Original title: Sotto il mio giardino
Country: Italy
Year: 2007
Running time: 20 min
Format: super 16mm

Directed by: Andrea Lodovichetti
Screenplay: Andrea Lodovichetti, Luca Caprara
Actors: Stefano Bottone, Alessandra Pellegrino, Kasia Zurakowska, Dino Spinella, Katia Nani
Cinematography by: Giancarlo Lancioni
Editing by: Beatrice Corti
Music: Mario Mariani
Production: Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia – Rome

 

Synopsis: Marco, a 10-year old boy who has a passion for insects, is convinced that his neighbor has killed his wife and then buried her body under his garden. The evidence Marco finds is a large ant-nest that he has been carefully examining for a while. He thus decides to carry out some investigations; and he reveals his thoughts only to his little friend, Sara.

 

Awards:

2007 Novara Film Festival (1st prize for best soundtrack) (Italy)
2007 Looking for genius award , Cannes (France)
2008 First Prize International Discovery Award al Rhode Island International Film Festival (USA)
2009 Globo d’oro (Italy)