Conigli al Cimitero | Trento Film Festival

NEAR HORIZONS

Conigli al Cimitero

Rabbits at the Cemetery

Filippo Maria Pontiggia

Italy / 2024 / 28' / Italian premiere

In the quiet Trento cemetery, an unusual problem upsets the community: an invasion of rabbits that eat flowers and dig holes between graves. The town's elderly women, exasperated, ask local politicians for help. Claudio Cia, an opposition politician, takes matters into his own hands, devising extravagant plans to catch the rabbits, while the mayor and his staff look for legal and practical solutions.

Language: Italian, Dialect, English

Screenings

Conigli al Cimitero is part of these programs:

TRANSCARDUS - a balkanSki story

Elisa Bessega

Italy / 2024 / 20'
Cincanta

Paolo Vinati

Italy / 2024 / 22'
Conigli al Cimitero

Filippo Maria Pontiggia

Italy / 2024 / 28'

27/04/2025

17:00

Multisala Modena — Sala 3

—

Add Remove

Not available

30/04/2025

18:45

Multisala Modena — Sala 2

—

Add Remove

Not available

How to Lease a Cow

Livni Holtz, Sebastian Reinicke, Nicolas Seiler

Switzerland / 2024 / 27'
Conigli al Cimitero

Filippo Maria Pontiggia

Italy / 2024 / 28'

04/05/2025

15:00

Supercinema Vittoria

—

Add Remove

Not available

Director

Filippo Maria Pontiggia

Filippo, a graduate of the Liceo Artistico in Aosta, is a selector at the FrontDoc Film Festival and a videomaker for CervinoCinemountain. He has made film sets, television (RAI VdA), promotional (Film Commission VdA). He also creates performances using projections, mapping, light, sensors, music, dance and new media.

Awards

Universities of Trento, Bolzano and Innsbruck Students’ Award

Ed. 2025

The film stands out for its ability to tackle a topical issue with stratified sensitivity, offering the audience multiple levels of interpretation. This short work is striking thanks to the elegant choices in terms of direction choices, framing and editing. The strength of the film also lies in its close connection with the local area. Pontiggia shows concrete and consistent commitment in the implementation of a project combining aesthetics, content and context.

CinemAMoRE Award - Special Mention

Ed. 2025

At a time when bears and wolves are at the centre of debate in Trentino, with dry wit and sensitivity as regards the local community, the film recalls the unusual invasion of Trento cemetery by rabbits a few years ago, here taking on tragicomic and “legendary” characteristics. An original story, enriched by archive research and lively interviews, with the use of music that supports the narration with surreal creativity.

Gallery

Trento Film Map