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Carlo Sironi

Italy

Biography

Carlo Sironi was born in Rome. He began to work on film sets, first as an assistant director. "Sofia", his first short film as director, competed at the 28th Torino Film Festival and in other international festivals. He directed music video both for indie artists and majors as Warner Chapel Music and he started directing documentaries and TV programs. "Cargo", his second fictional short film, competed at the 69th Venice Film Festival and nominated as Best Italian short film at David di Donatello Award. In 2013 he partecipated at the 11th edition of Berlinale Talent Campus. "Valparaiso", his last short film, competed in the last edition of Festival del film Locarno in the Pardi di Domani section and won the Film und Video Untertitulung prize. Carlo has been selected for the Residence of the Cinefondation of Cannes and right now he's working on his first feature film, "Sole", with the Italian company Kino Produzioni. Sole, has been already selected for the Berlinale Script Station, EAVE producer workshop and TorinoFilmLab FeatureLab 360. The development of the project was supported by Mibact, CNC and IDM development fund. Mibact - the Italian National film fund - has already confirmed the production fund.

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