Gabriele Fabbro
Directing
Biography
Named by MovieMaker Magazine as one of 2022’s screenwriters to watch, Gabriele Fabbro was born in 1996, in Milan, Italy. He’s a film director with a BFA degree in Filmmaking from the New York Film Academy. Since 2011, he has written, directed and produced over 30 productions including features, shorts, music videos and commercials. His latest feature, Trifole, premiered at the 2025 Palm Springs International Film Festival and Santa Barbara International Film Festival, receiving nationwide theatrical releases in the US, Italy, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. The film was also shortlisted as one of the 24 films in the running to be Italy’s submission to the 2026 Academy Awards. His debut feature, The Grand Bolero, premiered at the 2021 Austin Film Festival and is currently distributed by Amazon Prime Video in the US, UK, Canada, Mexico, Australia, Italy and the rest of Europe. His short film 8 (2019) was screened at the 76th Venice Film Festival. Among other notable works, he directed the music video If You Run (2020) for Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age), selected for the 2022 Raindance Film Festival.
Known For
Following the death of their daughter, Tessa focuses on her acclaimed children's book series, "Lily Learns," while her husband, James, attempts to find solace in the daily crossword, but quickly unravels as it takes on a mind of its own.
Crossword
Native American country singer Birdie Blackwater is court ordered to attend 180 days of wellness therapy after 10 years of reckless alcoholic abuse.
Blackwater
In this bittersweet portrait of a vanishing rural way of life, Dalia travels to Piedmont to care for her aging grandfather Igor, an expert forager. Armed with his field notes and loyal dog Birba, she searches for a prizewinning truffle to save his home.
Trifole
"8” is a narrative short film about a selfish billiard player that, while hustling for living, struggles to seduce a quiet woman pool master inside an isolated saloon in New Mexico.
8
A post millennial journey to Italy before the coronavirus outbreak. While encountering various faces of the contemporary Italian decline, the trip turns into an existential experience arising doubts within a group of ambitious filmmakers, moved by the nostalgia of the humble life that they abandoned to follow their dreams.
Quo Vadis 2020
During the covid-19 lockdown in Italy, Roxanne, a cynical mid aged pipe organ cleaner struggles to control her impulsive attraction to her new 20 years old mute assistant.
The Grand Bolero
After executing a deserter from his own division, a lone Nazi soldier must search for his morals when he encounters two allied deserters, who wish to find a safe path home.
The Little Picture
On a serene day, a young woman's jog takes a perilous turn when she stumbles upon a lethal land mine.
Toe Tapper
A young man who has fallen in love with a married director is waiting for her in Venice, Italy as she is raising funds to make a film in Italy. The longer he waits the more he thinks about what is love and the relationship between the director and himself. Finally they meet in the middle of a bridge above the canal to talk and resolve their conflicts as Venice is flooding in November.
Alone in Venice
"The Waltz of the Monsters" is a narrative fantasy short about two young dreamers that chase a better way of living by setting up a journey to prove the existence of an old legend, only to find themselves stuck as their divergent objectives get on the way.
The Waltz of the Monsters
"Two Steps Away" is a narrative short film about two young students that fall in love from opposite sides of a canal.