Antonio Piazza & Fabio Grassadonia
Writers/Directors
Film, TV & Theatre
Film, TV & Theatre
Antonio Piazza and Fabio Grassadonia are a filmmaking duo of Sicilian writers and directors.
Their second feature film SICILIAN GHOST STORY - a fantasy drama about the disappearance of a little boy from a small Italian town - opened the Critics’ Week of the 2017 Cannes Film Festival. The screenplay won the prestigious 2016 Sundance Institute Global Filmmaking Award, given each year during the Sundance Film Festival “to honor emerging directors from different global regions who possess the originality, talent and vision to be celebrated as the future of world cinema”. SICILIAN GHOST STORY also won the Nastro d'Argento (Silver Ribbon) for Best Cinematography and for Best Set Design and was nominated also for Best Directing and Best Production. The film won several awards in different festivals and at the David di Donatello Awards 2018 (the motion picture equivalent to the Academy Award for the cinema, the so called Italian Oscars) the film got four nominations and Fabio and Antonio were given the David di Donatello for the Best Adapted Script.
Their first feature film SALVO premiered at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, winning both top prizes of the Cannes Film Festival Critics’ Week , the Grand Prix and the Prix Révélation. It is about a mafia hitman giving sight to the blind sister of one of his victims, “a miracle, in a world where miracles do not happen”. The film had a global release and was presented in the US at the Chicago International Film Festival and in New York City at the MoMA and at the Lincoln Center in the frame of the New Directors/New Films Festival. In Italy, SALVO won the Nastro d'Argento (Silver Ribbon) for Best Cinematography, the Italian Golden Globe for Best Actress and four nominations for the David di Donatello Awards.
Film
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
SICILIAN GHOST STORY 2018 | Cristaldi Pictures/Indigo Film/Rai Cinema | Sundance Film Festival 2016, Sundance Institute Global Filmmaking Award; Cannes Film Festival 2017, Opening Film of the Cannes Film Festival Critics’ Week; David di Donatello 2018, Best Adapted Script, Nomination Best Song, Nomination Best Cinematographer, Nomination David Giovani; Nastri d'Argento (Silver Ribbons) 2017, Best Photography, Best Set Design, Nomination Best Producers, Nomination Best Directors; Ciak d’Oro 2018, Best Photography; Athens International Film Festival 2017, Best Script; Magna Graecia Film Festival 2017, Best Film, Best Actress, Special Mention Best Actor; Giffoni Film Festival 2017, Explosive Talent Award; Valletta Film Festival 2017, Best Photography; Saas-Fee Filmfest 2018, Audience Award; Fiuggi Film Festival 2017, Best Film; Global Film & Music Fest 2017, Ischia Movie Award; Cinealma 2017, Prix Special du public |
SALVO 2013 | Acaba Produziono/Cristaldi Pictures | Semaine de la Critique du Festival de Cannes Ljubljana International Film Festival Cinergia European Cinema Forum David di Donatello 2014 Nastri d’Argento (Silver Ribbons) 2014 Guglielmo Biraghi Prize - Nastri d’Argento Italian Golden Globe 2014 Ciak d’Oro 2014 Flaiano Award “Pegaso d’Oro” Vittorio De Sica Prize Magna Grecia Film Festival Bobbio Film Festival Festival del Cinema Italiano di Ajaccio Premio Mario Gallo for the Directing Film & Music Ischia Global Fest Gallio Film Festival Festival del Cinema di Frontiera di Marzamemi Trailers FilmFest Santa Marinella Film Festival Cinematografo.it magazine Prize Kinéo "Diamanti al Cinema" Awards 2014 |
Short Films
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
RITA 2009 | Cristaldi Pictures | Best Short Film Arte Prize for European Short Film Diploma of Merit Best Short Film Award for Directing Best Use of Sound Design Special Jury Prize - National Best International Short Film Best Italian Short Film Special Jury Mention Special Mention - Artistic Direction Jury Mention Best Sound Best Short Fiction Film Special Jury Mention Special Jury Mention - Narrative Short Film Best Short Film Artistic Direction Award Special Jury Mention - European Short Films Special Jury Mention Best Short Feature Film Best European Film Best Short Film on Social Themes Special Mention Runner-up - 16 to 30 minutes Future Shorts Prize Special Jury Prize Best Short Film Best Film - Youth Jury Special Jury Mention Highly Commended - International Outstanding Achievement in Short Filmmaking Best Narrative Short Film Best International Short Film Best Drama Short Film Director's Choice Special Mention Best Short Film Award of Excellence - Disability Issues |