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Stefano Casertano

Stefano Casertano is an italian film director and producer.

Casertano co-produced the film The Mafia Is No Longer What It Used to Be by Franco Maresco, awarded a "Silver Lion" as Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival - La Biennale di Venezia[1] in 2019. He directed the narrative VR film "Tales of the march", selected by the 80. Venice Film Festival for the "Venice Immersive" section in 2023.[2]

He has been nominated "Italian Leader" by the Council for the United States and Italy and "Junior Fellow" by the Aspen Institute,[3] and is an alumn of the Venice Biennale College for Virtual Reality.[4] He holds a Ph.D. "Magna cum Laude" in Politics from Potsdam University, and an MBA from Columbia University, New York[5].

Film career

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His 2016 docufiction "People of Love and Rage" ("Gente di amore e Rabbia") won the DocFeed Film Festival in Eindhoven,[6] received the Special Mention of the Jury at the Rome Independent Film Festival[7] and has been selected by the Venice Film Week and the Broadway International Film Festival.[8][9] The production "The Ballad of the Homeless" by Monica Manganelli screened at Cannes Film Festival and has been awarded, among the others, a "Nastro d'Argento" prize in Italy, and won the "LA Short Fest", an Academy Awards Qualifier.[10]

In 2021, his VR project "Tales of the March" was selected by the Venice Biennale for the development program "Biennale College VR"[11] and was granted support by the Medienboard Berlin Brandenburg.[12] Shooting started in March 2023[13] and the film was later selected by the "Venice Immersive" section of the 80. Venice Film Festival.[14]

His film "The Poet who would be King" ("Il Poeta che volle farsi Re"), dedicated to poet Gabriele d'Annunzio and his "Impresa di Fiume", has been produced by Cinecittà - Luce and by Fondazione Vittoriale degli Italiani, starring historian Giordano Bruno Guerri and art-critic Vittorio Sgarbi. The film has been presented at Vittoriale for the 100th anniversary of d'Annunzio's ill-fated endeavour.[15]

In 2022, film company Titanus announced the production of Casertano's fiction film "La Guerra di Elena".[16] The film has been granted a selective contribution by the Italian Culture Ministry.[17]

Filmography

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  • "La Guerra di Elena" ("Elena at War"), 2025, fiction, 110' - Director and co-producer[18] - in production
  • "Tales of the March", 2023, immersive short, 12' - Producer and director[19]
  • "American Ring", 2022, Documentary, colour, 80' - Producer and director[20]
  • "The Poet who would be King" ("Il Poeta che volle farsi Re"), 2022, Documentary, colour, 85' - Producer and director[21]
  • "The mafia is no Longer what it used to be" ("La mafia non è più quella di una volta") by Franco Maresco, 2019, Documentary, colour, 105' - Co-producer[22]
  • "People of Love and Rage", 2016, Docufiction, B/W, 88' - Writer and Director[23]
  • "The Ballad of the Homeless" by Monica Manganelli, 2015, Animation, colour, 12' - Executive Producer[24]
  • "There Was Once a Sea", 2015, Documentary, colour, 84' - Writer and Director[25]
  • "The Last Days of Tacheles", 2014, Documentary, colour, 93' - Writer and Director[26]

Fiction books

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Non-fiction books

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References

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  1. ^ "'Mafia Is Not What It Used to Be' ('La Mafia non e piu quella di una volta'): Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. 10 September 2019. Retrieved 2019-09-15.
  2. ^ "Biennale Cinema 2023 | Tales of the March". La Biennale di Venezia. 2023-07-12. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
  3. ^ "Stefano Casertano - Festival dell'energia". 2011.festivaldellenergia.it. Retrieved 2013-08-15.
  4. ^ "The Biennale College Cinema – Virtual Reality workshop draws to a close". Cineuropa - the best of european cinema. 20 January 2021. Retrieved 2023-04-08.
  5. ^ "The European - Das Debatten-Magazin". The European (in German). Retrieved 2024-11-14.
  6. ^ "PERSBERICHT DOCfeed award winnaars". Docfeed. Retrieved 2017-03-13.
  7. ^ "THE AWARDS OF THE XV EDITION OF THE RIFF: "YOU'LL NEVER BE ALONE" BY ALEX ANWANDTER. THE QUEER CHILEAN FILM WINS THE RIFF AWARDS". Rome Independent Film Festival. 1 December 2016.
  8. ^ Designova. "Venice Film Week". www.venicefilmweek.com. Retrieved 2016-12-17.
  9. ^ "Broadway International Film Festival". www.broadwayfilmfestival.com. Retrieved 2016-12-17.
  10. ^ "The Ballad of the Homeless, (short animated film-2015)". Monica Manganelli (in Italian). 2015-08-22. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
  11. ^ "Biennale Cinema 2021 | Biennale College Cinema Virtual Reality: the 12-19 January workshop". La Biennale di Venezia. 2021-01-19. Retrieved 2023-04-08.
  12. ^ "Medienboard fördert 16 Projekte im Bereich 'Innovative Audiovisuelle Inhalte'" [Medienboard supports 16 projects in the field of 'Innovative Audiovisual Content']. GamesMarkt (in German). 10 December 2020.
  13. ^ @medienboard (March 30, 2023). "Dreharbeiten in Brandenburg für den immersiven Fiction-Film 'Tales of the March' #mbbgefördert Das Projekt von Regisseur Stefano Casertano und VR Creator Tim Deussen war 2021 bei Venice VR @la_Biennale College ausgewählt!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  14. ^ Barone, Martina (2023-09-06). "Tales of the March è l'esperienza direzionale VR sull'Olocausto". The Hollywood Reporter Roma (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-09-26.
  15. ^ "Festival Dannunziano: ritmo, velocità e movimento" [d'Annunzio Festival: Rhythm, Speed and Movement]. L'Opinione delle Libertà (in Italian). 25 August 2021.
  16. ^ "I nuovi progetti Titanus" [The new Titanus projects]. Cinematografo (in Italian). 4 October 2022.
  17. ^ "Elena la matta - film in lavorazione - film & docu". Filmitalia (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-04-08.
  18. ^ Francesco, Davide Di (2022-10-05). "Titanus, svelati i nuovi progetti in sviluppo per il 2023-2024". Ciak Magazine (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-04-08.
  19. ^ "Biennale Cinema 2021 | Biennale College Cinema Virtual Reality: the 12-19 January workshop". La Biennale di Venezia. 2021-01-19. Retrieved 2023-04-08.
  20. ^ "American Ring: il documentario sull'incredibile mondo del wrestling- Video Gazzetta.it". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 21 September 2022. Retrieved 2023-04-08.
  21. ^ "Il poeta che volle farsi re - 2021 - documentari - film & docu". Filmitalia (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-04-08.
  22. ^ The Mafia Is No Longer What It Used to Be, retrieved 2020-02-06
  23. ^ People of Love and Rage, retrieved 2020-02-06
  24. ^ "The Ballad of the Homeless – New Europe Film Sales". Retrieved 2020-02-06.
  25. ^ There Was Once a Sea, retrieved 2020-02-06
  26. ^ The Last Days of Tacheles, retrieved 2020-02-06
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