Duccio Chiarini
Duccio Chiarini | |
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 Chiarini at the 2015 Cabourg Film Festival | |
| Born | 30 June 1977 (age 47) Florence, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Occupation | Film director |
Duccio Chiarini (born 30 June 1977) is an Italian film director, documentarist, screenwriter and producer.
Life and career
[edit]Born in Florence, Chiarini graduated in direction at the London Film School.[1][2] After directing some shorts, he made his feature film debut with the autobiographical and documentary Hit the Road, Nonna, about his grandmother, the stylist Delia Ubaldi.[2] The film premiered at the 68th Venice International Film Festival, in the Venice Days section,[3][4] and received a special mention at the 2012 Silver Ribbon Awards.[2][5]
Chiarini's narrative feature film debut Short Skin premiered at the 69th Venice International Film Festival in the "Biennale College" sidebar, and was screened at the 65th Berlin International Film Festival in the "Generation" section.[6][7] It received several awards, including the Grand Prix at the 2015 Cabourg Film Festival, and the Ciak d'Oro for best first work.[8][9]
Chiarini's 2018 film The Guest premiered at the 71st Locarno Film Festival, in which it won the Swiss Critics Boccalino Award for Best Film.[10] In 2023, his documentary about Italo Calvino The Writer in the Trees premiered at the 80th Venice International Film Festival, in the Giornate degli Autori program.[11][12]
Selected filmography
[edit]- Hit the Road, Nonna (documentary, 2011)
- Short Skin (2014)
- Settembre (documentary, 2015)
- The Guest (2018)
- Marco Polo (documentary, 2019)
- L'occhio di vetro (documentary, 2020)
- The Writer in the Trees (documentary, 2023)
References
[edit]- ^ "Duccio Chiarini". Mymovies.it (in Italian). Retrieved 16 March 2024.
- ^ a b c Berti, Federico (16 November 2019). "Cinema, il regista fiorentino Duccio Chiarini ospite al Terminale". La Nazione. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
- ^ "Cinema: Venezia, alle Giornate degli Autori un doc sulla pioniera del pret a porter italiano". Libero (in Italian). 4 September 2011. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
- ^ Rau, Gaia (30 August 2011). "Donna, emigrante, imprenditrice questa antenata merita un biopic". la Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 13 May 2024.
- ^ "Nastri d'Argento 2012 documentari: vincitori". Il Cinema Italiano (in Italian).
- ^ Hopewell, John (29 August 2014). "Venice: Good Films To Release 'Short Skin' in Italy". Variety. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
- ^ van Hoeij, Boyd (21 February 2015). "'Short Skin': Berlin Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
- ^ Lemercier, Fabien (15 June 2015). "Short Skin is triumphant at Cabourg". Cineuropa. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
- ^ Pasetti, Anna Maria (3 June 2015). "Ciak d'oro 2015, i vincitori - Trionfa Il giovane favoloso di Martone: 5 premi tra cui miglior film". Il Fatto Quotidiano (in Italian). Retrieved 13 May 2024.
- ^ "Locarno, i premi della critica". ANSA (in Italian). 10 August 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
- ^ Santacatterina, Manuela (29 August 2023). "Italo Calvino, lo scrittore sugli alberi: intervista a Duccio Chiarini". The Hollywood Reporter Roma (in Italian). Retrieved 13 May 2024.
- ^ "Chiarini, Calvino sempre più universale e attuale - Libri - Libri e film - Ansa.it". ANSA (in Italian). 28 August 2023. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
