My little Dignity gets the Audience Award at the 12 Months Film Festival! Big satisfaction for this work!
Category Archives: Directing
“Dignity” wins the “Città di Lecce” award at the Lecce Film Festival!
I am SO HAPPY!!! “Dignity” won the “Città di Lecce” award at the Lecce Film Fest! In the photo taken from the piece published on AffariItaliani.it, Nicola Neto, co-organizer of the festival with Ornella Striani, receives the prize for me from the hands of Paolo Perrore, Lecce’s Mayor. The prize, assigned by Luigi Coclite, Culture and Tourism City Councillor, is a paper-mâché sculpture representing a detail of the façade of the Santa Croce Cathedral in Lecce, made by the artist Carmen Rampino. I couldn’t be happier!!
“Dignity” selected for the grand Istanbul Filmmor Festival!
I believe that the logo of this Turkish festival dedicated to women directors by itself says so much about me and what I stand for, that I need no words to express how happy and moved I am for having been selected for it.
The Filmmor Festival is rich with ideas, energy and beauty: all that the girls represented in the film possess. I am sincerely hoping to be able to attend in person, it is what the girls deserve!
“Dignity” reviewed by the magazine “Africa”
Very proud that Dignity has received a positive review in the prestigious monthly magazine Africa Rivista, published this December, cool stuff!!
“Dignity” selected for the Lecce Film Festival!
For the second time in my life I have been selected to participate to one of the most incredible independent film festival in the Italy, and my favorite ever: the LECCE FILM FEST ! Last year I was there with “Midsommar”, this year with “Dignity”. I am thankful and overjoyed!
“The Coltrane Code” selected for the CinemAvvenire Festival!
Very happy to announce a new selection for my shortfilm “The Coltrane Code” that will be competing at the CinemAvvenire festival in the section “WILD CARD ITALIA – Shorts” after a selection among 7,000 movies (wow!). Congratulations and thanks to all who participated to the making of this film!
My latest video: “A Sweet Fall” for Andrea Chimenti
I am elated to announce that my video for Andrea Chimenti – “A Sweet Fall”- is finally out! We shot it quite some time ago, but the album came out only a few months back. This is the second single taken from this beautiful work, and the only one in English. In fact, not only did I make the video, but I also wrote the lyrics!
Andrea Chimenti is one of the greatest kings of the Italian indie scene with a very long career that begun in the early ’80s. If his name sounds familiar to you, it is probably due to his single “I have waited for you” written and sung with David Sylvian.
“The Coltrane Code” selected for the Calcutta Kalpanirjhar International Film Festival!
I’m DELIGHTED!! The Coltrane Code is again selected for an international festival, this time the Calcutta Kalpanirjhar International Short Fiction Film Festival beginning today!
The most amazing thing is that it is screened first at the opening event – and repeated on Friday the 6th. Wow!
At the Visioni Corte Film Festival
Beautiful time at the Visioni Corte Film Festival, an event conceived and managed with professional care and love by Gisella Calabrese and Giuseppe Mallozzi: congratulations, I can’t wait to be back!
Special thanks to Lara and the audience, that showed warm appreciation to “The Coltrane Code”!
The Coltrane Code and Dignity at the Terra di Siena Film Festival!
Big news! For the 19th edition of the Terra di Siena Film Festival both The Coltrane Code and Dignity are selected!
The official presentation of the festival tomorrow, September 23rd, at the Rome Casa del Cinema, at 12.30 pm.
Both films will be screened October 1st at 3.30 pm at Nuovo Pendola theater in Siena.
The most amazing piece of news is that there will be with me non only Cinzia Bolognini (my assistant and editor) but also Emanuela Bonavolta, from O Viveiro, and above all Liliana Carlos Bruto, one of Dignity‘s the extraordinary leading protagonist!
It will be a very emotionally intense afternoon, not only for me but also – I’m sure – for all those who are attending to meet the very sweet, but also very strong, Liliana.