Olivia

Story

Synopsis

A young woman remains prisoner of a cursed forest infested with strange creatures. Olivia Is a short film written and shot in only four days by the Oredilm troupe with the help of the students of Liceo Artistico Federico II of Corato, for the contest 4 days a week. Under the pretext of the Fantasy-horror Fairy tale the work of the director Byron Rink tries to tell the Italian problem of the plague of the olive trees caused by the bacterium Xilella fastidiosa. The Eco-horror becomes then the metaphor to tell monsters much more scaring than the cinematic ones. The short film has already received some honorary mentions and it is winner of the Apulia Web Fest in the category ‘”Best Cinematography” and at Golden Lion Film Festival as “Best Fantastic Short Film”. It has been defined as a ”black and white small, deep, heart breaking poem”

Directors

Valentina Falsfein, Fabrizio 'Byron' Rink

Writers

Fabrizio 'Byron' Rink

Language

Italian

Country

Italy

Release date

5 May 2024

Ensemble

Cast

• Fabrizio Byron Rink

  Himself

• 

  Fabrizio 'Byron' Rink

  Old Tree

• Daniele Zaccardo

  Berto

• Emanuela Greco

  Olivia / Dead Tree #4

• Alessio Giorgi

  Dead Tree #1

• Kira Ialongo

  The Stepmother

• Mauro Tiberi

  The Devil

• Loris Ladisa

  Dead Tree #2

• Giuliano Di Giovambattista

  Friar

• Stefano Diaferia

  Dead Tree #3

• Michele D'Ambrosio

  Dead Tree #5

• Elena Falsfein

  Elena