Matteo Russo
Directing
Biography
Born in Crotone in 1992. In 2011 he met cinema at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna. Founding a collective to shoot the first video clips. In 2014 on the set of the film "Confusi e felici" by M. Bruno, he plays the role of assistant director. After this first experience he produced and directed the first two personal film projects, namely "Voglia di fragola" written by E. Maria Costa and "Storia di una donna che amava suo figlio" receiving many nominations in national and international festivals. Over the years he directed several video clips and commissioned advertisements such as the spot for "Barilla" and the documentary about the singer Clementino. In 2018 he produces and directs: "Amal" and "Amare affondo" purchased by Rai Cinema in 2019. Just this year, he perfects his studies at NYFA in Los Angeles where the short film "Tell Me Your Name" is being shot in Hollywood. In 2020 he founded the Calabria Movie International short film festival.. Currently he continues to collaborate with several Italian productions, and in the last two years he is working on his first feature-length documentary entitled "Lux Santa" produced by Naffintusi with Rai Cinema selected at the 76th Cannes Film Festival in the Cannes Docs - Marchè du Film section and at the 41st Torino Film Festival.
Known For
A psychoanalyst learns to have an illness and as a consequence he decides to quit his job. All his patients get together to find a way to make him feel better.
Happily Mixed Up
Giacomo and Samuele, two young boys, were born and grew up in a small town in south Italy. Although it overlooks the open sea, it is a close-minded town. In this ancient town, the two boys quickly develop a strong bond, which goes beyond friendship. They secretly commit themselves to escaping to a place where they can freely express their feelings.
Amare Affondo
“She” is not well, she is unhappy despite a full and intense life, she is alive, but inside she feels dead, everyone sees her, but she feels invisible. The diagnosis is clear: gender dysphoria. To save herself, she is forced to face an inner journey that perhaps will lead her to a new light. After three years of psychotherapy, that journey becomes a real journey "on the road" in the company of two friends: Franca, fifty, theater director and casting director, and Francesca, twenty-seven, actress with Down syndrome. Between uncontaminated nature and breathtaking landscapes, they will meet other women, each with an intense story to tell.
In viaggio con Lei
The millennia-old myth and tradition of St. Lucy's fire told through the eyes of teenagers on the shores of the Ionian Sea.
Lux Santa
Amal is a gruff and silent man left alone in the world.