Award of Excellence – “A Friend In Me” (Italy)

Title: A Friend In Me
Runtime: 11 min
Country: Italy
Director: Gianluca Manzetti
Placement: Award of Excellence + Best Music (Mauro Meddi)
Competition: December, 2017

Synopsis: Like every day a boy spends his day accompanied by the constant presence of his smartphone. In a world where everyone wants to be protagonists, in a lifestyle devoted to hedonism, in which everyone thinks of themselves, there are those who share posts, those who pose themselves waiting to become immortal through the its digital representation. Then there are those who do not have the perception of what is happening around them and do not look at the road. As the protagonist of this story, distracted by what would seem his dearest friend …