After the continuous news about the success obtained by Dignity, I am really glad to post some lovely news for my beloved short film “The Coltrane Code”, starring Guenda Goria and Alberto Gimignani as the main characters.

It has been selected for the 14th Sa.Fi.Ter festival, the Salento Finibus Terrae International Film Festival, that will tour around Apulia from 23rd to 31st July 2016.

I will provide news about the screening program as soon as available!

“Dignity” will be screened twice at the March 2016 Filmmor Festival in Istanbul, on Friday 18th at 12 pm and on Saturday 19th at 7 pm.
The program with details on the venues can be found here.
I will be present to both shows, please come, thank you!

Awaiting for the International Film Festival For Women, Social Issues and Zero Discrimination’s final result, that will be advised on March 3rd, some of the awards have been recently released.

I am very proud that Dignity was among the few films to obtain the first of them, the “Award of Excellence”.

This morning Dignity, my documentary film, is going to be screened in three schools in central Naples: Sogliano, Ristori and S. Maria di Costantinopoli, before a huge public of over 400 13-years-old students.
I am delighted because apart from film festivals, which are thrilling events, my big goal when making this film was to have teen-agers watching it.
So I am very thankful to Maestro Max Fuschetto who not only gave his music for free to the film, but also managed to organize these huge events today!
Unfortunately, I cannot attend, as I am too far away, but Emanuela Bonavolta, O Viveiro manager, is there with all her usual contagious passion. I am so happy!

So sweet news that Dignity won first prize in the documentary film category at this small festival in the Philippines!

I am especially glad it did because the festival gives special attention to issues that are very close to my heart, such as LGBT and freethinking. Even though Dignity does not have that hue specifically, I am very honored that a jury with this kind of mind chose it as Best Documentary for the 2016 edition.

My little Dignity gets the Audience Award at the 12 Months Film Festival! Big satisfaction for this work!

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!!