Festival internazionale Segni della Notte - Urbino
International Festival Signs of the Night - Urbino





9° Festival internazionale Segni della Notte - Urbino - April 2 - 6, 2025

23th International Festival Signs of the Night - Italy

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Sala del Maniscalco
Urbino
Wednesday April 3, 2025
20 h




Burn after Writing

YU Xian
China / 2024 / 0:29:57

With the pandemic restrictions lifted, Tianshi returns to his hometown, Gaolou Village. Shortly after, he witnesses his grandpa die from COVID-19. Tianshi fear he might be the cause of this tragedy...










 

Being John Smith

John Smith
United Kingdom, England / 2024 / 0:26:40

After enduring many decades of embarrassment and discomfort, the artist finally admits to the negative impact that possessing the commonest name in the English-speaking world has had on his psyche. Peppered with disparate fragments of autobiography, ‘Being John Smith’ takes us on a confessional journey that reveals just how important a name can be.






 

Exit Through the Cuckoo's Nest

Nikola Ilic
Switzerland / 2024 / 0:19:10

This personal short documentary tells the story of a soldier who never wanted to be one. His decision never to pull a trigger led to resistance and ultimately to military prison. Pretending to be mentally ill, he leaves the war zone and returns to Belgrade via the insane asylum. On the day NATO begins bombing the entire country.

ITALIAN PREMIERE


 

Coal

Charbon
Saman Lotfian
Iran / 2023 / 0:19:40

Eesa and Mokhtar, miners, get into a fight. Eesa pushes Mokhtar, and makes him fall. Mokhtar's oxygen tank starts leaking, without anyone noticing. Eesa discovers methane gas and saves some people, but Mokhtar dies due to an empty tank. Eesa, torn, faces a choice: lie and become a hero or confess everything and carry the weight of killing Mokhtar.

ITALIAN PREMIERE