Andrea Banfi

A normal day at school. Nina and Ruby have an argument in the bathroom. Fed up with Ruby, Nina enters a cubicle to be alone. Moments later, Nina hears a shot being fired. Whilst hiding, she becomes witness to an unfolding school shooting and soon needs to fight for her and her friend's survival.

"Cani" is the story of a man, THE GUARDIAN, and a CHILD. Both forced to live in a reality made of dust, blood and violence, that of clandestine dog fights. The child is the protagonist of this story. Exploited like the dogs he takes care of, he too lives in a "cage" from which he comes impossible to escape. He has no friends, desires or interests. Like an automaton with precise functions he repeats his duties constantly, day after day, without knowing the difference between what is right and wrong. Only a random meeting will be in able to ignite hope in him. The guardian is a mysterious man, scruffy, from the unknown past. She lives with the child, with whom she takes care of the dogs combat. .

Ibrahim is an African immigrant in Italy. Working as an delivery man during the Covid-19 pandemic, he struggles to make a living. Far away from his family, Ibrahim tries to make more money from the drug trade to afford the return journey to his country, but everything goes wrong.