The Director of Loneliness
Pasquale Fresegna was born the 8th August 1993 in San Giorgio a Cremano, a small town in Naples (Italy) area, then he moved at 4 in Casalnuovo di Napoli, 200 metres near the municipal Cinema, and since 16 he dreams to be a film writer and director
๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿ› Academic Studies ๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿ›
He got a B.A. in Visual Arts at University of Salerno (2015) and a M.A. in Cinema at Napoli Fine Arts Academy (2024). Between 2018 and 2019 he got an University Diploma in Film and TV (Sour Orsola University) and a Screenplay one (Asci Cinema School). In 2024 he completed his MA Thesis: "Bud Spencer: a Yankee that speaks Neapolitan"
๐ŸŽญ๐Ÿ“น Early Career ๐ŸŽญ๐Ÿ“น
After his Bachelor, he shot a series of youtube sketches (iBrutti, PFTV 2016-2018), collaborated with youth Campania directors (2016-2018), worked on two Feature Films (Summer 2019) and for Hammerhead Films (2020)
๐ŸŽฌ๐ŸŒฟ The Director of Loneliness ๐ŸŽฌ๐ŸŒฟ
Pasquale Fresegna debuted as Director with "Rapemento" (2018), a super-short written, filmed and edited in the last day of Kino Napoli 2018, that gave him the push to win his first award (E-Fest Festival 2019), collaborate to Procida Film Festival and direct "Federico Fellini doesn't like Pop Music" (2020) at Kino Napoli 2019
In 2020 he returned to San Giovanni a Teduccio (the district of Napoli where he lived) working on "Fino al mare" (2022), a short film produced by Art 33, and "Cavalleria Vesuviana", a musical of Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli (premiered on the evening of 1st July 2022 at Vigliena Officine San Carlo)
Since 2020, he rebranded his youtube channel as PFTV, creating multiple new formats (Questa รจ la Storia, Theme Parks, Il Club dei Disoccupati, etc.) while he directed one shot (Covid Party, 2023), three micros (The Radiator, 2025) and wrote "Ciro e Nahima" screenplay for Sly Production in 2023-2024
๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿซ๐Ÿ† Lancillotto Film Festival & Guild ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿซ๐Ÿ†
He created the "Lancillotto al Cinema" Film Festival in Feb. 2025, the first Cinema competition held in Casalnuovo di Napoli, teaching the Seventh Art in local schools and make students vote for the best films along with an expert jury
He's member of WGI - Writers Guild of Italy Wivaio
Best Producer - Special Mention - April 2026
Villapiana
Reale Film Festival ๐ŸŒฟ
Cinisello Balsamo
2026
Out of Competition
The Harvested Heart
Lancillotto al Cinema 2026
Casalnuovo di Napoli
2026
Nom. Best Experimental International 1-5 minutes
Jay: the New Adam
Couch Film Festival Spring 2026
Toronto
2026
Best Soundtrack Dec 2025
Jay: the New Adam
Assurdo Film Festival 2025 ๐Ÿ†
Cinisello Balsamo
2026
Best Children Film & Director
Fino al mare
iDEAL International Film Festival ๐Ÿ†
Sillod
2026
Best Covid-19 Film & Director
Covid Party: una tipica festa napoletana
iDEAL International Film Festival ๐Ÿ†
Sillod
2026
Nom. Best Student Film 1-5 minutes
Covid Party: una tipica festa napoletana
Couch Film Festival Spring 2026
Toronto
2026
Short Experience +11
Fino al mare
GiFFoni School Experience 2024/2025 ๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ
Taranto, Sassari, Cittanova, Ceccano, Ferrara, Montescaglioso, Savignano e Giffoni Multimedia Valley
2025
Best Children's Short Film May 2025
Fino al mare
Golden Lion International Film Festival ๐Ÿ†
Calcutta
2025
EUROPEAN SUPER SHORT FILM
Fino al mare
European Short Awards 2025
London
2025
Best Producer Sep/Oct 2025
Fino al mare
Reale Film Festival ๐Ÿ†
Cinisello Balsamo
2025
7 Awards: Best Director, Cinemaphotography, Editor, Producer, Writer, Actor, Actress, Supporting Actor & Supporting Actress of October 2025
Fino al mare
Kodaikanal International Film Festival ๐Ÿ†
Kodaikanal
2025
Best Soundtrack (Honorable Mention) Feb/Mar 2025
Covid Party: una tipica festa napoletana
Absurd Film Festival 2025 ๐ŸŒฟ
Milano
2025
Best Covid Short Film May 2025
Covid Party: una tipica festa napoletana
GLIFF - Golden Lion International Film Festival 2025 ๐Ÿ†
Calcutta
2025
Best Crime/Violence - Special Mention - October 2025
Felpato II
Absurd Film Festival ๐ŸŒฟ
Cinisello Balsamo
2025
Best COVID Film Lug/Dic 2025
Covid Party: una tipica festa napoletana
ISAFF - International Short & Symbolic Art Film Festival 2025 ๐Ÿ†
Saint-Petersburg
2025
Rebel Vision Award (Honorable Mention) April 2025
Il Termosifone (The Radiator)
Absurd Film Festival 2025 ๐ŸŒฟ
Cinisello Balsamo
2025
Official Selection "Premio Achille"
Il Termosifone (The Radiator)
Lancillotto al Cinema Film Festival 2025
Casalnuovo di Napoli
2025
Best One Minute Short Film
Il Termosifone (The Radiator)
Golden Lion International Film Festival 2025 ๐Ÿ†
Calcutta
2025
Best One Minute Short Film - Oct. 2025
Il Termosifone (The Radiator)
Kodaikanal International Film Festival ๐Ÿ†
Kodaikanal
2025
Honorable Mention
Covid Party: una tipica festa napoletana
Student World Impact Film Festival 2023 ๐ŸŒฟ
Waldwick, New Jersey
2023
Nomination Best Short Film
Fino al mare
SWIFF Film Festival 2023 ๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ
Waldwick, New Jersey
2023
"Sorriso Anmil" Finalist
Fino al mare
Tulipani di Seta Nera 2023 ๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ
Roma
2023
Official Selection
Fino al mare
Tulipani di Seta Nera 2023 ๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ
Roma
2023
Official Selection
Fino al mare
BCT - Festival del Cinema e della Televisione di Benevento 2022 ๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ
Benevento
2022
Official Selection of XXV edition
Fino al mare
Marano Ragazzi Sport Film Festival ๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ
Marano di Napoli
2022
Best Italian Short Oct/Nov 2022
Fino al mare
Absurd Film Festival ๐Ÿ†
Milano
2022
Winner
Fino al mare
Racconti di Mare (Premio Penisola Sorrentina) ๐Ÿ†
Sorrento
2022
Official Selection
Respira il Mare (Breathe the Sea)
Di-segna il tuo mare 2021
2021
Special Mention (Campania category)
Federico Fellini doesn't like Pop Music
Festival Internazionale del Cortometraggio "I Corti sul Lettino. Cinema e Psicoanalisi" ๐ŸŒฟ
Napoli
2021
Competencia Universitaria
iBrutti
7Siff
Buenos Aires, Argentina
2021
Best student script (unrealized), October 2021
ULISSE
Vesuvius International Film Festival ๐Ÿ†
Castellamare di Stabia
2021
Official Selection
Federico Fellini doesn't like Pop Music
Salerno in CORTOcircuito 2020
Salerno
2020
Official Selection
Federico Fellini doesn't like Pop Music
REFF โ€“ REACT FILM FESTIVAL 2021 ๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ
Catanzaro
2020
Nomenee Best Poor Film and Best Actor
RAPEMENTO
Assurdo Film Festival (Jan 2020)
Milano
2020
Out of competition, Press mention
Liquid Aridity
Salerno in CORTOcircuito 2020
Salerno
2020
Premiere
The Harvested Heart
E-Fest Festival 2019
Napoli
2019
Special Jury Prize โ€ข EFest Festival 2019
RAPEMENTO
EFest Festival 2019 ๐Ÿ†
Napoli
2019
Official selection for "Second Chance" (iBRUTTi 3x05)
iBrutti
Salerno in CORTOcircuito 2017
Salerno
2017
Official Selection "Universitaria Internacional"
Easter Bunny
7 Seconds International Film Festival
Buenos Aires
Official Selection
J
DUEMILA30 - 2022 EDITION International Sustainability Film Festival & Experience
Milan
Official Selection
The Harvested Heart
Stay at Home Film Festival 2021
Caserta
Selected 2023
The Woman that needs just the 0.01% of her brain to solve a problem
Life Screenings One Minute Film Festival
Clermont
Official Selection 2023
The Woman that needs just the 0.01% of her brain to solve a problem
60 Second Intl. Film Festival
Islamabad
Official Selection
A rose petal (in the dark gray of the storm)
Arkadia Studio Screenwriting Contest 2021
Rimini
Official Selection 2024
Covid Party: una tipica festa napoletana
WideScreen Film & Music Video Festival
Selected - Best Feature Film Screenplay, January 2020
ULISSE
Rome Independent Prisma Awards
Rome
Official Selection Best Covid-19 Film
Covid Party: una tipica festa napoletana
iDEAL International Film Festival 2025
Sillod
Official Selection Covid-19 Film
Covid Party: una tipica festa napoletana
Stockholm City Film Festival 2025
Stoccolma
College
University of Salerno
B.A. Visual Arts, Music and Theatre
2012 โ€“ 2015
College
University "Suor Orsola Benincasa"
University Diploma "Cinema e Televisione"
2017 โ€“ 2018
College
Napoli Fine Arts Academy
M.A. Cinema
2019 โ€“ 2024
College
University of Naples
History
2025
High School
Liceo Scientifico "Giancarlo Siani" di Casalnuovo di Napoli
2007 โ€“ 2012
High School
ASCI Scuola di Cinema di Napoli
Screenplay "Turning Point"
2018 โ€“ 2019
Birth Date
August 8, 1993
Birth City
San Giorgio a Cremano
Current City
Casalnuovo di Napoli
Hometown
San Giovanni a Teduccio - Napoli
Gender
Other
Eye Color
Brown
Zodiac Sign
Leo
Pasquale loves to play football as goalkeper and he won the 2006 Middle School Championship
Pasquale won a National Contest to be selected as part of Corso di Alta Formazione "ICT PER I BENI CULTURALI"
Pasquale is a Car enthusiast: he visited the Ferrari Museum and the Bologne Motor Show twice
he also love Sports and after he ended his dailywork on "Querido Fidel" he ran to see the Universiade in Naples
and he created a sort of show on his youtube channel on Universiade in Naples (31 videos and over 75.000 views)
Pasquale Fresegna graduated the "Tourning Point" Screenwriting Course in 2018/2019 at ASCI Naples Film School, then he both attended the Filmmaking Lab in Acerra Creative School, the Production Course at Napoli Cinema Office made by Clemart in 2021 and 3 differet Laboratory/Course at Officine del Teatro San Carlo in Vigliena (Content Creating, Creative Writing and Film/Theatre Production) in 2022
I'm both a A.C. Milan and S.S.C. Napoli supporter
La morale รจ estetica / morality has aesthetic standards - Nietzsche
The Director of Loneliness
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