The Feature Film Competition Jury

Daniele Gaglianone
Daniele Gaglianone was born in Ancona in 1966 and has been living in Turin since 1972. The most important experience for his professional growth was the collaboration with the National Cinema Archive of the Resistance, managed by Paolo Gobetti: “that was a kind of a school for me”, he said. He worked at many short films and documentaries, until 2000, when he met Giancluca Arcopinto and directed his first feature film, I nostri anni, which won him the participation to the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs at the Festival de Cannes in 2001. Two years after, again with Arcopinto, he shot Nemmeno il destino, a co-production with Pierpaolo Trezzini and Domenico Procacci’s Fandango, which was also in charge of the film distribution. The film was selected for the Venice Days during the Venice International Film Festival in 2004 and won International Film Festival Rotterdam in January 2005.

Gabriella Giandelli
Gabriella Giandelli was born in 1963 in Milan, where she lives and works. She started publishing comic strips in 1984 on Alter Alter journal, and then on Frigidaire, Dolce Vita, Strapazin, L’echo des savanes, Nova Express, Frigobox, Pelure Amére, Le cheval sans tête, Beaux Art, Black. She has published different books: Interiorae for Coconinopress and Vertige Graphic, Sous les feuilles for Seuil, Silent blanket for Seuil and Sinsentido, Hanno aspettato un po’ e poi se ne sono andate for Mano and Seuil. In the meantime, she has been working as an illustrator for various reviews and publishers: Sole 24 Ore, Einaudi , Condé Nast, Il Manifesto, Seuil, Mondadori, Internazionale, MinimumFax, Feltrinelli, La Repubblica. For a few years she has illustrated children’s books. With Mondadori publishing she created a character, Milo the rabbit, which has become the protagonist of a TV animation series for Rai3 in Italy and France 5 in France.

Gianfilippo Pedote
Gianfilippo Pedote was born in Milan on November 23, 1952 and works as a film and TV producer. He has produced feature films like Fame Chimica, by Paolo Vari and Antonio Bocola, Il Mnemonista, by Paolo Rosa; Tartarughe dal becco d’ascia, by Antonio Syxty; documentaries, including Sorelle, by Alina Marazzi, La situazione, by Alessandro Piva, Un’ora sola ti vorrei, by Alina Marazzi; short films, such as Anima Mundi and Evidence, by Godfrey Reggio and music by Philip Glass; Il Pratone Casilino, by Giuseppe Bertolucci; Pompeo, by A. Bocola e P. Vari. He directed different documentaries on social issues and a number of Rai TV broadcasts. He was associate director of Benetton’s Fabrica (1994/95, director: Godfrey Reggio) and, in 1980, he co-founded Filmmaker festival, together with Silvano Cavatorta. Since then, he had worked for 5 years at Radio Popolare where he was in charge of the programming. In 1997 he launched an audivideo course at San Vittore prison in Milan. He is a professor in film and art schools.

The Short Film Competition Jury

In 1982 Fabio Cirifino (photography), Paolo Rosa (visual arts and cinema) and Leonardo Sangiorgi (graphics and animation) founded Studio Azzurro, a centre of artistic experimentation and video production. In 1995 the group was joined by Stefano Roveda, an expert in interactive systems, that complemented and enriched the different artistic personalities in the studio. Studio Azzurro has one single soul, which animates different bodies – a soul made up by people with different beliefs, experiences, aspirations and roles that produce a single creative atmosphere. Studio Azzurro's research is aimed at creating ''sensitive environments'' where technology is combined with narration and space; where the artistic outcome derives from people's choices; and where the relationship between men coexists with the relationship between man and machine. Interactive environments are supported by ''natural interfaces'' that allow the audience's interactions without technical tools, but through ''natural'' actions such as touching, stomping or talking. This allows people to approach the technology in a natural way; it stimulates dialogue and helps a spontaneous immersion in the sensorial experience. Studio Azzurro has developed its original research not only in typically experimental venues, but also in the traditional art world, including exhibitions and museums. Research has been applied not only to videos, but also to films, theatre, musical theatre and dance, and each time original narrative ideas and visual images have been found in order to generate a genuine and visionary combination of genres. Studio Azzurro has produced several documentaries on artists' works; it has also played an important educational role, has produced theoretical work and has sponsored and participated in workshops and seminars.