Lucrezia Dal Toso
MEL
"MEL" is a fiction short film set in Bolzano that deals with the topic of food delivery riders.
The plot focuses on Melek Kaya, a 23-year-old Italian-Turkish girl. Passionate about singing, Mel moves from Verona to Bolzano to study music 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 rider for the food delivery company "Quick. Here with a click”. To try to cultivate her passion anyway, Mel plays once a week at the neighbourhood bar.
After the ultimatum of her landlord, who is intent on evicting her after failing to pay several months’ rent, the short film follows Mel through the struggles that the job of a rider presents and the self-discovery of what she really wants to be.
"MEL" is selected at the "BFFB - Bolzano Film Festival Bozen 2023" for the category "Local Heroes" and it was screened at the "Sorrento Film and Food Festival 2023". "MEL" won the Special Mention at the "Edera Film Festival 2023".
Written, directed and edited: Lucrezia Dal Toso
Starring: Elda Ergulec
Camera: Lucas Geiger
Sound: Giovanni Mistroni
Soundtracks: John Coggins, Luca Weste, Neri Barocci, FASSounds, Elda Ergulec, NaturesEye
Special thanks: Uwe H. Martin, Antonino Benincasa