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Andrea Gatopoulos

Andrea Gatopoulos

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Biography

He is a film director, producer and distributor. He was born in Pescara (Abruzzo, Italy) and lives in Rome, where he graduated cum laude in 2016 in Modern Literature with the thesis "Virtual reality and image culture in the civilization of entertainment". He founded the production company called Il Varco, the distribution Gargantua Film and the residency Nouvelle Bug. His film productions were featured in more than 500 festivals all around the world including Cannes Quinzaine, Locarno, Venice SIC@SIC, Camerimage, Rotterdam IFFR, and many EFA and Oscar Qualifying Festivals. In 2020 he studied in Werner Herzog's workshop for his film Accelerator in Leticia, Colombia, in which he developed the filmed correspondence "Letters to Herzog" and the short film "Flores del precipicio", featured on FranceTV. He was among the finalists of Premio Zavattini 2021/2022. His short film "Happy New Year, Jim" premiered at Cannes Film Festival during the 54. Quinzaine des Réalisateurs. In 2023, he was chosen to participate in Locarno Spring Academy with Radu Jude where he shot "Eschaton Ad", that premiered in Locarno that same year. In August 2023, he participated to Apichatpong Weerasethakul's Creator's Lab in Yucatan, Mexico. In November 2023, his debut feature documentary "A Stranger Quest" was presented at the 41. Turin Film Festival. He was invited to be part of Berlinale Talents in 2024 and he is a voting member of EFA - European Film Academy as since 2024. In 2024, his new film "The Eggregores' Theory" opened Venice Film Critics' Week, and was nominated as the European Film Awards candidate from ZINEBI Film Festival where it won the Grand Award. In 2025, the film was nominated for David di Donatello and won a Silver Ribbon for the experimentation. His feature film in development "The Hallucinations", after TFL ScriptLab, won the CNC Award at Cannes La Residence.

Known For

Eva
2.0

Expelled from Eden, a man and a woman find themselves immersed in the violence of the Earth. Eva will guide Bruno in a profound journey within himself.

Eva

2021
New
8.2

Outskirts of Moscow. A girl comes to an unfamiliar apartment to look after a dog. After a while, she realizes that the owner of the apartment has disappeared. She finds herself into a series of people that have been taking care of the dog for years in that same apartment, creating a weird community around this strange absence of the owner.

New

2024
Happy New Year, Jim
6.7

It's New Year's Eve. Jim and Morten are playing videogames all night long, like every day. But Morten tonight is uncomfortable.

Happy New Year, Jim

2022
Polvere
8.0

No description available.

Polvere

2020
Flores del precipicio
5.0

Lucia has returned to the island where all the houses are white. Fifteen years have passed since the day she was taken away. Her father is waiting for her.

Flores del precipicio

2022
A Stranger Quest
N/A

In the eyes of an artificial mind, the last thirty years of David Rumsey, spent amassing one of the biggest historical maps collections in the world he secretly calls his poem, seem like an unexplainable quest. It will follow him on a road trip confronting with the ghosts of his past and the end inching closer.

A Stranger Quest

2024
Lumina
5.0

A naked woman awakes on a deserted beach. After wandering around, she ends up in the ruins of an abandoned town. The living left long ago. In a tumbledown house she finds artefacts of existence: clothing, furniture, a record player and a telephone. The latter contains a young couple’s photos and videos. Arianna and Leonardo loved taking selfies and meticulously recorded their holidays and excursions, but also their intimate moments at home.

Lumina

2021
Someone to Steal Horses With
2.0

A horse reflects on memory, disturbing the daily routines of citizens in Los Santos, San Andreas, during the press release for his new book “Someone to Steal Horses With.”

Someone to Steal Horses With

2025
City of Owls
N/A

On the last evening before her departure, Vera is putting her small sister to bed. To hide the real reason for her leaving, she tells her a bedtime fairy tale instead. It's the story of a city swallowed by an eternal night.

City of Owls

2026
Le Mur du Son
N/A

In a large, empty gym, the protagonists Iris and Lea play hide-and-seek: time seems to stand still, while the approach of an airplane transforms reality in a mysterious and poetic way.

Le Mur du Son

2025
Manual of Self-Destruction
N/A

After noticing that an A.I. generative model modifies her self-portraits with unattainable and unsolicited beauty standards, E. starts a conversation with DonnerBot, a chatbot that claims to provide a real solution to solitude. DonnerBot introduces her to a self-help manual, which transports E. into a world rejecting the ugly, the imperfect, and perhaps thus everything that makes us humans.

Manual of Self-Destruction

2025
Eschaton Ad
5.0

An apocalyptic film is suddenly interrupted by a strange ad. A man in suit and tie appears to deliver a message to the spectators and the director.

Eschaton Ad

2023
The Lost Memories Of Trees
6.0

In the heart of the Peruvian Amazon rainforest, two trees awaken in the night and set out on a spiritual journey, uncovering a past life in which they were two little brothers.

The Lost Memories Of Trees

2023
Black Eyed Dog
8.3

A man struggles with his obsession for a monster he encountered when he was a child.

Black Eyed Dog

2023
Homunculus
N/A

In a virtual world inspired by the codes of gay dating apps, Homunculus follows the wanderings of a man in search of other men. Over the course of his travels, he will come to realise that people see him as an “Arab”: an ambiguous, virile and powerful entity both celebrated by white gay males and hated by the French police forces.

Homunculus

2025
The Children of the Sleeping Giant
7.0

A story about old town residents guarding their homes, and their attachment to their land. A reflection on human nature and emotions

The Children of the Sleeping Giant

2021
A Missed Call
N/A

No description available.

A Missed Call

2024
Slowly, Slowly
N/A

A sentimental odyssey about the illusions and prejudices of a European man who goes to live in Zanzibar, told through his letters to his beloved woman, at a time when globalization and mass tourism are shaking up and transforming the tropical island, its people and culture.

Slowly, Slowly

2021
The Most Beautiful Man in the World
N/A

A family taboo, a missing story. Using 25 photos and the cold readings of artificial intelligence against his mother’s warm memories, a nephew reconstructs the life of Michele, an uncle lost to HIV and heroin in 1980s–90s Italy, exploring memory, the value of images, and what remains unspoken.

The Most Beautiful Man in the World

2026
The Eggregores' Theory
5.0

An inconceivable and devastating epidemic spread without apparent remedy, causing two lovers to painfully divide, while the social and political life crumbles all over the world.

The Eggregores' Theory

2024