Anna and Lucia, two girls in their twenties, one Italian and one of Nigerian origin, alternate as carers for Mrs Maria, an elderly bedridden woman. Anna assists Maria during the day, while Lucia works at night: the shift change is the only time the two girls meet. In that short period of time, the differences between them explode daily, in a conflict to assert, one at the expense of the other, their position in the world.

The first collaboration with Chiara Marotta and Loris Giuseppe Nese, the duo from Salerno: Articolture arrives straight at the Lido. After appreciating their previous works, the producers worked hard to make their new short film, which immediately obtained the coveted contribution of the ex-MiBACT/SIAE call “Per Chi Crea” and then the support of the Film Commission of the Campania Region .

“Il Turno” is a mono-location short set in Salerno, the directors’ hometown, which starts from the relationship between three women – an elderly bedridden woman and her two young carers – to address themes such as the absence of prospects and the condition of subordination that the two girls have in common regardless of their origins, in a social context such as that of southern Italy. Articolture shared the vision of Nese and Marotta in terms of casting (only non-professional actresses) and the construction of the crew (small and close-knit, based on the skills of the two directors, one also DOP, the other also an editor) and it is spent to activate an impact process with local institutions through which to identify the foreign protagonist in the Salerno community of migrant women. Thanks to Sayonara Film, which supports Articolture in the promo-distribution of the film, “The shift” is the only Italian short in competition at the 78th Venice Film Festival, section Orizzonti, and has already been sold to RAI Cinema Channel.

CHIARA MAROTTA

Screenwriter, director and editor for films, video clips and commercials, co-founder of the film production and distribution company Lapazio Film, Chiara Marotta received the Pitch Me Award from Cartoons on the Bay in 2018 and works on screenplay and editing of the short film “Quelle Brutte Cose”. The film was awarded Best Editing at the 33rd Venice Critics’ Week and selected at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. In 2019 he worked on the editing of the feature film “Gli Anni Amari”, presented at the Rome Film Festival. His film “Veronica Non Sa Fumare” receives the Award for Best Short Film at the 34th Venice Critics’ Week. She is the director and editor of the documentary “Il Momento Di Passaggio”, for which she received the Solinas Award. She is the editor of the animated short film “Malumore”, awarded at the Dok Leipzig and the Torino Film Festival, and in competition, among others, at the Slamdance Film Festival 2021 and at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival.

LORIS GIUSEPPE NESE

Director, screenwriter, director of photography and animator for films, video clips and commercials, co-founder of the film production and distribution company Lapazio Film, Loris Giuseppe Nese received the Pitch Me Award from Cartoons on in 2018 the Bay and the Special Mention of the Solinas Award. He is the author of “Quelle brutte cose”, awarded at the 33rd Venice Critics’ Week and the only Italian short in competition at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. He worked on the screenplay and cinematography of “Veronica non sa fumare” awarded in 2019 as Best Short Film of the 34. Venice Critics’ Week, and to the photography, editing and animation of the documentary “Il momento di passaggio”. He is the director, screenwriter and animator of the short film “Malumore”, awarded in 2020 at the Dok Leipzig and the Torino Film Festival, and in 2021 presented, among other festivals, at the Slamdance Film Festival and the Annecy International Animated Film Festival.