Il nuovo cortometraggio del nostro amico Davide Melini, intitolato LION, sta facendo incetta di premi e nomination in giro nel mondo: al giorno d’oggi, il corto ha vinto ben 42 premi ed è nella selezione ufficiale del prestigioso “David di Donatello 2018”.
Con la frase di lancio: “Il Demonio ha un nuovo volto!”, questo horror, prodotto nel Regno Unito, ci porta in uno chalet isolato in una foresta innevata, dive troviamo un uomo accecato dall’alcool, una donna incapace di ribellarsi e un bambino di 8 anni, con un viso cupo e due occhi oscuri… Il silenzio della notte sarà squarciato da grida mortali… L’incubo ha inizio!
Nel cast troviamo Pedro Sánchez, Michael Segal e Tania Mercader, mentre il film vede una lunga sequenza di produttori importanti: Luca Vannella (“Avengers“, “Thor“, “Harry Potter“, “Apocalypto”, “In the Heart of the Sea – Le origini di Moby Dick”), Alexis Continente (“Assassinio sull’Orient Express”, “Transformers: The Last Knight”, “Thor”), Vincenzo Mastrantonio (“Titanic”, “Moulin Rouge”, “La passione di Cristo”, “Romeo + Giulietta”), Bobby Holland Hanton (“Il cavaliere oscuro – Il ritorno“, “Game of Thrones: Il trono di spade“, “Assassin’s Creed”, “007 – Quantum of Solace”), Ferdinando Merolla (“Troy”, “Gangs of New York”, “Hannibal Lecter – Le origini del male”), Roberto Paglialunga.
Scritto e diretto da Davide Melini, LION é stato girato con una Red Epic Dragon a 6K e questi sono tutti i premi e le nomination al giorno d’oggi:
- Morningstar Cine Festival 2017 (New York, United States): Best Film, Best Director, Best Production, Best Actor (Pedro Sánchez), Best Actress; Best Visual Effects, Best Makeup.
- Los Angeles CineFest 2017 (Los Angeles, United States): Official Selection.
- Hollywood International Moving Pictures Film Festival 2017 (Los Angeles, United States): Best Horror Film.
- 12 Months Film Festival 2017 (Cluj-Napoca, Romania): Best Film, 2nd Audience Award.
- Los Angeles Film Awards 2017 (Los Angeles, United States): Best Fantasy Film, Best Visual Effects.
- Barcelona Planet Film Festival 2017 (Barcelona, Spain): Best Director.
- Gold Movie Awards 2017 (London, United Kingdom): Best Actor Under 18 (Pedro Sánchez).
- London Independent Film Awards 2017 (London, United Kingdom): Best Horror/Thriller/Sci-Fi Short.
- L.A. Short Awards 2017 (Los Angeles, United States): Best Horror Film, Best Director.
- Independent Horror Movie Awards 2017 (United States): Best Director.
- Fangofest Amposta 2017 – Festival Internacional de Cine Fantástico, Terror y Gore de Amposta Amposta (Tarragona, Spain): Official Selection.
- Lake View International Film Festival 2017 (Moga – Punjab, India): Official Selection.
- European Cinematography Awards 2017 (Warsaw, Poland): Best Visual Effects.
- Eurasia International Monthly Film Festival 2017 (Moscow, Russia): Official Selection.
- Top Shorts 2017 (Los Angeles, United States): Best Horror Film, Director’s Honorable Mention.
- Mindie – Miami Independent Film Festival 2017 (Miami, United States): Official Selection.
- Festigious International Film Festival 2017 (Los Angeles, United States): Best Horror Film, Best Young Actor (Pedro Sánchez).
- Five Continents International Film Festival 2017 (Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela): Best Horror Film, Best Visual Effects, Best Makeup.
- Oniros Film Awards 2017 (La Thuile, Italy): Best Fantasy Film, Best Young Actor (Pedro Sánchez).
- Edmonton Festival of Fear International Film Festival 2017 (Edmonton, Canada): Official Selection.
- Italian Horror Show 2017 (Latina, Italy): Official Selection.
- Fear Fete Horror Film Festival 2017 (Biloxi, United States): Official Selection.
- Upstate NY Horror Film Festival 2017 (New York, United States): Official Selection.
- Feel The Reel International Film Festival 2017 (Glasgow, Scotland): Official Selection.
- Hollywood Hills Awards 2017 (Los Angeles, United States): Best Supernatural Thriller.
- Horror Online Art 2017 – Festival Internacional de Cine Fantástico y de Terror de Navarra (Pamplona, Spain): Official Selection.
- Hollywood Film Competition 2017 (Los Angeles, United States): Best Horror Film.
- Cine Horror Bahia 2017 (Salvador, Brazil): Official Selection.
- Pop Ninja HorrorShort Film Festival 2017 (Lake Charles, United States): Official Selection.
- Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Awards 2017 (Los Angeles, United States): Best Production, Best Visual Effects.
- Niaffs 2017 – Noidentity International Action Film Festival Spain (Seville, Spain): Official Selection.
- S.O.S. Indie Horror Film Festival 2017 (Wheelersburg, Ohio, United States): Official Selection.
- Rincofest 2017 – Festival de Cortos de Terror, Scifi y Fantástico de la Rinconada (Seville, Spain): Official Selection.
- Tenebra Film Festival 2017 (Guadalajara, Mexico): Official Selection.
- American Horrors Film Festival 2017 (Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, United States): Official Selection.
- Obscura Film Festival 2017 (Berlin, Germany): Official Selection.
- L’Aquila Horror Film Festival 2017 (L’Aquila, Italy): Official Selection.
- Aab International Film Festival 2017 (Moga – Punjab, India): Best Film.
- Festival Cine Animal Bogotá 2017 (Bogotá, Colombia): Honorable Mention.
- Terror Córdoba Festival Internacional de Cine de Terror y Fantástico 2017 (Córdoba, Argentina): Official Selection.
- Muestra de Cortometrajes de Terror 2017 (Marbella, Spain): Official Selection.
- Cinecittá World Horror Show 2017 (Rome, Italy): Official Selection.
- Anatomy: Crime – Horror International Film Festival 2017 (Athens, Greece): Official Selection.
- Mediterranean Film Festival 2017 (Siracusa, Italy): Best Horror Film.
- New York Film Awards 2017 (New York, Unites States): Honorable Mention for Actor (Michael Segal), Best FX.
- AFC Global Fest (Kolkata, India): Official Selection.
- Diabolical Horror Film Festival 2017 (San Francisco, United States): Official Selection.
- Zed Fest Film Festival (Los Angeles, United States): Official Selection.
- Los Angeles Horror Competition 2017 (Los Angeles, United States): Best Film, Best Director, Best Visual Effects.
- Smallmovie Festival 2017 (Calcinaia, Italy): Official Selection.
- Top Indie Film Awards 2017 (Manchester, United Kingdom): Best Sound.
- The Lost Sanity Horror & Sci-Fi Film Festival 2017 (Temecula, United States): Official Selection.
- Genre Celebration Festival 2017 (Shanghai, China): Official Selection.
- North American Film Awards (United States): Best Editing.
- Bloodstained Indie Film Festival (Shanghai, China): Official Selection
- Los Ángeles SR Film Festival (Los Ángeles de San Rafael, Spain): Official Selection.
- International Short Film Festival Beveren (Beveren, Belgium): Official Selection.
- Global Film Festival Awards 2018 (Los Angeles, United States): Official Selection.
- The European Independent Film Award 2017 (Paris, France): Official Selection.
- Russian International Horror Film Awards 2018 (Moscow, Russia): Official Selection (March 25th, 2018).