Three infallible rules

Screenwriter-Director. In 2001 he graduates at the University of Rome “La Sapienza”, in Theoretic Philosophy with an essay on Hegel. He attends some of the best Italian schools of creative writing and screenplay. Among his teachers: Age, Suso Cecchi D’Amico, Mario Monicelli, Andrea Camilleri, Domenico Starnone, Dacia Maraini. In 2006 he writes the subject and the screenplay of shortfilm “Tana libera tutti”, that obtains the Nomination at David of Donatello as best Italian Short, the award of “Work of National Cultural Interest”, and is selected by numerous international festivals. In 2009 he writes and directs the shortfilm “Io parlo!”, selected by 80 film festivals, obtaining the Prize as Best Foreign Film at Independent’s Film Festival in Florida, the Golden Mboni Award – Best International Shortfilm at Lola Kenya Screen, the Special Mention of Jury at Philadelphia Documentary & Fiction Festival, the selection for Nastro d’Argento Prize 2009 and for the Golden Globe 2010, and represented Italy at “Kodak European Showcase for New Talents” in Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival. “Pizzangrillo”, his new shortfilm, selected by 170 festival, obtains more than 100 awards, including the Audience Award in Arizona, the prize as Best Comedy Short in Colorado and 2nd Prize at Giffoni Film Festival. He collaborates on the screenplay of the feature film “La-bas” by Guido Lombardi, Lion of the Future - “Luigi De Laurentiis Award” for a Debut Film and Audience Award “Kino” for Best Film at International Critics’ Week at 68th Venice International Film Festival. As screenwriter he curates two out the tree episodes of film “Vieni a vivere a Napoli”, released in theatres in 2017. He writes the subject and screenplay of the film “Bob & Mary..s”, released in 2018. The shortfilm “La recita”, written with Guido Lombardi, wins the Best film award in the section ‘Migrarti’ at Venice Festival 74 and is shortlisted for the Silver Ribbon (Nastro d’argento) 2018. He writes the screenpley for “Il ladro di giorni” together with Guido Lombardi end Luca De Benedittis, in the official selection at Rome Film Festival; in this film he also holds the role acting coach fot the young leading actor. He has now completed the post-production of the film “Three infallible rules” which he wrote and directed.

Filmography:

2024. “Tre regole infallibili” (“Three infallible rules”). Feature length film (98’), written and directed. Production: Bronx film, Minerva Pictures. eskimo, Rai Cinema, MIC. Currently still unpublished.

2022. “Allineamento astrale”. Feature length film, subject and screenplay. Currently under development.

2021. “Sushi alla romana”. Feature length film. Subject winner of “Dalla parola allo schermo” competition - Laziocrea. Finalist subject at Rome Independent Film Festival.

2019. “Il ladro di giorni” (“Stolen days”). Feature length film, screenplay, directed by Guido Lombardi, in collaboration with Guido Lombardi and Luca De Benedittis. Production: Indigo film e Bronx film, Rai Cinema, MiBACT. In the official selection at Rome Film Festival.

2019. Teacher of screenwriting at “Fonderia delle arti” school of cinema.

2017. “La recita”. Subject and screenplay, in collaboration with Guido Lombardi. Best film section MigrArti at Venice Festival 74. It is hortlisted for the Silver Ribbon (Nastro d’argento) 2018. It secures funding for MIBACT - Migrarti 2017.

2017. “Il cinema parla italiano”. Subject and screenplay, in collaboration with Guido Lombardi and Paolo Mancinelli. Promo video for The Foreign Office, showcased during XVII week of Italian Language Festival. Broadcast on the RAI Channels.

2016. “Bob e Mary…sss”. Subject and screenplay, in collaboration with Francesco Prisco, by the direction of Francesco Prisco.

2015. “Nino e Yoyò”. Subject and screenplay, in collaboration with Guido Lombardi, by the direction of Guido Lombardi.

2015. “Un magnifico shock”. Screenplay, in collaboration with Edoardo De Angelis and Devor De Pascalis, by the direction of Edoardo De Angelis.

2011. “La-bas” by Guido Lombardi. Feature film, collaboration in the screenplay. Lion of the Future - Luigi De Laurentis Award for Best Debut Film and Audience Award “Kino” for Best Film at International Critics’ Week at 68th Venice International Film Festival.

2011. “Pizzangrillo” ("Lighthearted boy”). Shortfilm (15’ – 35mm), written and directed.
Best Foreign Film at Independent’ Film Festival of Tampa (Florida) Audience Award for Favorite Short at Arizona International Film Festival (USA)
Best Short Film at San Francisco Short Film Festival (USA)
Audience Award as Best Family Short at Sarasota Film Festival (USA)
2nd Prize at Giffoni Film Festival (Italy)
Best Comedy Short at Breckenridge Festival of Film (Colorado)
Best Short at Delta International Film and Video Festival (Cleveland)
Best Short at Festival Internacional del Audiovisual para la Niñez y la Adolescencia KOLIBRI (Bolivia)
Silver Mboni Award – 2nd Best Children’s Film at Lola Kenya Screen Best Cinematography at Yellow Fever Independent Film Festival
Best Short of the Day at Deep Fried Film Festival (UK)
Best Italian Short at Valdarno Cinema Fedic (Italy)
Best Italian Short at Festival “La cittadella del corto” (Italy)
Best Italian Short at Festival “In direzione ostinata e contraria” (Best Italian Short at “Festival del Cinema di Frontiera” (Italy)
Best Italian Short at Maxfest (Italy)
Best Italian Short at Bagnolo Corti Film Festival (Italy)
Best Italian Short at Jalari in Corto Film Festival (Italy)
Best Italian Short at Festival Schermi Irregolari (Italy)
Best Fiction Short and Audience Award at Sorsi Corti Film Festival (Best Shortfilm Section Extralarge at Dieci Minuti Film Festival (Italy) Prize “Sentieri di Cinema” at Corto Dorico Film Festival (Italy)
Audience Award at Milano International Film Festival (Italy)
Audience Award at Movieclub Film Festival (Italy) Prize of Jury at Festival Botteghe d’Autore (Italy)
Special Award “Dino Boscarato” at Mestre Film festival (Italy)
Prize “Giovani per Roma” at Corti & Cigarettes International Short Film Festival (Italy)
“Important message” Prize at Festival Inventa un film (Italy)
Best Actor – Simone Pellegrino at Corti Mo’Desti Film Festival (Italy)
II Prize at Three Rivers Film Festival (Pennsylvania)
Special Mention of Jury at at Festival International du Film d’Aubagne (France)
Special Mention of Jury at Arcipelago - International Festival of Short Films and New Images (Italy)
Special Mention of Jury at Genova Film Festival (Italy)
Special Mention of Jury at Laurafilm Festival (Italy)
Special Mention of Jury at Festival Eolie in video (Italy)
Special Mention of Jury at Overlook Film Festival (Italy)
Special Mention of Jury at Videolab Film Festival (Italy)
Special Mention of Jury at I’ve Seen Films Festival (Italy)
Special Mention of Jury at Festival Pontino del Cortometraggio
Special Mention of Jury at Cittadella Film Fest (Italy)
Diana in Silver at International Film Festival of Golden Diana
Best Screenplay at International Short Film Festival of the Pyrenees Best Screenplay at Margherita Short Movie Fest (Italy)
Best Screenplay, Videocorto in Silver and Best Actor – Alessio Spagnoli at Festival Videocorto Nettuno (Italy)
Best Screenplay at Rome Independent Film Festival
Best Subject at Festival Punto di vista (Italy)
Best Photography at Shortini Film Festival (Italy)
Best Original Score at Premio Cinematografico Palena (Italy)
Best Editing at Retro Film Festival (Italy)
SELECTEB BY 140 INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL. BETWEEN THESE: Tiburon International Film Festival (California); Buster-Copenhagen International Film Festival for Children and Youth (Denmark); Edinburgh Short Film Festival (U.K.); Festival Internacional Lume de Cinema (Brasil); DC Shorts Film Festival (USA); Auburn International Film Festival for Children and Young Adults (Australia); Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes de Bueu (Spain); Atlantic Film Festival (Canada); Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival (USA); Cinemagic International Film Festival for Young People (UK); Chicago International Children’s Film Festival (USA); Festival Europeen du Court de Brest (France); Doha Tribeca Film Festival (Qatar); Cinemed-Festival International du Cinéma Méditerranéen de Montpellier (France); Festival Internacional del Audiovisual de Barcelona (Spain); Teheran International Short Film Festival (Iran); Children's Film Festival Seattle (USA); Istanbul International Short Film Festival (Turkey); Festival de Cine de Bogotà (Colombia); Festival International du Film d’Amour de Mons (Belgium); Berlin International Director Lounge (Germany); Carolina Film and Video Festival (USA); Little Big Shots International Film Festival for Kids (Australia); Toronto International Film Festival for Children (Canada); Ankara International Film Festival (TurKey).

2009. “I raffinati”. Sit-com pilot, first assistant director. From a Renato Marchetti’s subject. Directed by Emiliano Corapi.

2009. “Io parlo!” (“I’ll tell on you!”). Shortfilm (20’ – 35mm), written and directed.
Best Independent Foreign Film at Independent’s Film Festival of Tampa (Florida/USA); Best International Shortfilm – Golden Mboni Award & Best Children’s Film al Lola Kenya Screen (Kenya); Best short film at International Festival “Le Trottoir in corto (Milano/Italy); Best premier film – Adriano Asti Prize at Valdarno Cinema Fedic (Valdarno/Italy); Best short film - section Open at Sardinia International Short Film festival (Italy); Special Mention of Jury at Philadelphia Documentary & Fiction Festival (USA); Nomination as Best International Short Film at International Youth Film Festival (Barry/UK); Best Art Direction at Festival du Cinéma de Bruxelles (Belgio); Special Mention of Jury at Auburn International Film Festival for Children and Young Adults (Australia); Best short film section “Cinema che verrà” at Festival Inventa un film (Italy); Special Mention of Jury at Rome Independent Film Festival (Italy); Selected for Nastro d’Argento Prize 2009; Selected for Golden Globe 2009/2010; Selected for “Kodak European Showcase for New Talents” - Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival 2010. Best actor – Orlando Rudnicki – at Festival de Cine de Granada (Spain); Videocorto in Silver, Best screenplay and Best Main Character at Festival Videocorto Nettuno (Italy); Nomination as Best International Film under 20min. at International Film Festival of South Africa; Best direction at Videolab Film festival (Italy); Best Shortfilm at Bagnolo Corti Film Festival (Italy);
Cineclub Spazio Corto Award - section Comedy at Mendicino Corto Film Festival (Italy); Audience Award at Trani Film Festival (Italy); Audience Award at Movieclub Film Festival; Special Mention of Jury at Fano Film Festival; Special Mention of Jury at Bolzano Short Film Festival – Opere Nuove; Best actor – Orlando Rudnicki e Alessio Vassallo at Novara Cine Festival (Italy); Diana in Silver at International Film Festival of Golden Diana (Carinthia/Austria); Best screenplay at Cortopotere Short Film Festival; Best screenplay at Cinematographic Prize Palena; Screenplay finalist at Pescara Corto Script 2007 with the provisional title “Fratelli minori”; Baren in Silver at Festival of Nations (Austria); Best actor – Orlando Rudnicki at Festival Jonio in Corto (Italy); Special Mention of Jury at Festival Overlook (Italy); Best editing – Claudio Di Mauro at Chicago Short Film Festival (USA).
SELECTED BY 80 INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL. BETWEEN THESE: Philadelphia International Film Festival (USA); International Film Festival of Uruguay (Montevideo); Syracuse International Film festival (USA); Bruxelles International Short Film Festival; Danville International Children’s Film Festival (USA); Short Film Festival of Los Angeles (USA); Seoul International Youth Film Festival (Corea); Warsaw International Film festival (Polonia); San Diego International Children’s Film Festival (USA); Festival Internacional de Curtas-metragens do Porto (Portogallo); San Francisco Short Film Festival (USA); DC Shorts Film festival (USA); Rhode Island International Film Festival (USA); Festroia International Film Festival (Portugal); Budapest Short Film festival (Ungheria); Festival Cileno Internacional del Curtometraje de Santiago (Cile); Cinemagic International Film festival (Ireland); Chicago International Children’s Film festival (USA); Beloit International Film festival (USA); Istanbul International Children’s Film Festival (Turchia); Miami Short Film Festival (USA); Festival International du Film de l’Océan Indien (Mauritius); International Film Festival Berlin (Germany); 27+1 Short Film Festival di Mosca; Festival International du Film pour Enfants de Montréal (USA); Stockholm International Film Festival Junior (Sweden); Tiburon International Film festival (USA).

2008. “La partita dei sogni”. Feature film, subject and treatment, in collaboration with Luca De Benedittis. Currently in phase of development.

2007. “LEI… non sa chi sono io!”. Feature film, subject and treatment, in collaboration with Emiliano Corapi.

2006. “Tana libera tutti”: Short film (15’ – 35mm), subject and screenplay. Nomination at David of Donatello 2006 as best Italian short film; Jury Special Award at Festival Arcipelago 2006; Screenplay acknowledged as “Work of National Cultural Interest” by Public state department of movie and spectacle (2005); Best Italian Short at Festival Fiaticorti; Best Italian Short at Nickelodeon Award; Best Italian Short at Mediterraneo in corto festival; Best Italian Short at Per un pugno di corti festival; Best Italian Short at Ciak in Puglia festival; Best Italian Short at Les petites Lumiere festival; Best Italian Short at Festival of short film Pergola’s Town; Best Italian Short at Young Frames festival; Best children’s film at Potenza International Film Festival; Best subject and Public Award at Videocorto Nettuno festival; Best subject at Orvieto Corto Fest; Audience Award and Special Mention of the Jury at Festival Internazionale Visionaria; Audience Award at Volcano Film Festival; Audience Award at 4 Film Festival – Opere Nuove; Audience Award at Mitreo Film Festival; Audience Award at Pontino Short film Festival; Audience Award at Amori in corto festival; Audience Award at Festival “Arrivano I corti”.
OFFICIAL SELECTION: San Paolo International Short Film Festival; Italian Film Festival UK of London; Kun Kurtfilmfestival of Copenhagen; Med Film Festival; Aubagne International Film Festival; Rome Independent Film Festival (RIFF); Festival International du Court Metrage de Bruxelles; Naoussa International Short Film Festival (Greece); Festroia International Film Festival (Portugal); Sapporo Short Fest (Japan); Genova Film Festival; N.I.C.E. – New Italian Cinema Festival (U.S.A.); Kyiv IFF Molodist – Night of the Italian shorts (Ukraine); Istanbul International Short Film Festival; Festival Internacional de Curtas Metragens de Évora; Festival “Within the family” of Novosibirsk.

2005. “Mahdia”. Feature film, subject and screenplay.

2004. Original script of spot tv “Acchiappagrigio Grey”, for Guaber S.p.a. National Advertising campaign on air during 2005 on RAI channels.