What Happened With Alain

2021, short film

A grieving widow, Eleonora, is haunted by her dead husband. Through the experience of these nightmares, she processes her grief and tries to reach emotional catharsis.


This short film was shot in two days in November 2020, right before the new lockdown measures in Italy. Thesis film/Final Major Project for the MA Film Production at Solent University.

Starring: Anna Provedel, Maxence Dinant

Writer, editor, director: Nicolò Grasso

Camerawork: Pietro Bisetto Trevisin

Makeup and hairstyle: Keti Brusegan

Sound design: Nicolò Grasso

Composer: Nicolò Grasso


Honorable Mention at 3rd Assurdo Film Festival

Official Selection Horror: Genre Lab - Presented by Lift-Off Global Network 2021

Official Selection Lift-Off Spring Showcase 2021

Best Student Short Film & Best Director Short Film at Havelock International Film Festival 2021

Finalist Toronto Independent Film Festival of CIFT 2021

Best Covid-19/Lockdown Film at Global Monthly Online Film Competition 2021

Official Selection Tuesday of Horror 2023