Cecilia Rizzuto
Directing
Biography
Cecilia Rizzuto was born in Milan in 1998. She graduated in Art History from the University of Milan and has been working as a freelance lighting and set designer for live events, advertising and films since 2019. In 2023, she began her career as a director, shooting several experimental films (Titus, Titovskji) and documentaries (¡Volare Volare!, Davide, where are you?). She will launch her short fiction film Amanti a Mano Armata, a noir set in Milan, as a calling card to create her first feature film. She collaborates with Stella Savino's Mia Film production company and Paolo Santamaria's The Factory, while curating and managing events at Chuormo APS in Rome. She loves to explore the interdisciplinarity between the various arts, always keeping up to date with the latest developments in both the historical-artistic field and in the world of entertainment and cinema.
Known For
Titus lives in his own dystopia. When he embraces the abyss within him and all his contradictions, he begins to dance. He is the madman who manages to grasp the truths that elude others: man's complex search for identity.
Titovskij
The first day of a boy fresh out of SERT, searching for beauty on the shores of Lake Garda. A melancholy look at the value of trust, the story of an impossible intimacy between two people unable to get close.
Bianca
In May, all Gypsy communities gather in Camargue to worship Saint Sara Kali. Following Esméralda and her family – a group of French Manouche – we will immerse ourselves in the pilgrimage in search of the true spirit of the Gens du Voyage, the travelling people.