Pietro Marcello

Pietro Marcello studied painting at the Accademia di Belle Arti and was one of the founders of the DAMM community center in the Montesanto district of Naples. In 2007, his film Crossing the Line was screened in the Orizzonti section of Venice. In 2009, he directed his first feature, The Mouth of the Wolf, winner of Turin Film Festival, the Caligari and Teddy Bear prizes at the Berlinale, and the David di Donatello and Nastro d’Argento awards for best documentary. In 2011, he directed The Silence of Pelesjan, which was presented at Venice. In 2015, he directed Lost and Beautiful, which was screened in competition at the Locarno Festival, took home the Göteborg Film Festival’s Bergman Award and the Nastro d’Argento for best documentary. Pietro Marcello’s feature Martin Eden was screened in competition at Venice, where it won the Volpi Cup (for Luca Marinelli), and in Toronto, where it won the Patform Prize.

Festival de Cine de Sevilla