LARGO Short Film Discussion with Salvatore Scarpa and Max Burgoyne-Moore - A Syrian child builds a boat to find his parents

My guests today are writer/directors Salvatore Scarpa & Max Burgoyne-Moore. Salvatore Scarpa, a Sardinian filmmaker and actor, and Max Burgoyne-Moore, a British filmmaker who also works in children's education, have been collaborators since middle school. Together they founded Studio Goodluck.

They are here today to talk about their emotionally moving short film LARGO. A film I have waited a year to see and I am honored to have both of them on the show today. LARGO has its Los Angeles premiere at the Oscar-qualifying HollyShorts Film Festival, following its world premiere at Indy Shorts International Film Festival, another Academy Award-qualifying event.

The film has a star-studded cast and produced by the Oscar winning production company Slick Films. Ladies and gentlemen, LARGO is a short film that follows Musa, a young Syrian refugee living in the UK, who sets out to build a boat and sail back home in search of his missing parents.

Through Musa's story, LARGO explores the themes of displacement and grief, refracted through the lens of a child's enduring hope. All over the world, millions of people are seeking freedom, better opportunities. But they soon find that their arrival is unwelcome and judged by the color of their skin, their culture or religion.

What gets lost in the translation is every person is a human, made in the likeness of the Creator. Which simply means that each man, woman and child is a masterpiece.

LARGO is a film that reminds us of how fragile life can be. Whether you are chasing a dream, a new land or freedom, when you arrive how would like to be received. We need to take the poignant message that LARGO delivers to us. Love one another.

Extend your hand just like Grace did to Musa in this film. We need to be more like Grace and show grace to others, especially if they don’t look like you, speak like you or believe like you.

LARGO is a film to keep your eye on. A very powerful, emotionally moving film that reaches into the depths of your heart. #shortfilm #shortfilms #film #movies #cinema #cinephile #filmmaker #filmmaking #filmdirector #grief #refugees