When the two thirteen year old gymnasts Nadia and Bee are selected for the national training camp they learn something new about bodies, boys and friendship.
Original title:
Chalk
Director:
Martina Amati
Cinematography:
Charlotte Bruus Christensen
Production:
Gavin Emerson, James Bolton
Music:
Gunnlaug Thorvaldsdottir
Editor:
Benedetto Lanfranco
Cast:
Lillie Buttery, Nicole Pavier, Katie Lyons, Toby Shouls
Script:
Martina Amati, Ilaria Bernardini
Others:
Sound: Tim Surrey
Dialogue:
English
Licensed territory:
Worldwide except UK
Themes:
Sport, Adventures, Identity, Childhood & Adolescence, Art, Friendship, Sex, Suffering, Conflict, Love & Relationship
2011
Berlin Int. Film Festival
South by Southwest, USA
Stockholm Int. Film
Festival Junior
Los Angeles Film Festival
Milan Int. Film Festival
Palm Springs Short Film Festival
Flickers Rhode Island Int. Film Festival BFI London Film Festival
Uppsala Int. Short Film Festival
Curta Cinema Festival, Rio de Janeiro, et al.
2012
Nominated for BAFTA
2011
Best Short Film, Mo&Friese Hamburg Children’s Short Film Festival
Best Drama Corto in Bra Int. Filmfestival Turin
Best Short Film, I’ve Seen Films Int. Film Festival, Milano