Selb · April 24 - 27, 2025 48. GRENZLAND-FILMTAGE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Program

Never Apply Salt To Attract A Potential Lover

Storyline

Francesca likes music and complex mathematical equations. She also likes Bobby. Bobby likes salt.

About the film/director

A short silent comedy shot on 16mm, filmed in Italy by an Anglo-French director who doesn't speak a word of Italian. Jethro Massey is an Anglo-French director based in Paris. His previous short film, Trauma Industries, a 35mm science fiction film with an aesthetic inspired by 1950s Soviet propaganda, was selected in over 70 film festivals around the world, and won ten awards in Oman, across Europe, and in the U.S. His music videos for Joon Moon, Acoustic Resistance, Hailey Tuck, Melody Linhart & Liset Alea (Nouvelle Vague) have featured in festivals around the world, gathering numerous awards for costume, make-up, cinematography and special effects.

Credits

Director:
Jethro Massey
Script:
Jethro Massey
Camera:
Isarr Eiriksson
Editor:
Julien Chardon
Sound:
Théo Serror
Music:
Duvad Dunayevsky
Producer:
Film Fabric: Jethro Massey, Matteo Fusconi, Enrico Piraccini
Cast:
Daniele « Gnigne » Vaienti, Carlotta Pircher
Contact:
Jethro Massey
E-mail:
jethro@jethromassey.com
  • Italy, France
  • Silent film with English intertitles
  • 2020
  • 21:07 minutes

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