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🌈 **“Out of Bounds – Cinema under the Stars”: Rainbow Night celebrates young filmmakers with six short films spanning animation, social engagement, and poetic visions**

Following sold-out Green and Blue Nights, the film series **“Out of Bounds – Cinema under the Stars”** continues on Thursday, September 3, with Rainbow Night—an evening entirely dedicated to young filmmakers and the creativity of independent cinema.

The event, organized by the **Gruppo Farfa Association** with the support of the Municipality of Molfetta and the Department of Culture, as part of the **“Luci diffuse”** program, will take place on Thursday, September 3, at 8:30 p.m. at the **Ospedaletto dei Crociati**. Admission is free.

Six short films, six original perspectives, one common thread: cinema as a tool for storytelling, social commentary, and discovery. The program ranges from animation to documentary, from black-and-white filmmaking to visual poetry, celebrating the talent of Italian and Apulian directors who are making a name for themselves at international festivals.

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🎬 **THE SHORT FILMS**

### **“Comando Io”** by Pierdomenico Minafra – 14 min
Winner of the Damiano Russo Award for Best Short Film at **Bif&st 2026** (the *Sarò Breve* section). The film explores power dynamics, identity, and vulnerability in contemporary suburbs, in a hidden and silent Bari where two boys move between command and submission. The filmmakers will be in attendance.

### **“Ricciolidò”** by Francesca Lepore – 12 min
A petite woman in a world built to different proportions. A powerful metaphor for the struggle to assert oneself in a society that does not measure up to you. Winner of the Audience Award at the **Landshut KurzFilm Festival**. The Neapolitan director has worked as an assistant director with Miguel Gomes, Alice Rohrwacher, Mario Martone, and Michelangelo Frammartino.

### **“Cinabro”** by Michele De Bari – 8 min
A visionary journey between past and present, in which the figure of Elizabeth I dissolves and re-forms in the face of every woman searching for her own voice. Discarded clothes, armor, and ruffs become instruments of beauty and defense. The Apulian director combines fashion, art, and storytelling in a deeply personal visual language.

### **“Rugiada di Vita”** by Giuseppe Arcieri – 11:46 min
A documentary telling the story of **Maria Picardi Coliac**, a 97-year-old painter from Barletta with more than eighty years of artistic activity and over one hundred exhibitions behind her. A tribute to life and art, the film received the **KOCCA Special Award** at the **AMURA International Film Festival**.

### **“La Mister”** by Domenico de Ceglia – 16 min
A men’s soccer team welcomes a new coach, Alice. The arrival of the female coach is met with suspicion. A black-and-white short film about gender equality, produced in collaboration with the **“Carlo Cafiero” Scientific High School** in Barletta. Selected for the **Italian Contemporary Film Festival (ICFF) 2026** in Toronto, the most important festival dedicated to Italian cinema outside Italy.

### **“DROP”** by Claudio Quattrone – 3:30 min
A 2D animated film telling the story of a raindrop terrified by the thought of falling from the sky. Will it find the courage to face the void? A delicate and poetic work that has received numerous awards and international selections, including the **Aqua Film Festival**, **SiciliAmbiente Film Festival**, **Athens Animfest**, and **Tirana International Film Festival**. The director, a Calabrian born in 1992, has worked with Disney, Warner Bros., Netflix, RAI, and Prime Video.