. The deluge of likes/comments fuel an all-consuming dopamine rush.

Now available on PlaySuisse, watch it now!

Cast and Crew

With Catherine Pagani, Gerardo Maffei, Mattia Linzi, Vera Bommer, Roberto Guerra

Written and directed by
Director of photography
Editing
Scenography
Costumes
Make-up
Sound
Sound Design
Mixing
Color grading
Music
1st AD

Vanja Victor Kabir Tognola
Rokas Sydeikis
Lars Mulle
Milena Wayllany
Rita Giacobazzi
Sofia Buob
Andrea Bonfanti
Lars Mulle
Gregg Skerman
Rokas Sydeikis
Xenia Wiener and Janos Mijnssen
Fabienne Steiner

Supported by

Ticino Film Commission
Migros Ticino
Fondazione Annita Avanzini
Fondazione Fabio Schaub
Garage Stadio SA
Centro Funerario Lugano - Funeral Planners

Sales Agent

Premium Films

Awards

LA Shorts* (USA) - Best Comedy
Nashville Film Festival* (USA) - Best NextGen Short
Gässli Film Festival (Switzerland) - SRG Regiepreis

Festivals

Seattle International Film Festival* (USA) - Narrative Shorts
Cinequest Film and VR Festival* (USA) - Narrative Shorts
Edmonton International Film Festival* (Canada) - Narrative shorts
Atlanta Film Festival* (USA) - Short Film Competition
Bendfilm Festival* (USA) - Narrative Shorts
Provincetown International Film Festival* (USA) - Short Film Competition
ÉCU - The Independent European Film Festival (France) - Student Films
Rome Independent Film Festival (Italy) - Student Competition

*Academy Award Qualifying Festival

30+ Festival selections
Complete list here

Other Screenings

kult.kino (Basel, Switzerland) - Kino-Kultur-Tag - 07.12.2021

Articles

The New Current - Interview (English)
Review Central do Cinema (Italian)
Corto ticinese premiato a Los Angeles - Ticinonline (Italian)
Nova.rs - Interview (Serbian)
Tra i balcani e l’atlantico (Italian)

Vanja Victor Kabir Tognola Writer, Director

Vanja Victor Kabir Tognola
Writer, Director