500 calories
Synopsis
English
A human being needs at least 1200 calories a day to live. A woman in the middle of an existential crisis confronts her ballet teacher who had forced her, at the age of 13, to restrict her diet to 500 calories a day.
Italiano
Un essere umano per vivere ha bisogno di almeno 1200 calorie al giorno. Una donna nel mezzo di una crisi esistenziale si confronta con la sua insegnante di danza che l'aveva costretta, all'età di 13 anni, a limitare la sua dieta a 500 calorie al giorno.
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Short Film | Fiction | Drama
17' 20''
Italy | USA
2020
English
Italian | French | Spanish
Kathleen Chalfant | Yvonne Woods
Via 73 films
Olivia Serafini-Sauli
Zen Movie
Cristina Spina
Teodoro Maniaci
Stefano Mariotti | Cristina Spina
Rossano Baldini
Rosa Spina
Rosa Spina
Brion Snyder
Marta Billingsley
Selections & Awards
FESTA DEL CINEMA DI ROMA - ALICE NELLA CITTÀ (ITALY)
CORTO DORICO (ITALY)
CORTINAMETRAGGIO (ITALY)
♥ Winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
♥ Winner of TATATU AWARD
♥ Winner of PREMIO CINECIBO
AFRODITE SHORTS (ITALY)
♥ Winner of BEST FEMALE THEME AWARD
SHORTS INT. FILM FESTIVAL - MAREMETRAGGIO (ITALY)
SPELLO INT. SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
FIGARI FILM FEST (ITALY)
OFFICINE SOCIAL MOVIE (ITALY)
CIAK FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
FABRIANO FILM FEST (ITALY)
♥ Winner of the WOMEN EMPOWERMENT
BARDOLINO FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
♥ Winner of the SPECIAL MENTION
DO UT DES FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
RIVER FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
PRATO FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
AMICORTI FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
SALENTO INT. FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
SOCIAL WORLD FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
♥ Winner of BEST SCRIPT
♥ Winner of BEST ACTRESS (Yvonne Woods)
ISCHIA GLOBAL FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
FIRENZE FILMCORTI (ITALY)
♥ Winner of MUJERES AWARD
CAPRI MOVIE INT. FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
METRICAMENTE CORTO (ITALY)
♥ Winner of BEST INT. SHORT FILM
VIGATA FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
CORTO E A CAPO - PREMIO MARIO PUZO (ITALY)
♥ Winner of BEST SHORT FILM
SILA FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
PERIFERIA DELL'IMPERO FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
SAN DIEGO ITALIAN FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
SILOE FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
NEW YORK SHORT INT. FILM FESTIVAL (USA)
SALUS CINE FESTIVAL (ITALY)
GREENWICH VILLAGE FILM FESTIVAL (USA)
CORNWALL FILM FESTIVAL (UK)
CORTISONANTI SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
SOHO INT. FILM FESTIVAL (USA)
AMARCORT FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
♥ Winner of the SPECIAL MENTION
Cristina Spina
Biography
English
Cristina Spina is an Italian actor, writer and director based in New York City. She started her career as a dancer and actor in Rome, working with top Italian Theater directors, such as Luca Ronconi, Massimo Castri and Carlo Cecchi. Cristina made her American debut when she was chosen by choreographer and director Martha Clarke for a lead role in the play Kaos by Frank Pugliese at the New York Theatre Workshop. In 2013, she studied at NYU Tisch School in their film program’s Sight & Sound Course. She was assistant director on Bette Gordon’s film “The drowning”. For “House of cards”, season 6, she shadowed the director Alik Sakharov. And for “City on a hill”, season 2, she shadowed the director Hagar Ben Hasher. In 2016, she directed her debut short film “So Be It”, which won Best Short Film at the Rome Independent Film Festival. She then wrote and directed “500 Calories” (2020), and she is now developing her first feature film, “Rose is a Rose”.
Italiano
Cristina Spina è un'attrice, scrittrice e regista italiana residente a New York. Inizia la sua carriera a Roma come ballerina e attrice, lavorando con i più importanti registi teatrali italiani, come Luca Ronconi, Massimo Castri e Carlo Cecchi. Cristina debutta in America quando viene scelta dalla coreografa e regista Martha Clarke per un ruolo da protagonista nello spettacolo Kaos di Frank Pugliese al New York Theatre Workshop. Nel 2013, studia alla NYU Tisch School nel corso cinematografico Sight & Sound. È assistente alla regia nel film di Bette Gordon "The drowning". Per "House of Cards", stagione 6, segue il regista Alik Sakharov. E per “City on a hill”, stagione 2, segue il regista Hagar Ben Hasher. Nel 2016 dirige il suo cortometraggio d'esordio “Così sia”, vincitore del premio Miglior Cortometraggio al Rome Independent Film Festival. In seguito scrive e dirige “500 Calories” (2020), e ora sta sviluppando il suo primo lungometraggio, “Rose is a Rose”.
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