Giacomo Abbruzzese
Born in 1983 in Taranto, Southern Italy, he lives and works between France and Italy.
His frst feature flm, Disco Boy, a France-Italy-Belgium-Poland coproduction starring Franz Rogowski, won a Silver Bear at the Berlinale. Nominated for the David di Donatello and the César Awards, it was released in more than 40 countries.
A former artist-in-residence at the Cannes Cinéfondation, his films spanning fiction, documentary and short formats: have been selected and awarded at numerous international festivals, including MoMA's New Directors/New Films, Hong Kong, Sarajevo, Guadalajara, Mar del Plata, Istanbul, Melbourne, Clermont-Ferrand, and the Viennale, and have reached international audiences through theatrical releases, television and digital platforms, including Canal+, Arte, France Télévisions, Sky Arte and SVT.
He is a member of the Académie des César, the David di Donatello, and the European Film
Academy.
+33 631 722 891 // giac.abbruzzese@gmail.com
Filmography: Disco Boy (fiction, 91min, 2023), I santi (fction, 30min, 2022), America (doc, 59min, 2020), Fame (doc, 57min, 2017), Stella Maris (fiction, 27min, 2014), This is the way (doc, 27min, 2014), Fireworks (fiction, 21min, 2011), Archipel (fiction, 23min, 2010)
Detailed Filmography
I SANTI 30min, fiction, 2021 * Arte TV Rome International Film Festival (Italy) - Best shortfilm Cinemed Montpellier (France) - Audience award Coté Court (France) - Jury Special Mention Palm Springs Int. ShortFest (United States), La Cinémathèque de Paris, Festival de Contis, Festival Tous Courts (France), Svaneti Int. Film Festival (Georgia), MedFilm Festival (Italie)
AMERICA 59min, documentaire, 2020 * Tenk *CNC quality award Nominated to the César Award Laceno d'oro (Italy) - Audience award Milan Gold Award - Best film Pancevo Film Festival (Serbia) – Jury Special Mention Cinemed Montpellier, La Rochelle Cinéma (France), Biografilm Festival, Monde Fest, Vicoli Corti (Italy), In the Palace (Bulgarie)
FAME 57min, documentary, France-Italy, 2017 * France 2 * Sky Art Italie *CNC Quality Award * Etoile SCAM Biografilm Festival Bologne, Italy - Audience Award Muscat Film Festival, Oman - Best Documentary Award Milano Film Festival, Italy - Closing film Schermo dell'Arte Florence, Italy - Opening Film Mar del Plata (Argentina), Bergamo Film Meeting (Italy), Festa do cinema italiano Lisboa (Portugal), Lichter Filmfest, Neisse Film festival (Allemagne) > Programmed at the museum of Mart Rovereto (Italy)
STELLA MARIS 27min, fiction, France-Italy, 2014 * Canal Plus *SVT Cinemed Montpellier, France – Canal Plus Award Kustendorf, Serbia - Best Shortfilm Award Ciutad de Soria, Spain – Special Jury Award Premiers Plans Angers, France - Best Original Soundrack Award Villeurbanne, France – Industry Award Contis, France - Special Jury Award Clermont-Ferrand, Festival Européen du film court de Brest (France), Leeds (UK), Curtas Vila do Conde (Portugal), NexT (Romania), 2016 César Award selection
THIS IS THE WAY 27min, docu-fiction, France, 2014 Pancevo Film Festival, Serbia – Best Documentary Award Coté Court Pantin, France – Experimental Competition Regard sur le Court Metrage au Saguenay (Canada), Torino Film Festival (Italy), Mecal Barcelona (Spain), Bergamo Film Meeting (Italy)
FIREWORKS 21min, fiction, France-Italy, 2011 * France 3 * Sky Art Italie * SVT * Pacific Voice Japon Premiers Plans d’Angers, France – Student Award Nastri d’Argento, The Italian Film Critics Award- Jury Special Mention Milano Film Festival, Italy - Jury Special Mention Clermont-Ferrand (France), Viennale (Austria), Indielisboa (Portugal), Tampere (Finland), Wintherthur (Switzerland), Leeds (UK), Molodist (Ukraine), Torino Film Festival (Italy)
Agostino Gambino
Agostino Gambino was born in Rome on November 20,
2001.
In 2022, he founded and became the director of the Polis
Festival, in collaboration with the Municipality of Rome, a
cultural festival of cinema, held for 30 consecutive days in
public squares.
Between 2020 and 2024, he took part in the production of
student and university short films.
In 2024, he worked as assistant director on the RAI national
television documentary “Il tempo del futurismo”.
In 2024, he founded Cine-Polis, the winter cineclub of the
Polis Festival, in collaboration with the Cineteca di
Bologna.
Since 2024, he has been appointed by the Municipality of
Rome as General Coordinator of the Youth Cultural Center
of Rome's Second District.
In 2025, he directed his debut short film, La notte della luna
fertile, with the support and participation of Visionarte,
Fondazione Giorgio De Chirico, Insideart, Fondazione
Orestiadi, the Municipality of Gibellina, LaserFilm, and
students from the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia.