Gioacchino Balistreri, is an Italian director, screenwriter and composer living in Switzerland. His latest film, "Jolly", featuring Remo Girone and Rosario Tedesco, produced by Central Productions in Lugano in collaboration with RSI and the Ticino Film Commission, was selected at the Los Angeles Italia in 2025 and Ferrara Film Festival in 2024 (Best International Short Film category). His previous short film, "De Angelis", starring Giulio Brogi and Vladimir Randazzo, received a special mention at the Prato Film Festival 2021. Among his latest works as a composer are the original score for the film "Reinas" by Klaudia Reynicke, co-signed with the director herself, selected by Switzerland for the 2025 Academy Awards®. In 2024, The film won the Grand Prix for Best Film at the Berlinale, the Prix du Public at the Locarno Film Festival and it was in competition at the Sundance Film Festival. He has composed the theme song for Tramp Limited, the production house of the Italian actors Ficarra & Picone. Their latest production in collaboration with StudioRain, the short film "Maestrale" by Nico Bonomolo for which he signed the original music, it triumphs at the David di Donatello 2022, winning the award for best short film and entering the list of nominations for the 2023 Academy Awards®. He composed the music for three plays directed by Mauro Avogadro: "Eichmann – Where the night begins" by Stefano Massini, with Ottavia Piccolo and Paolo Pierobon, co-produced by Bolzano and Veneto Repertory Theaters, "Fine Pena: Ora", written by Paolo Giordano, with Paolo Pierobon and Sergio Leone, produced by Piccolo Teatro in Milan, and "The Blind" by M. Maeterlinck, an Accademia Silvio d’Amico production that premiered at Spoleto Festival 2019. He conducts annual workshops on film scores and short film production at the Locarno Film Festival.