Bio Filmography
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Stefano Savona was born in Palermo in 1969. He studied archaeology and anthropology in Rome.
He started to work as an independent photographer in 1995. Since 1999, he has been mainly working as director and producer of documentaries. His works include numerous video installations (such as D-Day, 2005, in Paris at the Centre Pompidou). His documentary feature film Notes from a Kurdish Rebel (2006) was awarded with the S.C.A.M. International Prize at the Cinéma du Réel in Paris. Cast Lead obtained the Special Jury Price at the Locarno Film Festival in 2009. Since 2009 he has been collecting the hundreds of testimonies of Il Pane di San Giuseppe, a visual history archive dedicated to the living memory of 100 years of rural civilization in Sicily. He started with Penelope Bortoluzzi in 2010 the production company Picofilms. He produced and directed with A.Porto and E.Sparatore Palazzo delle Aquile awarded in 2011 with the Grand Prix du Cinéma du Réel, Paris, and selected for Acid Cannes 2011.
2011
Palazzo delle Aquile documentary feature film, 128' – production Picofilms (with the support of Associazione Corso Salani) Grand Prix du Cinéma du Réel Human Rights Award BAFICI (Buenos Aires) Special Mention IndieLisboa (Lisbon) Selection Acid Cannes 2011
2010
Spezzacatene documentary feature film, 82' – production Lotus/Pulsemedia/Regione Sicilia, Italy Torino Film Festival (Italy) États généraux du film documentaire, Lussas
2009
Cast Lead documentary feature film, 80' – production: Pulsemedia, Italy in collaboration with RAI Special Prize of the Jury, Cinéastes du Présent, Locarno International Film Festival Mention du Prix de l'Image, RIDM, Montréal Best Documentary Film, Annecy Cinéma Italien Munich Film Festival États Généraux du documentaire de Lussas Dubai Film Festival
2006
Notes from a Kurdish Rebel documentary feature film, 80' – production : JBA Production, France/ Minimum fax, Italy in collaboration with ARTE France (Grand Format), YLE Finland. Distribution DVD France : Les Films du Paradoxe Grand Prix International de la SCAM at Cinéma du Réel 2006, Paris Nomination, David di Donatello 2006, Best Documentary Film Casa Rossa Award, Best Italian Documentary Film 2006 -2007 Official Selection, Viennale Film Festival Best Film, Trento International Film Festival Special Mention of the Jury, Mostra del Nuovo Cinema, Pesaro.
2006
In the Same Boat documentary short-film, 11' Festival dei Popoli, Italy États généraux du film documentaire, Lussas
2002
A Border of Mirrors documentary feature film, 72', prod. Maat, Tipota Special Prize of the Jury, Turin Film Festival 2002 (Italy) Cinéma du Réel 2003, Paris
2000
Siciliatunisia video installation and documentary film, 23' Special Prize of the Jury, Turin Film Festival 2002 (Italy)
1999
Roshbash Badolato director (documentary feature film, 57') with Anselmo De Filippis prod. Maat |
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