BIO

ANDREA SBARBARO, BORN IN 1998, GRADUATED IN 2020 IN FILM DIRECTION AT THE CIVICA SCUOLA DI CINEMA LUCHINO VISCONTI, WITH THE SHORT-FILM HIKIKOMORI. AFTER THE ACADEMY HE BECAME PARTNER OF THE ECLETTICA PRODUCTION COMPANY, FOR WHICH HE HELD THE ROLE OF ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, DIRECTOR AND POST-PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR. IN 2021 HE DIRECTED TWO SHORT-FILMS: VAE VICTIS AND THE HUMAN IMPLANT, THE LATTER – STARRING GIOVANNI STORTI – WAS SELECTED IN MORE THAN 40 FESTIVALS AROUND THE WORLD. SINCE 2023 HE HAS BEEN PART OF THE FILM DISTRIBUTION COMPANY GORRILLA FILM DISTRIBUTION, FOR WHICH HE HOLDS THE ROLE OF SALES MANAGER.

RICCARDO COPRENI WAS BORN IN 1998 AND GRADUATED IN DIRECTION AT THE CIVICA SCUOLA DI CINEMA LUCHINO VISCONTI IN 2020. HIS GRADUATION SHORT FILM OSCAR WAS SELECTED IN OVER 25 INTERNATIONAL FESTIVALS AND WON SEVERAL AWARDS. HE IS CO-FOUNDER OF THE PRODUCTION COMPANY ECLETTICA FOR WHICH HE SERVES AS DIRECTOR AND PRODUCER. IN 2022, HE DIRECTED HIS SECOND SHORT FILM: THE GOD OF CAT IS IMMORTAL, A TEEN DRAMA BASED ON THE SHORT STORY OF THE SAME NAME BY THE CRIU COLLECTIVE. SINCE THE SAME YEAR, HE HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF THE AIR3.- ITALIAN DIRECTORS GUILD. RICCARDO IS CURRENTLY DEVELOPING HIS DEBUT FEATURE FILM.

ANDREA AND RICCARDO HAVE KNOWN EACH OTHER SINCE THEIR DAYS AT FILM SCHOOL, THEY DIRECTED TOGETHER THE SHORT FILMS FAREWELL, FOR TODAY IN 2022 AND THE NEXT YEAR 154 STARRING THE ITALIAN COMEDIAN GIOVANNI STORTI.