Caramelle [Italian for Sweets] is a short film that tells the tale of the inextricable tie between three generations: father/grandfather, daughter/mother, grandson/son. A bond so strong as to transcend the boundaries between Life and Death, the Earthly World and the Afterlife, in an atmosphere of compelling magical realism.
It is a simple story. Lucia, a middle-aged woman visits her father’s grave in the local graveyard from time to time. One day she finds a sweet wrapper scrunched up in a ball on top his grave. This strange episode happens over and again until Lucia finds out that… but that would be telling… we won’t spoil your appetite, let’s just say that the whole story revolves around the sweets in the title, in our modern pop revisitation of the Proustian Madelaine!

Directed by Matteo Panebarco
Written by Marianna, Matteo, Camilla Panebarco
Creative and technical director Matteo Panebarco
Art director Carlo Casavecchia
Line producer Camilla Panebarco
Music Luciano Titi
Visual design Carlo Casavecchia
Storyboard and animatic Matteo Panebarco
Character modeling Daniele Danko Angelozzi, Valerio Carbone
Environment and props modeling Marvin Tomizzi
Rigging Francesco Gioia
Animation supervisor Matteo Panebarco
Animation Diego Garotti
Texture, lighting, and rendering Matteo Panebarco
Post-production Thomas Pilani, Matteo Panebarco, Camilla Panebarco
Sound design and mix Mirko Fabbri
Produced by Marianna, Matteo, Camilla Paneharco, Angelo Troiano, Francesco Lattarulo
A Panebarco production
In association with Mediterraneo Cinematografica
A WeShort Originals
Executive producer Marianna Panebarco
In collaboration with Comune di Ravenna
With the support of Regione Emilia-Romagna
With the contribution of MiC
Distribution Premiere Film
Year 2022