TIMBALLO

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  • MAURIZIO FORCELLA
    Director
  • PIETRO ALBINO DI PASQUALE
    Writer
  • MAURIZIO FORCELLA
    Writer
  • OFFICINA AZZURRA
    Producer
  • ITACA
    Producer
  • MAURIZIO FORCELLA
    Producer
  • ACCIAIERIE SONORE
    Producer
  • BROCOMPANY
    Producer
  • COMUNE DI CAMPLI
    Producer
  • ARAN
    Producer
  • MARIA GRAZIA CUCINOTTA
    Key Cast
  • NUNZIA SCHIANO
    Key Cast
  • IVAN FRANEK
    Key Cast
  • FABIO BALSAMO
    Key Cast
  • MANUEL D'AMARIO
    Key Cast
  • NIKO MUCCI
    Key Cast
  • MUKUNA SAMULOMBA
    Key Cast
  • GIANLUIGI ANTONELLI
    Key Cast
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    17 minutes 20 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    March 30, 2017
  • Production Budget:
    20,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Italy
  • Country of Filming:
    Italy
  • Language:
    Italian
  • Shooting Format:
    ARRI ALEXA
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2.35
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Social World Film Festival
    Naples
    Italy
    July 23, 2017
  • Salento Finibus Terrae
    Conversano
    Italy
    July 7, 2017
    Premio Giuria, Jury Prize
  • Figari Film Fest
    Olbia
    Italy
  • Registi a Confronto
    Castel Bolognese
    Italy
    May 5, 2017
    People's Choise Award, 3th place Judges' Prize, Best Actor: Gianluigi Antonelli
  • RIFF (Rome Indipentend Film Festival)
    Rome
    Italy
Director Biography - MAURIZIO FORCELLA

Maurizio Forcella was born in Atri, a town in Abruzzo, on 24 May 1986. In 2006 he began studying at the Accademia dell’Immagine in Aquila. After three years of intense study he graduated as a ‘Specialist in Mass Media, Cinema and Communication’. Following his graduation he began working on various film productions and has already gained substantial experience, especially in television. In 2010 he worked as the second assistant director on the television series Tutti pazzi per amore, directed by Ricardo Milani. Since 2012 he has worked a camera operator on the programme Miss Italia. He has directed various short films, winning awards at different national competitions. His first work as a director is the short film Come fosse per sempre, produced in 2014, the opera has had a good response in many film festivals:
His latest short film as a director is “TIMBALLO”.
Since 2013 he has also pursued a career as a photographer, achieving success in some important festivals, the last of which was the Premio arte Mondatori.

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- TIMBALLO (SHORT MOVIE)
- COME FOSSE PER SEMPRE (SHORT MOVIE)
PRIZES: Miglior regia “Retro film festival 2014”, Miglior cortometraggio “CortIncontri” 2014, MIglior colonna sonora “CortIncontri” 2014, MIglior sound design “CortIncontri” 2014, Premio speciale della giuria “Fano International Film Festival” 2014, selezione ufficiale ICFF “Italian Contempory film festival di Toronto”, Selezione ufficiale “Fiaticorti Film Festival” 2014, Selezione ufficiale “Mitre Film Festival” 2014, selezione ufficiale “Corto Tendenza 2014”, selezione ufficiale “perCorti di vita 2014”, selezione ufficiale “Shortini film festival 2014”, selezione ufficiale IFAF “Italian Film & Art Festival” Corea, selezione ufficiale
“Corto e MALeCAvaT”, selezione ufficiale “CinemadaMare 2015”, fuori concorso “L’Aquila FilmFest”, fuori concorso “SmallMovie Festival“, selezione ufficiale “WAG FILM FESTIVAL, selezione ufficiale “Ripattoniarte” film festival, Selezione ufficiale CinemadaMare 2015, selezione ufficiale “Roseto Opera Prima”