Bio-filmography – Mark Petrasso

Mark Petrasso was born in Newcastle, Australia, in 1970. He grew up there with his family of Italian origins. He moved to Florence, Italy, where he attended the School of Cinema run by the nationally-renowned film director Giuseppe Ferlito. At the school he studied film editing. From that moment on he has written and directed several short films that have been screened and have received awards nationally and internationally.
Short films worthy of note are (and awards):
Lo Sceneggiatore - French Duck Film Festival – 2025 France (WINNER: Honourable Mention), Festival Internacional de Cortometraje UVAQ 2025 Mexico (WINNER: Honourable Mention),
Festival de Bretagne – 2025 France (WINNER: Best Screenplay), 3rd Giove International Film Festival 2025 - Italy (WINNER: Best Short fiction film);
Ogni Tre Giorni –3rd Live Screenings Film Festival 2022 , Tbilisi - Georgia, (WINNER Best Social Drama Award), Alicante Smartphone Film Festival 2022 (WINNER Best International Short Film), Ficmarc - 8th Caribbean Sea International Film Festival 2023, Venezuela (WINNER Best Experimental Short Film), Boden Film Festival 2023, Sweden (WINNER Best Experimental Short Film), 8 and HalFilm Awards – Italy (WINNER: Best Indie Narrative Short Film), 25th Festival Internazionale Inventa un Film 2023 – Italy, (WINNER: 3rd place Best Social Short Film), 9th Montelupo International Film Festival – Italy, (WINNER: Best Mobile Short Film), 14th Palena Short film festival 2023 – Italy (WINNER: Honorouble Mention), Giove International Film Festival 2023 – Italy (WINNER: Best Thriller), Festival Internacional Fescilmar - Venezuela (WINNER: Best Experimental Short) Film, Cinephone 2023 - Spain (WINNER: Best Short film fiction), Sikania Film Festival 2023 - Italy (WINNER: Best supporting actor - Antonio Cocuzza), IX Festival Via dei Corti – Italy (WINNER: Honourable mention), 3rd Cinelabfest - Italy (WINNER: Best Short Film), 5th African Smartphone International Film Festival - Nigeria (WINNER: Honourable mention);
Il Terzo Atto - 2020 (The Third Act) Wallachia Int'l Film Festival 2021 - Romania (WINNER: Honorable Mention award);
Tabula Rasa - 2017 LA Film Awards official selection 2018 (WINNER - Best Mystery Film award) - USA, WICA New York 2022 (WINNER - Best Thriller Award) Buenos Aires International Film Festival 2019 official selection (WINNER - Best Screenplay award) – Argentina and many other selections;
Picasso - Polla in Corto 2015 - Italy (WINNER: Best screenplay award);
Gold – 2013;
The Big Zoo – 2013;
Solo Parole – 2012.
In 2014 he received a writing award (bronze medal), at Premio Firenze XXXII, for one of his short stories, The Brown Family.
He was also among the finalists of Firenze Film Corti Festival, Italy (2019) and Inventa un Film International Film Festival, Italy (2020) in the screenplay competitions with his screenplay called "Supermarket Love Story" and “The Screenwriter” (in 2024).
He lives and works as an English teacher in Florence, Italy.
www.markpetrasso.it