Socks and Cakes

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Socks and Cakes
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Film poster
Directed by Antonio Padovan
Written byAntonio Padovan
Produced by
  • Merry Colomer
  • Marta Jover
  • John Kontoyannis
Starring
  • Kirsty Meares
  • Timothy J. Cox
  • Jeff Moffitt
  • Ben Prayz
  • Alex Vincent
CinematographyAlessandro Penazzi
Edited byAntonio Padovan
Production
company
Kimistra Films
Release date
  • January 29, 2010 (2010-01-29)
Running time
13 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Socks and Cakes is a 2010 American short slice of life written and directed by Antonio Padovan and starring Kirsty Meares, Timothy J. Cox, Jeff Moffitt, Ben Prayz and Alex Vincent. The short was also Padovan's first student film, and won a Golden Ace Award at the 2010 Las Vegas film festival.

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Plot

Harry (Timothy J. Cox) is a misanthropic French literature professor who is just taking his life one day at a time, getting by with just enough to survive. His ex-wife Amanda (Kirsty Meares) is now married to Harry's best friend, Richard (Jeff Moffitt), an architect. Both seem to put on a positive front that all is well with their marriage, but Amanda has her doubts and Richard has a wandering eye, especially when he meets the free-spirited, innocent, Sophie (Alex Vincent). Sophie has come to the party with her current boyfriend, the older and always grinning real estate broker, David (Ben Prayz).

Cast

Production background

In 2007, at the age of twenty, [1] Antonio Padovan moved from Italy to live in New York City to take up an internship at an architectural firm. [2] After a couple of years, finding himself working twelve-hour days and often weekends, [2] Padovan realized the career was not for him: "I've always loved films, I own myself probably 2000 DVDs, but back in Italy I never thought I could have been part of it." [3] One night, after seeing a Woody Allen film at the cinema, he was inspired and the next morning enrolled in an eight-week course in film directing [2] at the New York Film Academy instead of going to work. [3] Despite this, the firm continued to give him projects, and he began to divide his time between architecture and wandering Manhattan with a camera on his shoulder; at the end of the program, after completing Socks and Cakes he received a full scholarship to come back for another year. [2] [3]

Reception

Padovan's first short film impressed not only his professors, but also the judges at the 2010 Las Vegas film festival, where it won a Golden Ace Award. [3]

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References

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