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Overview
- Country: Italy
- Year: 2025
- Type: short film
- Language: Italian
- Duration: 19 minutes
- Format / color: 4K, color
- Production: Ginko Film, Filmine, Malfé Film
- Support: Film Commission Torino Piemonte - Short Film Fund
- Sponsors: Golden River, Fratelli Castagna, Sirelma Group, Birrificio Rabel
Synopsis
On her last day behind the diner counter, Sara is preparing to leave the province. Denis watches her, trying to hold on to what they both fear losing. In a crystallized, suspended landscape, their farewell reveals the depth of their bond and the heartrending intensity of separation.
Trailer
Press
Restare wins at Lunigiana Cinema Festival
Fabio Bobbio's Restare receives the best open-theme short film award at the tenth Lunigiana Cinema Festival, which closed in Fivizzano on 28 June.
Restare - SentieriSelvaggi
Exclusive interview with Fabio Bobbio about returning to the province with Restare.
Restare - Fred Film Radio
Interview with Fabio Bobbio about the short film Restare, presented at Venice Critics' Week.
Credits
- Director: Fabio Bobbio
- Authors: Fabio Bobbio, Zelia Zbogar
- Production: Chiara Andrich, Andrea Mura, Valerio Valente, Enrico Cannizzo
- Production: Ginko Film in association with Filmine and Malfé Film
- Cinematography: Bruno Raciti
- Editing: Enrico Giovannone
- Set design: Raffaella Cuviello, Patrycja Holuk
- Costume design: Sara Giovene, Patrizia Tirino
- Make up: Gloria Corradino
- Sound engineer: Manuel Paradiso
- Sound design and mix: Tommaso Barbaro, Massimo Mariani
- Music: Deriansky, Paolo Spaccamonti, Sierra Moreno
- Color grading and VFX: Luca Vigliani
- Production manager: Fabio Valente
- Assistant director: Anna Paola Francavilla
- Cast: Yile Yara Vianello, Zackari Delmas
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Festivals & Awards
Archive periodically updated from external sources.
Participations (22)
Malfé archive
| 2026 | set · Abbàida! |
|---|---|
| 2026 | set · Factory Film Festival · Concorso |
| 2026 | ago · Festival Internacional de Cine Bajo La Luna · Competencia Cortometrajes Internacional |
| 2026 | giu · Andaras Traveling Film Festival · Andaras Noas (New Paths) |
| 2026 | lug · Basta Fest · Shorts |
| 2026 | lug · Bridge Film Festival · Coming of Age, Shorts |
| 2026 | lug · Cisterna Film Festival · Concorso |
| 2026 | giu · Lunigiana Cinema Festival · Concorso Cortometraggi |
| 2026 | lug · San Gio' Video Festival · Concorso |
| 2026 | lug · Sere d'Estate · Panorama |
| 2026 | lug · Umbria Film Festival · Amarcorti |
| 2026 | apr · Massachusetts Independent Film Festival · International Shorts |
| 2026 | mar · KINO Athens Festival · Short Film |
| 2025 | nov · MedFilm Festival · Concorso Internazionale Cortometraggi |
| 2025 | nov · Torino Film Festival · Torino Film Industry - A Short Evening with Film Commission Torino Piemonte |
| 2025 | ott · Le Giornate della Mostra del Cinema di Venezia nelle Province Autonome di Trento e Bolzano Alto Adige · Panorama |
| 2025 | ott · Le Giornate della Mostra in Veneto · Panorama |
| 2025 | set · Da Venezia a Roma e nel Lazio · Panorama |
| 2025 | set · Le Giornate della Mostra del Cinema di Venezia · Panorama |
| 2025 | ago · Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica di Venezia · SIC@SIC Short Italian Cinema @ Settimana Internazionale della Critica - Apertura |
| 2025 | nov · Glocal Film Festival · Spazio Piemonte |
| 2023 | nov · Torino Film Festival · Boost IT Lab - Torino Film Industry |
Awards and nominations
- 2026 giu, Lunigiana Cinema Festival: Premio Migliore Cortometraggio Tema Libero
- 2025 nov, Glocal Film Festival: Premio del Pubblico