DIRECTORS
JULIA DIỆP MY FEIGE
Julia Diệp My Feige is a German-Vietnamese filmmaker and artist from Berlin who studies Fine Art at the Art Academy Düsseldorf. In 2021 she was nominated for the German Youth Film Award and holds a Deutschlandstipendium scholarship. She works with film, object, music and sound and, through her practice, she investigates the intrinsic nature of the static and the moving image.
DELTA (2023) ✷ YẾN (2021) ✷ EVA (2020) ✷ MESME (2018)
SIMONE FIORENTINO
Simone Fiorentino (*1995. Palermo, Italy). Sicilian writer and filmmaker, also an electronic musician under the name 'silly blu'. Since 2023, he's founder and artistic director of Gioia Film.
HOLD ON FOR DEAR LIFE (2023) ✷ I SAW OUR FUTURE IN AN ORB (2021) ✷ TOGETHER (2018)
SAMUELE LEOGRANDE
Samuele Leogrande grew up working in his father’s video rental store. After high school, he traveled Europe and studied English for a year before settling in Milan. There, he studied acting and directed experimental short films. Since 2019, he has been involved in the organization and production of the Castrovillari Film Festival.
SILVIA CUCONATI
Silvia Cuconati, born in Castrovillari, Italy in 2000. From an early age she is affected by the pleasure of shapes and compositions, refining over time her own style. Her artistic research is fuelled by a natural need to express herself, from photography to editing, in the harmony of sounds and images. Graduated in computer science, she is currently enrolled in a filmmaking course.
PASSI (2024) ✷ BATTLE (2021) ✷ TRACK (2020)
GIACOMO TAZZINI
Giacomo Tazzini (Massa, 2000) is an Italian filmmaker and photographer. He graduated at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Carrara. His photos have been published by online and printed magazines and exhibited in Paris, Rome and Münich.
TEMPI MORTI (2024) ✷ NAIL POLISH (2021)
ANOUK CHAMBAZ
Anouk Chambaz (Lausanne, 1993) explores poetics and politics in the moving image and sound. Her practice focuses on the observation and experience of time. She witnesses encounters between life forms and geological-social landscapes, questioning memories and speculations surrounding them.
MARICA (2023) ✷ LE SENTINELLE (2022) ✷ VUES DE LA FALAISE (2020) ✷ VEGETATION WALK (2016) ✷ 06:24 (2016)
federico d’errico
Federico D'Errico was born in Piedimonte Matese, Italy in 2001. During his adolescence he became passionate about the world of cinema. Once he graduated from high school, he followed his passion for the seventh art by enrolling at RUFA in Rome, graduating in 2024. During his studies, he worked as an intern on a series co-produced by Cattleya and Netflix. At the same time he made his debut short film “Foreign Bodies”.
Michelangelo Temporin
Michelangelo Temporin (b. 1995, Rome) is an Italian researcher and filmmaker living between Italy and Latin America. In 2023, he left his office job in Rome to travel by boat-stop across the Atlantic. After a period in Cuba, he now works in Ecuador on a research project on indigenous communities.