Date: Thursday, May 29 – Tuesday, June 10, 2025, ONLINE: Thursday, April 24 – Sunday, June 30, 2025

International Program

Competition 4

Fade To Black

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He and She have their first kiss: the music rises, the lips touch, and the film fades to black. It is the beginning of a beautiful love story, but something doesn't add up: why is their life going so fast? A love story haunted by a great enemy: time.

Director
Mariangela Marletta & Giovanni Jannoni
Time
0:13:36
Country
Switzerland
Genre
Drama
Year
2024
Cast
Luca Di Giovanni, Roberta Mengozzi, Margherita Schoch, Silvano Piccardi

Awards Nominations

2025 - Solothurn filmtage - Panorama Shorts

Director

Mariangela Marletta & Giovanni Jannoni

Mariangela Marletta, born in 1991 in Switzerland, is a director of photography and filmmaker. She won the Ivy Film Festival for The Lives of Mecca.
Giovanni Jannoni, born in 1993 in Italy, is a director and editor. He studied cinema in Switzerland, creating award-winning short films, commercials, and documentaries for major networks.

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Cast

Luca Di Giovanni, Roberta Mengozzi, Margherita Schoch, Silvano Piccardi

Screening

Screening Venue

VenueScheduleTicket Reservation
Omotesando Hills Space O2025.5.30 [Fri] 11:20-13:10

Online Screening

OnlinescheduleOnline Screening
Online Screening2025.06.12 [Thu] - 06.30 [Mon]

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