Emanuele Michetti

Emanuele Michetti
Born
Rome, Italy
NationalityItalian, American
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter, editor, colorist

Emanuele Michetti is an Italian director, screenwriter, Film editor, and colorist. He lives in New York City.

He has produced narrative films, documentaries, music videos, and video art projects. With a focus on social issues such as mental illness, discrimination, gender equality, and minorities, his stories are mostly about loneliness and alienation in modern times, often featuring characters who are rejected by society and face internal struggles.[1]

His films has been screened at festivals such as Cannes Film Festival, Montreal World Film Festival, the Academy Award Qualifying Urbanworld Film Festival, Turin Film festival.

Filmography as director and screenwriter

Year Original title English title Notes
2005 È invisibile agli Occhi short film, video art

23 Torino Film Festival

2007 L'Aspirante The Dreams Hoover short film, narrative

Best Screenplay and Best Actor Awards (Festival del Cinema Libero di Roma)

Best Actress and Best Original Score (Corto Fiction Chianciano Terme)

Best Actress (Festival Comicorto)

Best Actress (Festival Comedy September)

2008 La Quotidianità commercial

Finalist at Enel Contest Future Film Festival

2008 La Paura più Grande The Loss short film, narrative

Best Original Score Award (Festival del Cinema Libero di Roma)

3rd Place Award (“I've Seen Films” International Short Film Festival Tiscali InShort)

2008 House inAction House inAction short film, video art
2009 Una Circostanza Fortuita By Chance short film, narrative

Ecologico International Film Festival - Taurus Award 2009

Eye of the Web award (Festival Internazionale Cortolandria)

Nominations Best Short Film and Spike Lee award (Babelgum Short Film Festival)

2012 Frammenti [Scraps] Scraps short film, narrative

Long Island International Film Expo - Triple Play Award (cinematography, editing, original score) 2012

Los Angeles New Wave International Film Festival - Honorable Mention 2012

SENE Film, Music & Arts Festival - Best Short Honorable Mention 2012

Chain NYC Film Festival - Best International Short 2012

Los Angeles Movie Awards - Honorable Mention 2012

IndieFEST Film Awards - Award of Merit 2102

International Independent Film Awards - Silver Award 2012

California Film Awards - Gold Award 2012

Prestige Film Award - Award of Merit 2012

Accolade Competition - Award of Merit 2012

2014 Love in the City Love in the City short film, video art
2014 Broken Jam Broken Jam short film, narrative
2014 A Chance, By Chance A Chance, By Chance short film, video art
2015 The Blue Sound of New York The Blue Sound of New York documentary

Best Short Documentary at New York Eurasian Film Festival

Honorable Mention at SaMo Indie Santa Monica Independent Film Festival

Aloha Accolade Award at Honolulu International Film Festival

Bronze Palm Award at Mexico International Film Festival

Silver Remi Award at 48th WorldFest Houston

Nomination for Best Documentary at Bare Bones International Film Festival

2016 Lilly's Secret Lilly's Secret short film, narrative

World Premiere at the 20th Academy Award Qualifying Urbanworld Film Festival

Best International Short Film - Roma Cinema Doc

Best Drama Film - European Cinematography Awards

Best Editing - AAB International Film Festival

Best Cinematography - Care Film Festival - Monza, Italy

Best Student Film - Mediterranean Film Festival

Nomination Best Narrative Short - Blow Up, International Arthouse Film Fest (Chicago, USA)

Nomination Best Short Film - Move Me Productions Belgium Short Film Festival (Belgium)

2016 Addictions Addictions short film, narrative

World Premiere at the 40th Montreal World Film Festival

Best Cinematography at SENE Film, Music & Arts Festival

Nomination Best Actress (Kaitlin Magowan) - Blow Up, International Arthouse Film Fest (Chicago, USA)

Nomination Best Short Film - Move Me Productions Belgium Short Film Festival (Belgium)

Nomination Best Cinematography - Filmstrip International Film Festival - Romania

Nomination Best Student Film - Filmstrip International Film Festival - Romania

2017 Yellow Water Yellow Water short film, narrative

Best Experimental Film - Around International Film Festival (Berlin, Germany)

Best Experimental Film - Gold Movie Awards (London, UK)

Award of Excellence Best Experimental - IndieFEST Film Awards (La Jolla - CA, USA)

References

  1. ^ "Official Website".