Amarcort Film Festival - Short film festival - 2016 Edition

Born in Kaiserslautern (Germany) in 1965.
Studied Literary Studies, Theatre Studies and Philosophy at the Freie Universität Berlin. His dissertation on the French writer and filmmaker Marguerite Duras was published under the title "Das ortlose Kino. Über Marguerite Duras" in 2001. In 1996/97 he was head of the European Institute of Documentary Film in Mülheim/Ruhr and editor of the series "Texts for the Documentary Cinema" and of the "DOX - Documentary Film Quarterly".
He has served as the director of the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen since 1997.
Author of numerous articles and essays on cinema, photography and cultural politics.
Various lectureships in Film and Cultural Management.
Co-editor of "Provokation der Wirklichkeit. Das Oberhausener Manifest und die Folgen" (2012) and author of "Film und Kunst nach dem Kino" (2012).

Festival director/producer.

Undertook film studies in Canada and produced and hosted Servizz Xandir Malti on Graham Cable TV in Toronto. Won four Graham Awards for drama in Maltese, Producer of the Year from Graham Cable Television and the Canada Birthday Award for Achievement (Government of Ontario).
In 1984 joined Xandir Malta Newsroom as editor/director. Later as Head of Drama of PBS directed and produced TV serials including "Dell mill-Imghoddi", "Enigma", "Ipokriti L-Armla ta' Wied Ix-Xtajta", "Kafe Chagal", "Nhar it-Tieg", "Il-Harba ta' Julian", "Rahal bla Ras", "il-Misteru tal-Bombli tal-Fuhhar", "IL-Madraggara" and various documentaries.
Wrote and directed "Operation White Dove" which was shown at the Ambassador Cinema, Valletta, on TVM and Australian (SBS) Television.
Directed "Bawxati The Movie", and "Pawlu ta' Tarsu" which were also screened at local Cinamas.
In 1990, he joined One Productions as head of drama, and produced and directed "Xowkeys", Shelly Rayner and "Stejjer ta' Wara t-Tmienja" and various award winning documentaries including "il-Qtil ta' Shqaqi".
As an independent director/producer for NET TV directed the second season of "It-Tfal Jigu Bil-Vapuri", "The Inheritance", "Marcellino and Scrooge".
Won several Broadcasting Authority Awards for Drama and documentaries as well as the BPC Award to Journalism (TV). Also, won the award for Best Cultural Programme with Joyce Grech for the production of the Malta International TV Short Film Festival aired on TVM.
Served as judge on several film festivals, including the Short-Shock 2007 International Film Festival in Anapa, Russia, and The Golden Knight Film Festival in Malta (Malta Cine Circle) and the Malta Journalist Awards.
President of the Jury Shortini International Film Festival, 2015.
Tony is the Festival director/producer of The Malta International TV Short Film Festival, also co-produced with Joyce Grech.
2015 Directed documentary "Paulus The Shipwreck 60 A.D.".

Producer, writer, director.

He attended Wroclaw Univeristy, Adam Mickiewicz University, the High School of Theatre, Warsaw and Sorbonne in Paris. He took his Degree in Humanities.
He first worked as Assistant in theater and television in Poland and France, where he was an assistant to Jean-Louis Barrault at Theatre de France in Paris.
He directed Harold Pinter's "The Lover" in Poland, his first independent stage production, then he worked as Director/Director of Photography on the documentary "Dona Felicia", the first of several documentaries shot in Europe, USA and Latin America. He was 2nd unit director on "River of Diamonds" with locations in Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay, a Universal City Studios production.
As Producer/Director he made numerous supporting films for release by United Artist, CIC and Rank Film Distributors. He is the Founder Member of the Polish-British Film Foundation for Young Audiences, based in Poland and the U.K.
He directed many promotional and advertising films. With G.F.Newman, he wrote "To Rio for Love", which he also directed starring Linda Collins and Geraldo del Rey.
There followed "Winter Story" (producer and director), GTO Films, London; "Francis Lai - the man and his music" (director), Eagle Films, London; series for children "Stories from the Old City" (director and writer) with Lilian de Arias, TVP Warsaw, Amber Films London, Prime Time, New York; "The Circus Connection" (producer and director), British, Polish, Swiss co-production.
He has written, alone or with others, several scripts including "An Order to Kill", "Dead Center", "Venetian Mirror", "The Last Shot", "Amorous Adventures of Chevalier de Faublas", "The Ice Maiden" based on the book of Hans Christian Andersen.
He is a member of Society of Authors & Composers, Warsaw, Performing Rights Society in London, the Association of Polish Filmmakers in Warsaw and BCTU in London, also Member of Film Expert Group at the Polish Film Institute.

He organizes cineforum activities, and film literacy.
Since 2004, he has been Artistic Director of the Forlì International Film Festival SEDICICORTO.
In 2008, he promotes FEDIC D'ORO, a circuit involving 12 Festival and 30 Cineclub.
In 2009, he is appointed Director of FEDIC (Italian Federation of Cineclubs).
Since 2011, he has been Artistic Director of ANIMARE Festival of Cesenatico.
In 2013, he promotes international network EUROSHORT involving nine European countries.
Since 2014, he is representative of REFF circuit (Network Fedic Festival), that includes 15 Italian Festival.
He is part of the Committe that promotes the CNC (National Short Film Centre).
He has participated as a juror and selector to various National and International Festival.
He collaborates with several Italian and International Festival to promote the network of distribution for the short film.

Andrea Costantino is a screenwriter, director, editor.
He's sole director of AncheCinema Srl. which deals with production and distribution. After the great success in cinemas and distribution of the short film "Sposerò Nichi Vendola" ("I'll marry Nichi Vendola"), AncheCinema Srl launched a project even more ambitious.
A distribution project aimed to give dignity and market to stories that can be told simultaneously in literary form, with a limit of 300 pages, and film, through the format of shorts.
It was an innovative initiative that connects the traditional publishing world to an app for the distribution of short films for smartphones and tablets.
He received a special mention for the original subject by the Sindacato Nazionale Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani (National Union of Italian Film Journalists) for Nastro D'Argento short films and documentaries in 2004.
The award was for to the short film "Il Provino” ("The Audition").
"Il Provino" has received tilll today 32 national and international awards as well as numerous selections and projections.
In 2008 he received, as author and producer, financing for the realization of the short film entitled "Sposerò Nichi Vendola" by resolution of the Sottocommissione Cinema-Section for the recognition of cultural interest for the shorts (meeting of 15 December 2008).
In 2006, thanks to the writing of the film "Falla Finita" he won the financing set up by the Ministry of Cultural Heritage in the section for the recognition of cultural interest of the first works for the realization of the project.
From 2001 to 2006 he worked in national film as assistant editor and assistant director. He attended several workshops for writing, photography and editing with professionals like Giuseppe Tornatore.
He collaborates with other important professionals like Alessandro D'Alatri, Osvaldo Bargero, Enrico and Carlo Vanzina.
Since 2001, as the owner of a sole proprietorship, he produces commercial spots, documentaries and videos for art exhibitions, companies, government agencies and broadcasters.
He has worked on several short films: "Dove ci porta la corrente" by Fabio Baccelliere, "Sali e Tabacchi" by Fabio di Credico and Tommy Di Bari, "L'Oro Rosso" by Cesare Fragnelli as editor.

Roberto Nisi lives in the US where corresponds to the digital magazine film Rapporto Confidenziale and selects films for Sicily Queer Festival.
Over the years he was artistic director of the festival Corto Dorico, he has conceived and organized projects such as Conero Doc Campus and Cineresidenze, and co-wrote the documentary "Dalla Testa ai Piedi" and "Una Nobile Rivoluzione" directed by Simone Cangelosi.
He also directed the documentary short film "Live in Sferisterio" and is developing the film "A Genetic Abbreviation".

Shared between family, cinema, theater, journalism, music and poetry, Enrico Zoi, born in Florence in 1959, degree in Letters on the '500 and has written a large number of books, including two poetry anthologies: "Perle perline giù per la scarpata"(1985) and "L'angelo Lombrico" (2011).
He also has written more than 25 years of press releases and published thousands of articles, reviews and interviews.
With Philippe Chellini, he is the film biographer of Alessandro Benvenuti and wrote the book that tells the twentieth anniversary of the "Cyclone" by Leonardo Pieraccioni.
Zoi is vice president of the Tuscany Librarian, Journalists- writers Association.

Journalist and film critic, has to his credit the publication of several books and essays on cinema.
President of CinemaItaliano.info, creator of the project of Agenda del Cinema in Turin, he conducts specialized services on cinema on local radio and TV.
He organized, co-organized, worked and selected for Seeyousond Film Festival - Torino, Mostriamo il Cinema - Cervo (IM), VIEWFest and View Conference – Torino.

He founded Rimini Film Library, organised and directed many events and international festivals, and wrote a large number of articles, essays, and books about cinema: his last book "Le radici di Fellini romagnolo del mondo" was published only two months ago.

Born in 1967, graduated in Philosophy, he has been working at Rimini Film Library since 1997.

Graduated in Film Studies at University of Parma, he takes care of Federico Fellini archives in Rimini.
He has collaborated with different magazines and art centres, writing reviews and essays, and doing research.
Ha has worked for many years in the publishing industry.

Born in Rimini in 1963, graduated in sociology with a specialization in mass communications and a master's thesis on animation films.
From 1990 she has been working in the field of social research, particularly on issues such as juvenile disadvantage, intercultural disciplines and mass media.
She is an expert in cinema and mass communications and has worked extensively in various cultural activities of the city of Rimini, collaborating on the organization of a large number of events dealing with music, film and visual arts.
Since 1991 she has been taking care of the ACLI Rimini cultural activity,from the association activities (music clubs, dance, theater, photography and movie culture) to "Progetto Immagine", a special project including various activities and events dedicated to the world of communications.
In 1984 she organizes two video-film events and since 1991 she becomes their Artistic Director:
"Round - Video film festival for short films, dedicate to independent authors" (1984/2012).
"Cartoon Club - International Festival of animation, comics and games".
Since 1999, she's been organizeing activities and cultural events for the detained of the Prison of Rimini.
From 2000 to 2008 she has been president of the ACLI of Rimini Province.
From 1999 to 2009 she has coordinated the activities of the Social Services of the town of Verucchio.
From 2001 to 2003 she has coordinated the activities of the Culture of the Municipality of Riccione.
From 2005 to 2013 she has been president and director of "Foundation Enaip S. Zavatta" which organizes training courses and social activities.
From 2008 to 2013 she has been managing director of CO.AP. Cooperativa Comunità Aperta a.r.l. that manages radio channels, TV and web in the Rimini province.
In 1998, together with the musician Andrea Felli of Acanto Snc, she founded a sound research center located in Rimini which includes a professional recording studio called Farmhouse, a recording label and music publishings.

Even though he was born in Ferrara in 1936, he his considered a real native of Rimini.
His passion for cartoons became his job.
As a surveyor he began to draw and at the age of 23 he joined EDISON CHIMICA dealing with business communication.
Five years later in 1964 he joined FILMITALIA.
In a very short time he became one of the first authors of CAROSELLO, among the pioneers of marketing and storytelling, making hundreds of advertising spots and documentaries.
Besides his professional activity, he felt the need to make short movies, free from commercial constraints, in order to experiment and to alternate different techniques.
In 1965 he made his first short cartoon "Il Cedolino della Speranza", followed by "Water", "Naufraghi", "Patatrac" as cartoon, "Un Uomo Sbagliato", "Alfabeat" with decoupage, "Il Burosauro" in pixillation, "Abbasso il Tiranno" with playdough and Lego bricks, "www.popper" with mixed technique.
His latest works are in digital: he starts using Flash and makes "Africa patchwork", "Il pesciolino d'oro", "Vintage", "Milano canta", "La ruota", "Art: 18", "Femmine fatali".
The 2D computer animation is his umpteenth media of experimentation and his last experience are some animation for the theatrical performance "Planets".
He also dealt with education: together with Massimo Maisetti he wrote "A Scuola con il Cinema di Animazione" and from 1985 to 2010 he held classes on cartoon film at the Department of Illustration of the European Design Institute of Milan (IED).
He co-operated with several schools holding classes for students and teachers in many Italian cities.
He also completed educational documentaries on techniques and tricks for animation movies to help his teaching career.

Paolo Pagliarani was born 1963, on May 8th, in Rimini, where he lives in Borgo San Giuliano, a few steps from the Cinema Tiberio, where he provides his organizative and artistic help to manage the cinema together with volunteers of the parish of San Giuliano Martire.
Since 1984 he has been the film critic of the weekly "Il Ponte" in Rimini and has collaborated with "Il Resto del Carlino", "La Gazzetta di Rimini", "Il Corriere di Rimini", "La Voce di Romagna", "Radio Icaro" and "Kursaal".
From 1991 to 2001 he has been the owner of the Press Agency Telegraphica, with whom he has worked in the field of press offices, with particular attention to the cultural, artistic and show events; he then continued as a freelancer in the same sector with prestigious collaborations for Sagra Malatestiana Music Festival, Cartoon Club Festival, Teatro Ermete Novelli in Rimini, Arboreto in Mondaino, Palio del Daino in Mondaino, Verucchio Music Festival and many other important national events.
Since 1996, he's been offering courses on cinematographic language for the schools in Rimini, besides a series of conferences about cinema. In collaboration with Notorious Rimini Cineclub he organized the event "Cinema under the stars" and the film festivals "La Vela Illuminata" and "Tiberius CinePicnic" in Rimini.