Nel giorno più caldo dell’anno, tre generazioni della famiglia Merlo si riuniscono per Ferragosto nell’idilliaca campagna veneta. Ma, tra brindisi e apparenze, si prepara una ribellione segreta. Riemergono vecchi rancori e si stringono nuove alleanze: una cena da far perdere la testa. On the hottest day of the year, three generations of the Merlo family gather for Ferragosto in the idyllic Venetian countryside. But, between toasts and appearances, a secret rebellion is being prepared. Old grudges resurface and new alliances are formed: a dinner to die for. CREDITS Simone Merlo: Giovanni De Fazio Augusto Merlo: Giulio Baraldi Marina Merlo: Laura Talenti Nonna Luigia Merlo: Cristina Basso Cristina "Tina" Merlo: Francesca Antonucci Director, editor (and parrot): Lucrezia Dal Toso Screenplay: Benjamin Klahr, Lucrezia Dal Toso Cinematography: Jonas Louis Meyer Producer: Konstantin Holzner Set design: Eva Blüml ©2025

Babet and Andreas are cooking. But how much - and in which way - are the two lovers involved in the recipe? Babet und Andreas kochen. Doch wie sehr – und auf welche Weise – sind die beiden Liebenden an dem Rezept beteiligt? CREDITS with Sina Leinweber, Henning Grimpe Writer, director, editor: Lucrezia Dal Toso Cinematography: Jonas Louis Meyer Sound: Tobias Bachem ©2025

When Italian Nadia is finally able to move house after completing her studies, she hopes for a new kind of freedom - especially from her ever-present mother. Instead, she finds a new kind of assault - her neighbour Luka experiences verbal abuse from his father on an almost daily basis. Nadia is determined to help - but is that what Luka wants? FESTIVALS Winner 1. Prize at Shortmood U30 2025 in Stuttgart Winner of Best Directing at 24framealsecondo 2025 in Rome Nominated for Best Screenplay at 24framealsecondo 2025 in Rome Winner of the Rotary Kunstpreis Preis Eins in Munich Nominated for Best Foreign Short and Best Actress at Moonlight Film Fest 2025 Official Selection Girogirocorto 2025 in Rome flimmern&rauschen Film Festival 2025 in Munich TimeLine Film Festival 2025 in Milan CREDITS with Laura Talenti, Jannis Roth, Zimmi, Bonita Lubliner, Gwenni Bihnwi Njibamum, Anton Sailer, Florian Fischbach, Robin Kufner, Tobias Bachem, Bettina Bachmann Frank Director, editor: Lucrezia Dal Toso Screenplay: Benjamin Klahr, Lucrezia Dal Toso Cinematography: Maria José Rosales Robles Production: Maya Hähndel Sound: Hugo Worthmann Set design: Eva Blüml ©2024

Two girls coming back from the disco by car: who will the find inside a gas station? How will they react? The short film aims to criticize the verbal and sexual abuse women are, sadly, now used to experience. FESTIVALS Rüsselsheimer Filmtage Satirische Kurzfilme 2024 Re-Frame: Debut Film Festival Vienna 2024 CREDITS with Paula Aschmann, Henning Grimpe, Adam Wingard, Julia Siebert Cacéres Writer, director, editor: Lucrezia Dal Toso Cinematography: Daniel J. Müller Sound: René Stumm Requirements: Konstantin Holzner ©2024

Melek "Mel" Kaya, an Italian-Turkish girl, moves to Bolzano to study singing at the conservatory. Due to the high rent of the flat she lives in, she is forced to abandon her studies to take up a job as a food delivery rider, in secret from her parents. To try to cultivate her passion anyway, Mel sings at the neighbourhood bar. How is she going to deal with her double life? FESTIVALS Winner of the Special Mention at the Edera Film Festival 2023 BFFB - Bolzano Film Festival Bozen 2023 (Local Heroes) Sorrento Film and Food Festival 2023 International Cycling Film Festival 2025 CREDITS with Elda Ergulec Writer, director, editor: Lucrezia Dal Toso Cinematography: Lucas Geiger Sound: Giovanni Mistroni ©2022