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500 Calories

A human being needs at least 1200 calories a day to live. A woman in the middle of an existential crisis confronts her ballet teacher who had forced her, at the age of 13, to restrict her diet to 500 calories a day. Starring award winning actress Kathleen Chalfant.

Genre: Short Film/Fiction/Drama
Time: 18 mins
Country of Production: USA & Italy
Year: 2019
Language: English

Starring

Kathleen Chalfant

Yvonne Woods

Directed by

Cristina Spina
Producer

Olivia Serafini-Sauli

Editors

Stefano Mariotti

Cristina Spina

Cinematographers
Teodoro Maniaci

Director of Photography

Teodoro Maniaci

Written by

Cristina Spina

Production

Via 73 films

Distribution

Zen Movie

Music

Rossano Baldini

Selection and Awards

FESTA DEL CINEMA DI ROMA - ALICE NELLA CITTÀ (ITALY)

CORTO DORICO (ITALY)

CORTINAMETRAGGIO (ITALY)

♥ Winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

♥ Winner of TATATU AWARD

♥ Winner of PREMIO CINECIBO

AFRODITE SHORTS (ITALY)

♥ Winner of BEST FEMALE THEME AWARD

 

SHORTS INT. FILM FESTIVAL - MAREMETRAGGIO (ITALY)

SPELLO INT. SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)

FIGARI FILM FEST (ITALY)

OFFICINE SOCIAL MOVIE (ITALY)

CIAK FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY) 

FABRIANO FILM FEST (ITALY)

♥ Winner of the WOMEN EMPOWERMENT

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BARDOLINO FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)

♥ Winner of the SPECIAL MENTION

DO UT DES FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)

RIVER FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)

PRATO FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)

AMICORTI FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)

SALENTO INT. FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)​

SOCIAL WORLD FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)​

♥ Winner of BEST SCRIPT

♥ Winner of BEST ACTRESS (Yvonne Woods)

FISCHIA GLOBAL FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)​

IRENZE FILMCORTI (ITALY)​

♥ Winner of MUJERES AWARD

CAPRI MOVIE INT. FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)​

METRICAMENTE CORTO (ITALY)​

♥ Winner of BEST INT. SHORT FILM

VIGATA FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)​

CORTO E A CAPO - PREMIO MARIO PUZO (ITALY)​

♥ Winner of BEST SHORT FILM

SILA FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)

PERIFERIA DELL'IMPERO FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)

SAN DIEGO ITALIAN FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)

SILOE FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)

NEW YORK SHORT INT. FILM FESTIVAL (USA)

SALUS CINE FESTIVAL (ITALY)

GREENWICH VILLAGE FILM FESTIVAL (USA)

CORNWALL FILM FESTIVAL (UK)

CORTISONANTI SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)

SOHO INT. FILM FESTIVAL (USA)

AMARCORT FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)

♥ Winner of the SPECIAL MENTION

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