{"id":58950,"date":"2026-10-31T12:14:04","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T11:14:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riff.it\/?p=58950"},"modified":"2026-10-31T12:14:06","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T11:14:06","slug":"to-bloom-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riff.it\/en\/to-bloom-again\/","title":{"rendered":"To Bloom Again"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A woman must come to terms with the loss of her chance to become a mom. The catalyst for her journey toward acceptance is the unwelcome apparition of a raven that relentlessly follows her. As it only reminds her of pain, she tries to get rid of it, but its persistence forces her to confront her emotions and ultimately guides her toward acceptance.<\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A woman must come to terms with the loss of her chance to become a mom. The catalyst for her journey toward acceptance is the unwelcome apparition of a raven that relentlessly follows her. As it only reminds her of pain, she tries to get&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":58922,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[352],"tags":[201],"class_list":["post-58950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-film-in-concorso-2026-en","tag-animation-short-competition-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>To Bloom Again - RIFF - Rome Independent Film Festival<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/riff.it\/en\/to-bloom-again\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"To Bloom Again - RIFF - Rome Independent Film Festival\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A woman must come to terms with the loss of her chance to become a mom. The catalyst for her journey toward acceptance is the unwelcome apparition of a raven that relentlessly follows her. As it only reminds her of pain, she tries to get...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/riff.it\/en\/to-bloom-again\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"RIFF - Rome Independent Film Festival\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-10-31T11:14:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-10-31T11:14:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/riff.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ToBloomAgain_Durchankova_Poster.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"905\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Fabrizio\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Fabrizio\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/riff.it\/en\/to-bloom-again\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/riff.it\/en\/to-bloom-again\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Fabrizio\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/riff.it\/#\/schema\/person\/95b9bd9739c970ec89eff2064b862e3f\"},\"headline\":\"To Bloom Again\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-10-31T11:14:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-10-31T11:14:06+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/riff.it\/en\/to-bloom-again\/\"},\"wordCount\":66,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/riff.it\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/riff.it\/en\/to-bloom-again\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/riff.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ToBloomAgain_Durchankova_Poster.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Animation short competition\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Film in Concorso 2026\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/riff.it\/en\/to-bloom-again\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/riff.it\/en\/to-bloom-again\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/riff.it\/en\/to-bloom-again\/\",\"name\":\"To Bloom Again - RIFF - Rome Independent Film Festival\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/riff.it\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/riff.it\/en\/to-bloom-again\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/riff.it\/en\/to-bloom-again\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/riff.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ToBloomAgain_Durchankova_Poster.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-10-31T11:14:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-10-31T11:14:06+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/riff.it\/en\/to-bloom-again\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/riff.it\/en\/to-bloom-again\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/riff.it\/en\/to-bloom-again\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/riff.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ToBloomAgain_Durchankova_Poster.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/riff.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ToBloomAgain_Durchankova_Poster.jpg\",\"width\":905,\"height\":1280},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/riff.it\/en\/to-bloom-again\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/riff.it\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"To Bloom Again\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/riff.it\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/riff.it\/\",\"name\":\"RIFF - Rome Independent Film Festival\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/riff.it\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/riff.it\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/riff.it\/#organization\",\"name\":\"RIFF - Rome Independent Film Festival\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/riff.it\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/riff.it\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/riff.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/logo_RIFF.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/riff.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/logo_RIFF.png\",\"width\":513,\"height\":904,\"caption\":\"RIFF - Rome Independent Film Festival\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/riff.it\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/riff.it\/#\/schema\/person\/95b9bd9739c970ec89eff2064b862e3f\",\"name\":\"Fabrizio\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/riff.it\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0e4870b8befcc3e15757cf9aa42d16dc?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0e4870b8befcc3e15757cf9aa42d16dc?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Fabrizio\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/riff.it\/en\/author\/fabrizio\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"To Bloom Again - RIFF - Rome Independent Film Festival","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/riff.it\/en\/to-bloom-again\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"To Bloom Again - RIFF - Rome Independent Film Festival","og_description":"A woman must come to terms with the loss of her chance to become a mom. The catalyst for her journey toward acceptance is the unwelcome apparition of a raven that relentlessly follows her. As it only reminds her of pain, she tries to get...","og_url":"https:\/\/riff.it\/en\/to-bloom-again\/","og_site_name":"RIFF - Rome Independent Film Festival","article_published_time":"2026-10-31T11:14:04+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-10-31T11:14:06+00:00","og_image":[{"width":905,"height":1280,"url":"https:\/\/riff.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ToBloomAgain_Durchankova_Poster.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Fabrizio","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Fabrizio","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/riff.it\/en\/to-bloom-again\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/riff.it\/en\/to-bloom-again\/"},"author":{"name":"Fabrizio","@id":"https:\/\/riff.it\/#\/schema\/person\/95b9bd9739c970ec89eff2064b862e3f"},"headline":"To Bloom Again","datePublished":"2026-10-31T11:14:04+00:00","dateModified":"2026-10-31T11:14:06+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/riff.it\/en\/to-bloom-again\/"},"wordCount":66,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/riff.it\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/riff.it\/en\/to-bloom-again\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/riff.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ToBloomAgain_Durchankova_Poster.jpg","keywords":["Animation short competition"],"articleSection":["Film in Concorso 2026"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/riff.it\/en\/to-bloom-again\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/riff.it\/en\/to-bloom-again\/","url":"https:\/\/riff.it\/en\/to-bloom-again\/","name":"To Bloom Again - RIFF - Rome Independent Film Festival","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/riff.it\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/riff.it\/en\/to-bloom-again\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/riff.it\/en\/to-bloom-again\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/riff.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ToBloomAgain_Durchankova_Poster.jpg","datePublished":"2026-10-31T11:14:04+00:00","dateModified":"2026-10-31T11:14:06+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/riff.it\/en\/to-bloom-again\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/riff.it\/en\/to-bloom-again\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/riff.it\/en\/to-bloom-again\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/riff.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ToBloomAgain_Durchankova_Poster.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/riff.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ToBloomAgain_Durchankova_Poster.jpg","width":905,"height":1280},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/riff.it\/en\/to-bloom-again\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/riff.it\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"To Bloom Again"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/riff.it\/#website","url":"https:\/\/riff.it\/","name":"RIFF - Rome Independent Film Festival","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/riff.it\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/riff.it\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/riff.it\/#organization","name":"RIFF - Rome Independent Film Festival","url":"https:\/\/riff.it\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/riff.it\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/riff.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/logo_RIFF.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/riff.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/logo_RIFF.png","width":513,"height":904,"caption":"RIFF - Rome Independent Film Festival"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/riff.it\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/riff.it\/#\/schema\/person\/95b9bd9739c970ec89eff2064b862e3f","name":"Fabrizio","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/riff.it\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0e4870b8befcc3e15757cf9aa42d16dc?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0e4870b8befcc3e15757cf9aa42d16dc?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Fabrizio"},"url":"https:\/\/riff.it\/en\/author\/fabrizio\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/riff.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/riff.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/riff.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riff.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riff.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58950"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/riff.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58950\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58952,"href":"https:\/\/riff.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58950\/revisions\/58952"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riff.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/riff.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riff.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riff.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}