Edition 24: 1–9 August, 2025

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Egg

France, Denmark
2018 — 13' / Black & White

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Synopsis

A woman is locked in her home with an egg, which she is both attracted to and scared of. She eats the egg, she repents. She kills it. She lets the egg die of hunger.

Director Biography

Martina Scarpelli is an Italian filmmaker with a bachelor in Fine Art from the Academy of Brera in Milan and a bachelor in Animation from the Experimental Cinematography Centre in Turin. She graduated in 2015 with the film COSMOETICO. A former member of ASF in 2014/2015 in development and production of animated projects, she is currently working in Denmark, in order to develop contents for a new short film and to start new professional collaborations.

Director

Martina Scarpelli

Producer

Emmanuel-Alain Raynal

Lana Tankosa Nikolic

Pierre Baussaron

Cinematographer

Martina Scarpelli

Animation

Annalea Hartelius

Emmanuel Lantam

Joel Stenbäck

Laura Konradi Brodersen

Maria Sandvig Nielsen

Marta Dziedzic

Martina Scarpelli

Sarah Rothenberger

Timon Chapelon

Editor

Albane du Plessix

Martina Scarpelli

Official Film Website

https://martinascarpelli.com/egg-2