{"id":47414,"date":"2026-08-15T21:50:42","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T16:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=47414"},"modified":"2026-08-15T21:50:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T16:50:42","slug":"marco-cavazzins-mutrion-scoops-leopards-of-tomorrow-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=47414","title":{"rendered":"Marco Cavazzin&#8217;s &#8216;Mutrion&#8217; Scoops Leopards of Tomorrow Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cMutrion,\u201d a short film set in the Venice lagoon\u00a0by 26-year-old Italian director\u00a0Marco Cavazzin, has scooped the best director award at the <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/locarno\/\" id=\"auto-tag_locarno\" data-tag=\"locarno\">Locarno<\/a> Film Festival\u2019s Pardi di Domani (Leopards of Tomorrow) section.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cMutrion,\u201d which is the only Italian entry in the section, stars Manfredi Marini, who previously starred in Giovanni Tortorici\u2019s \u201cNineteen,\u201d\u00a0and\u00a0Giulio Maroncelli and is produced by the independent studio\u00a0Etimo. The short, shot entirely on the lagoon islands, is supported by the Veneto Film Commission and  distributed by Italy\u2019s Cattive Produzioni.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cIn a lagoon suspended in time, legend has it that sooner or later every inhabitant loses the toenail of their right big toe,\u201d says the synopsis. \u201cIt has never happened to Marco. But now that he has returned, something inside him is beginning to crack.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe story follows Marco (played by Manfredi Marini), who in childhood was nicknamed \u201cMutrion\u201d (which means \u201csulky\u201d). Marco left the lagoon area at age twenty. Unlike the other locals, he never lost his toenail. Returning four years later, he faces the community\u2019s tacit expectations and structural isolation, causing something deep within him to fracture as the landscape shifts between physical reality and psychological projection.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cThis short stems from the desire to tell a story of return, the attempt to reconnect with a place that has become both familiar and distant over time. In the Venetian lagoon, rituals, superstitions and family stories are still present and continue to shape collective identity,\u201d Cavazzin said in his directors\u2019 statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tLocarno\u2019s Leopards of Tomorrow selection was judged by a jury panel made up by Lebanese director Mounia Akl; South African producer Steven Markovitz and Italian director Antonio Piazza. 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