Antonio Piazza & Fabio Grassadonia Writers/Directors Writer-director duo Antonio Piazza and Fabio Grassadonia's second feature film Sicilian Ghost Story - a fantasy drama about the disappearance of a little boy from a small Italian town - opened the Critics Week of the 2017 Cannes Film Festival. The screenplay won the prestigious 2016 Sundance Institute Global Filmmaking Award, given each year during the Sundance Film Festival to honor emerging directors from different global regions who possess the originality, talent and vision to be celebrated as the future of world cinema. Sicilian Ghost Story also won the Nastro d'argento (Silver Ribbon) for Best Cinematography and for Best Set Design and was nominated also for Best Directing and Best Production. The film won several awards in different festivals and at the David di Donatello Awards 2018 (the motion picture equivalent to the Academy Award for the cinema, the so called Italian Oscars) the film got four nominations and Fabio and Antonio were given the David di Donatello for the Best Adapted Script. Their first feature film Salvo premiered at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, winning both top prizes of the Cannes Film Festival Critics Week, the Grand Prix and the Prix Révélation. It is about a mafia hitman giving sight to the blind sister of one of his victims, a miracle, in a world where miracles do not happen. The film had a global release and was presented in the US at the Chicago International Film Festival and in New York City at the MoMA and at the Lincoln Center in the frame of the New Directors/New Films Festival. In Italy, Salvo won the Nastro d'argento (Silver Ribbon) for Best Cinematography, the Italian Golden Globe for Best Actress and four nominations for the David di Donatello Awards. Agents Natasha Galloway Assistant Talia Tobias ttobias@unitedagents.co.uk + 44 (0) 20 3214 0860 Camille McCurry Assistant cmccurry@unitedagents.co.uk Nick Hitchcock nhitchcock@unitedagents.co.uk +44 (0)20 3214 0945 United Agents 12-26 Lexington Street London W1F OLE T +44 (0) 20 3214 0800 F +44 (0) 20 3214 0801 E info@unitedagents.co.uk1
Credits Film Production Company Notes SICILIAN Cristaldi Sundance Film Festival 2016, Sundance Institute Global GHOST Pictures/Indigo Filmmaking Award; Cannes Film Festival 2017, Opening Film of STORY Film/Rai Cinema the Cannes Film Festival Critics Week; David di Donatello 2018 2018, Best Adapted Script, Nomination Best Song, Nomination Best Cinematographer, Nomination David Giovani; Nastri d'argento (Silver Ribbons) 2017, Best Photography, Best Set Design, Nomination Best Producers, Nomination Best Directors; Ciak d Oro 2018, Best Photography; Athens International Film Festival 2017, Best Script; Magna Graecia Film Festival 2017, Best Film, Best Actress, Special Mention Best Actor; Giffoni Film Festival 2017, Explosive Talent Award; Valletta Film Festival 2017, Best Photography; Saas-Fee Filmfest 2018, Audience Award; Fiuggi Film Festival 2017, Best Film; Global Film & Music Fest 2017, Ischia Movie Award; Cinealma 2017, Prix Special du public United Agents 12-26 Lexington Street London W1F OLE T +44 (0) 20 3214 0800 F +44 (0) 20 3214 0801 E info@unitedagents.co.uk2
Production Company Notes SALVO Acaba Semaine de la Critique du Festival de Cannes 2013 Produziono/Cristaldi Grand Prix Pictures Ljubljana International Film Festival Fipresci Prize Cinergia European Cinema Forum Best European Debut David di Donatello 2014 Nomination Best Debut Directors Nomination Best Producers Nomination Best Cinematographer Nomination Best Set Designer Nastri d Argento (Silver Ribbons) 2014 Best Cinematographer Nomination Best Debut Directors Nomination Best Producer Nomination Best Set Designer Guglielmo Biraghi Prize - Nastri d Argento Italian Golden Globe 2014 Best Actress Nomination Best Photography Ciak d Oro 2014 Nomination Best Photography Nomination Best Set Design Flaiano Award Pegaso d Oro Vittorio De Sica Prize Magna Grecia Film Festival Bobbio Film Festival Best Directors Festival del Cinema Italiano di Ajaccio Prix Interprétation féminine: Sara Serraiocco Premio Mario Gallo for the Directing Film & Music Ischia Global Fest Premio Exploit Award Gallio Film Festival Special Jury Award Emidio Greco Festival del Cinema di Frontiera di Marzamemi Best Photography Trailers FilmFest Rivelazione Award Santa Marinella Film Festival Best Film Cinematografo.it magazine Prize Best Debut Actress Kinéo "Diamanti al Cinema" Awards 2014 Best Actress United Agents 12-26 Lexington Street London W1F OLE T +44 (0) 20 3214 0800 F +44 (0) 20 3214 0801 E info@unitedagents.co.uk3
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RITA 2009 Cristaldi Pictures Best Short Film 11th International Film Festival Bratislava Arte Prize for European Short Film 22nd Premiers Plans Festival d Angers Angers First Film Festival Diploma of Merit 40th Tampereen kansainväliset elokuvajuhlat Tampere Film Festival Best Short Film 11th Festival Internacional de Cine Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Las Palmas de Gran Canaria International Film Festival Award for Directing 19th Aspen Shortsfest Best Use of Sound Design 37th Athens International Film and Video Festival Special Jury Prize - National 18th Arcipelago Festival Internazionale di Cortometraggi e Nuove Immagini Arcipelago International Festival of Short Films and New Images Best International Short Film 64th Edinburgh International Film Festival Best Italian Short Film 8th MoliseCinema Film Festival Special Jury Mention 8th Imaginaria Film Festival Special Mention - Artistic Direction 9th Concorto Film Festival Jury Mention 16th Aye Aye Film Festival Nancy-Lorraine Best Sound 3rd Festival Internacional Curtametraxes Bueu International Shortfilm Festival of Bueu Best Short Fiction Film 17th Altin Koza Film Festival Golden Boll Film Festival Special Jury Mention 7th Filmfest Eberswalde Special Jury Mention - Narrative Short Film Abu Dhabi Film Festival Best Short Film 8th Zagreb Film Festival Artistic Direction Award 10th Cortopotere ShortFilmFestival Special Jury Mention - European Short Films 40th Alcine: Festival de Cine de Alcalá de Henares Special Jury Mention 25th Festival Europeen du Film Court de Brest Brest European Short Film Festival Best Short Feature Film United Agents 12-26 Lexington Street London W1F OLE T +44 (0) 20 3214 0800 F +44 (0) 20 3214 0801 E info@unitedagents.co.uk6 5th Breaking Down Barriers Disability Film Festival Best European Film
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