Director, Producer and Screenwriter based in Florence, Italy. Interested in art, history, faith and social issues. Latest work: "Il Bambino che sarà Cavaliere" (The Boy who would become a Knight) Next project "Florence, the Consul and Me"
Gianmarco D'Agostino was born in Arezzo in 1977 and graduated in Cinema History and Critical Analysis at the University of Florence.
After several years as editor and assistant director for cinema and tv productions, in 2002 he started writing, directing and producing short films, documentaries and promotional campaigns, commissioned by public institutions and bank foundations.
For the Fondazione CR Firenze he curated seven exhibitions, covering the provinces of Florence and Arezzo with interviews, documentaries, aerial cinematography and short movies, including La Fuga (The Escape), written with the novelist Marco Vichi.
For the Banca di Credito Cooperativo di Cambiano he directed four art documentaries hosted by Antonio Paolucci, former director of the Vatican Museums, among which is Il Tempo di Michelangelo (Michelangelo’s Times) about the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican and the Medici family chapels in the Church of San Lorenzo, Florence.
Very interested in social issues, he has worked on projects about several topics: safety at work, with the social campaign Per me la Sicurezza è… (For Me Safety is…) produced by INAIL; dyslexia, with the documentary Come una macchia di cioccolato (Like the Stain of Chocolate), produced by AID; detention, with the documentary Oggi voglio parlare (Today I want to Talk), produced by Regione Toscana.
In 2015 he founded his production company Advaita Film Srl, and produced a multimedia package displayed at the Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore Museum, Florence, curated by Mons. Timothy Verdon, among which is La Volta del Cielo (The Vault of Heaven), a documentary about Brunelleschi and the Cupola of Santa Maria del Fiore Cathedral.
In 2016 Gianmarco produced and directed his first independent film, the documentary Camminando sull'acqua (Walking on Water), about the tragic events of November 4, 1966, when a flood devastated Florence, with outstanding and unreleased color footage.
The film has been selected to more than 45 international film festivals, winning several awards, including Best Director, Best Documentary and Audience Choice Award.
The film has been broadcasted by Italian network Mediaset and the Swiss RSI.
In 2018 Advaita Film Srl produced the documentary Tutto il Mondo, Piano Piano (The Whole World, One Step at a Time) and the advertising Portiamo la Scuola dove non c'è! (Bringing Schools to Where There Are None!) for the Italian NGOs Il Filodijuta and Pang'ono Pang'ono, that are bringing schools, health care and clean water to the south of Bangladesh.
The one minute advertisement has been awarded in several film festivals worldwide, winning the prestigious “Best Social Film” at the United Nations in Geneva.
For the Uffizi Galleries, Gianmarco created, produced and directed two multi-vision installations for two exhibitions curated by the archeologists Lorenza Camin and Fabrizio Paolucci.
A Cavallo del Tempo (Riding through the Time), for the exhibition set up at the Boboli Garden in Florence (26 June - 14 October 2018), is a 300 square meters large projection about the art of horse riding, from antiquity to the Middle Ages.
This video art has been awarded as “Most Original Film” and “Best Global Film” at the Equus International Film Festival in Montana, USA, which is the most important festival about film and horses in the world.
Ai Piedi degli Dei (Worn by the Gods), for the exhibition set up at Palazzo Pitti in Florence (17 December 2019 - 20 September 2020), is an immersive projection about the art of shoemaking in the ancient world, the epic movie and contemporary fashion.
In 2020 Gianmarco consolidated his relationship of trust with the most important museum institutions in Florence.
For the Archdiocese of Florence, together with Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore, he produced and directed the documentary Rinascenza come Resurrectio: il Santo Sepolcro di Leon Battista Alberti nella Firenze del Quattrocento (Renaissance as Resurrection: Leon Battista Alberti’s Holy Sepulcher in Fifteenth-Century Florence), written and narrated by Mons. Timothy Verdon.
For the Bargello Museums he wrote (with the novelist and screenwriter Matteo Bortolotti), produced and directed the short movie Il Bambino che sarà Cavaliere (The Boy who would become a Knight), featuring animations by Dario Imbrogno, on permanent display at the Museum of Palazzo Davanzati.
Currently Gianmarco is producing the documentary Florence, the Consul and Me, that will tell the story of the director's quest on the trails of Gerhard Wolf, the German consul in Florence during WWII who risked his life to save Florence from Nazi fury.
Official Selection
The Boy who would become a Knight
Providence Children's Film Festival
Providence, RI
2022
Official Selection
The Boy who would become a Knight
Children's Film Festival Seattle
Seattle, Washington
2022
Special Event
Portraits and Secrets of Roman Women
Musée de la Romanité
Nimes
2021
Special Event
Child-friendly. Growing-up in ancient Rome
Uffizi Gallery
Florence
2021
Official Selection
The Boy who would become a Knight
Boston International Kids Film Festival
Boston, MA
2021
Official Selection
The Boy who would become a Knight
Cyprus International Film Festival
Nicosia
2021
Official Selection
The Boy who would become a Knight
KIDS FIRST! Film Festival
Santa Fe, New Mexico
2021
Official Selection
The Boy who would become a Knight
New Italian Cinema Events
Florence
2021
Official Selection
The Boy who would become a Knight
Rassegna Internazionale del Cinema Archeologico
Rovereto
2021
Shoestring Award Winner
The Boy who would become a Knight
Rochester International Film Festival
Rochester, New York
2021
Best Stop Motion Nominee
The Boy who would become a Knight
Short to the Point International Film Festival
Bucharest
2021
Remi Award Winner
The Boy who would become a Knight
WorldFest Houston
Houston, Texas
2021
Official Selection
The Boy who would become a Knight
River Film Festival
Padova
2021
Official Selection
The Boy who would become a Knight
Toscana Filmmakers Festival
Prato
2021
Official Selection
Riding through the Time
Rovereto DOC Fest - World Cultural Heritage
Rovereto
2020
Official Selection
Riding through the Time
Equinale
Schloss Neuhoff
2019
Best Global Film - Most Original Film
Riding through the Time
Equus International Film Festival
Missoula
2019
Best Advertising
Bringing schools to where there are none!
Realtime International Film Festival
Lagos
2018
Official Selection
Bringing schools to where there are none!
Short to the point
Bucharest
2018
Official Selection
Bringing schools to where there are none!
Mister Vorky - International One-Minute Film Festival
Ruma
2018
Best Ad Film
Bringing schools to where there are none!
The Buddha international Film Festival
Pune
2018
Best Documentary Award
Walking on water
Grecanica International Film Festival
Melito di Porto Salvo
2018
Best Documentary Award / Audience Choice Award
Walking on water
CineFesta Italia
Santa Fe, NM
2018
Official Selection
Walking on water
11th Voices from the Waters International Traveling Film Festival
Bangalore
2017
N.I.C.E. "CITTA' DI FIRENZE" AWARD
Walking on water
27th N.I.C.E. New Italian Cinema Events U.S.A.
San Francisco
2017
BEST DOCUMENTARY AWARD
Walking on water
Reale Film Festival
Cinisello Balsamo
2017
BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY (NOMINATION) - PHOTOGRAPHY IN A FEATURE DOCUMENTARY (NOMINATION) - EDITING IN A FEATURE DOCUMENTARY (NOMINATION)
Walking on water
6th Southampton International Film Festival
Southampton
2017
Official Selection
Walking on water
11th Jahorina Film Festival
Sarajevo
2017
BEST EDITING - DOCUMENTARY (NOMINATION)
Walking on water
13th Action On Film Festival
Las Vegas
2017
Official Selection
Walking on water
3rd Middlebury New Filmakers Festival
Middlebury, Vermont
2017
Official Selection
Walking on water
4th Ierapetra International Documentary Festival
Ierapetra
2017
BEST DOCUMENTARY AWARD
Walking on water
11th Est Film Festival
Montefiascone
2017
Official Selection
Walking on water
3rd Premio Marcellino de Baggis
Taranto
2017
Official Selection
Walking on water
35th Valdarno Cinema Fedic
San Giovanni Valdarno
2017
Official Selection
Walking on water
5th GardenCity International Film Festival
Bangalore
2017
Official Selection
Walking on water
20th N.I.C.E. New Italian Cinema Events Russia
Moscow, Saint Petersburg
2017
BEST DIRECTOR AWARD
Walking on water
5th Mumbai Shorts International Film Festival
Mumbai
2016
Special Event
Walking on water
57th Festival dei Popoli
Florence
2016
PLATINUM REMI AWARD
Walking on water
50th Worldfest Houston
Houston
College
University of Florence
Birth Date
September 24, 1977
Nickname
Gimmo
Birth City
Arezzo
Current City
Florence
Gender
Male
Eye Color
Blue
Zodiac Sign
Libra
Director, Producer and Screenwriter based in Florence, Italy. Interested in art, history, faith and social issues. Latest work: "Il Bambino che sarà Cavaliere" (The Boy who would become a Knight) Next project "Florence, the Consul and Me"
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