DAUGHTERHOOD (2020)
Short Film / Web Series Pilot 12 minutes, Dark Comedy
Directed by Cecilia Albertini / Written by Cecilia Albertini & Carmela Corbett / Produced by Joshua Levion & Luca Miano
HollyShorts Official Selection 2020
29th Los Angeles Comedy Film Festival
DAUGHTERHOOD is a web series about the dysfunctional relationship between Carrie, an alcoholic, controlling stage mother and her adult daughter, Megan. Carrie does everything in her power to ensure that Megan will become a famous actress, often with disastrous, humiliating results.
LABOR (2018)
Directed by Cecilia Albertini, written by Andrea Brusa and Cecilia Albertini 12 minutes, Drama
Distribution by Rai Cinema
WINNER - Best Film at the Afrodite Film Festival in Rome
WINNER - Best Directing at the Moscow Shorts Film Festival
WINNER - UCLA Director's Spotlight award 2018
Two mothers. One baby. A harrowing decision.
Official Selections: Venice Film Festival (Giovani Autori Italiani Section), LA Shorts Film Festival (World Premiere), DC Shorts Film Festival, Urban World Film Festival, Fine Cut Festival of Films, The Wrap Shortlist, El Gouna Film Festival, Sedici Corto Film Festival, Rome Film Festival, Nantucket Film Festival, Hill County Film Festival, Tallahassee Film Festival, Skepto Film Festival, Figari Film Festival, Porto Femme International Film Festival, Buenos Aires Film Festival, ENFOQUE Film Festival, Zeitimpuls Film Festival, Sound & Image Challenge, Alpinale Kurzfilmfestival, Corti da Sogno - Antonio Ricci, San Sebastian Human Rights Film Festival, Fastnet Film Festival, Landshut Short Film Festival, Visioni Italiane, Soria Film Festival 2018, Malatya International Film Festival 2018, Afrodite Film Festival, Moscow Shorts Film Festival).
FIRST LOVE (2017)
Written and Directed by Cecilia Albertini, Produced by Candice Nachman 16 minutes, Drama
A fifteen year old girl has a crush on her older neighbour, but she soon discovers that she must compete with another woman for his attention.
OFFICIAL SELECTIONS:
2017 - California Women’s Film Festival
ALLEGRA'S BODY SHOP (2017)
Directed by Cecilia Albertini, written by Cecilia Albertini & Anna Fox 6 minutes, Dark Comedy
WINNER - Best Comedy at the Austin Comedy Short Film Festival
WINNER - Honorable Mention at the London Worldwide Comedy Film Festival
NOMINATED - Best Original Concept at the Austin Comedy Shorts Film Festival
OFFICIAL SELECTIONS:
2018 - Austin Comedy Shorts Film Festival
Two small time crooks break into a car shop and stumble upon a car-themed BDSM orgy that gets in the way of their malicious plans.
SANITY (2016)
TV Series Episode
Directed by Cecilia Albertini/ Produced by Linda Riedmann and Andrea Massaro 19 minutes, Drama
Nominated for a Student Emmy Award in 2017
Sanity is a TV series about five graduate student therapists in a university counseling clinic, and the unusual patients they take on while managing their own intense personal relationships.
LOOSE ENDS (2015)
Written and Directed by Cecilia Albertini 7 minutes, Drama
At the darkest moment in a man's life, he finds an unexpected connection with his estranged son.
MISSISSIPPI REQUIEM (2018)
Directed by Marta Savina, Produced by Cecilia Albertini 17 minutes, Drama
Executive Producer James Franco