Domenico Distilo (born 25 December 1978 in Rome, Lazio, Italy) is a filmmaker living and working between Rome, Italy and Berlin, Germany. He graduated in film direction from the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome with the film ''

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(Inatteso)'', a documentary on the demand for political asylum in Italy, which was screened at the

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in Florence and at the Berlinale, within the section "Forum" in 2006. In 2008, he won the national prize

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of the feature film ''When elephants fight (Quando gli elefanti combattono)'', written in collaboration with Filippo Gravino and Guido Iuculano. In 2009, he joined the production company Sciara, where he works as director and

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. In 2011, he directed two documentaries for RAI 3, the Italian cultural public channel: ''Urban extremes - Jerusalem (Estremi urbani, Gerusalemme)'', on the territorial conflict in Jerusalem and ''Romany imaginary - Minority artists (Immaginario Rom - Artisti Contro)'', on Romany art in Hungary. Distilo's works generally focus on social issues, with a special interest in various forms of contemporary art. In his movie ''Deep time (Margini di sottosuolo)'' (2012), he explored the boundaries between documentary and fiction with a story on

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and the feelings that bound people to their past. In 2018 his documentary ''Manga Do, Igort and the way of the manga'' won the audience award at the Biografilm Festival in Bologna. The film tells the journey of Igort, one of the most important Italian graphic novel authors, in the founding places of

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. The film follows a previous reportage, ''Igort, the secret landscape'' (2013), which tells the story of Igort's search for the creation of his trilogy on the Soviet Union.

Prizes and awards

* In 2000 his short film ''Entrevias'' won the first prize at the ''

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Film Festival'' * In 2006 ''

(Inatteso)'' won the first prize as best documentary at ''

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Film Festival'' and received the jury's special mention at the ''Arcipelago - Festival Internazionale di Cortometraggi e Nuove Immagini'' of Rome * In 2008 the screenplay from ''When elephants fight (Quando gli elefanti combattono)'' won the first prize at the event

* In 2011 Distilo won the ''Premio maestri del documentario'' at the ''Assaggi di realtà'' festival of

* In 2018 ''Manga Do, Igort and the way of the manga'' was awarded the Audience award at the Biografilm Festival in Bologna

Filmography

Documentaries

* ''A day in Rome (Un giorno a Roma)'', (2001), produced by Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia * ''Tiburtina tells (Tiburtina racconta)'', (2005) * ''Dialogues for Refugees (Dialoghi di Profughi)'', (2005) * ''

(Inatteso)'', (2005), produced by Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia * ''CAM Selinunte'', (2008), produced by Sciara * ''The Calm and the Storm'', (2010) * ''Urban Extremes – Jerusalem (Estremi urbani - Gerusalemme)'', (2011), produced by Sciara * ''Romany imaginary - Minority artists (Immaginario Rom - Artisti contro)'', (2011), produced by Sciara * ''Deep time (Margini di Sottosuolo)'', (2012), produced by Sciara * ''Igort, the secret landscape'', (2013), produced by Sciara * ''Manga Do, Igort and the way of the manga'', (2018) produced by Sciara

Short films

* ''Entrevias'', (2000) * ''Bartleby, the scrivener (Bartleby, lo scrivano)'', (2004), an adaptation from Herman Melville's homonym tale produced by Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia * ''Laura in Lampedusa (Laura a Lampedusa)'', (2009), produced by Rai 1 for the programme "Vivo per te - 150 anni della Croce Rossa", broadcast on the 25th of December 2009 * Bettgeflüster (Pillow Talk), (2021) , short film comedy, German Leads. Presented at the "late-night-love" section of the PÖFF SHORTS, Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2021

Projects

* ''The rope over the sea (Dawaz: la fune sul mare)'', a documentary with Adili Wuxiuer''Dawaz, con la fune sul mare c' è il funambolo Adili Wuxiuer''
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References

External links

Sciara production company's web site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Distilo, Domenico Italian film directors 1978 births Living people Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia alumni