BIOGRAPHY
RAFFAELE GRASSO
Raffaele Grasso, worked as assistant director on the series Esterno Notte (M. Bellocchio) and M - Il figlio del secolo (J. Wright), on the medium-length film O Night Divine (L. Guadagnino), on the films Fino alla fine (G. Muccino), Blackout Love (F. Marino) and Happiness (M. Ramazzotti).
His latest work as a director, La Carezza , starring Gabriel Montesi and Peppe Piromalli, is currently distributed by Premiere Film. In 2023 he directed the documentary Summerschool Il Racconto produced by ANICA Academy.
He won the 2022 Solinas Award for best short script in the “Screen in Green” section, the 2020 Bixio Award for best series concept together with Matteo Bianchi. In 2021 he was a finalist at the InediTo Colline Award in Turin with a script for an animated short and won the award for best script at the Inventa Un Film Festival and best concept at the Plot Point Awards 2022.
Selected for La Stanza delle Storie, a high-level training workshop by AIR3 - Italian Directors Association, with Federica Pontremoli (screenwriter of Il Caimano, Il Sol dell'Avvenire, Habemus Papam ). He graduated in film directing at the Renoir Film Academy in Rome, and graduated with honors in Forms and Models of Italian Cinema at La Sapienza University in Rome, where he attended the Master in Screenwriting, Production and Marketing.
He teaches screenwriting at the Academy of Arts and New Technologies in Rome, and has held masterclasses at La Sapienza, Creatività talentuosa by ANICA Academy and Calabria Film Commission and at the Master Video art Direction and Storytelling by E-Campus.
He has collaborated as a filmmaker with ANICA Academy, Giornate degli autori, Associazione 100Autori, Noir In Fest.
FILMOGRAPHY
regia, sceneggiatura
EMBRACE
Settembre 2022
Short film, 14'
Cesare is the new granite guardian of the cemetery and Mario, a gentleman from another time, seems to ignore the fact that he cannot enter due to the lockdown. Cesare will have to convince himself to open the gate and what happens next will change his way of seeing the world for a long time.
ROOM 13
Giugno 2019
Cortometraggio, 6'
Gabriele passa la notte in una stanza air bnb, ma qualcosa va storto. La stanza sembra viva. ALEXA non è solo un assistente vocale.
Cortometraggio finalista come miglior corto Horror all'Under The Star International film festival, è stato acquistato dalla piattaforma internazionale BeBop Channel.
ROMARCORD #2
February 2020
Documentary, 17'
Sergio Leone and the Western genre in the memory of Roman moviegoers.
It is a project curated by the cinema section of the Department of History of Art and Entertainment of “Sapienza” University of Rome created to promote the study of the social history of Italian cinema.
ESTRANGED
July 2017
Short film, 6'
When Allegorico, a wooden puppet, shares his time with someone, he feels complete, but one day something enters his life and he loses control of it. Nothing will ever be the same again.
The short film wins the Audience Award at the Ariano International Film Festival 2018.
AGNES
Settembre 2018
Short film, 6'
Agnes leads an ordinary existence, tired by the duties of a young mother towards her son Giuseppe. One morning, apparently like any other, she will have to make an important decision, which will alter the structure of her daily routine and will force her to clash with shadows that are difficult to govern.
Short film presented at the Tulipani di Seta Nera Festival, it was selected by Rai Cinema Channel and broadcast on Rai 1. It was available on Rai Play for three years.
24 Anime
Novembre 2019
IG TV Serie
5x1.30'
Qualcuno ha commesso un reato. Grave. Non è stato Billy, ma una delle sue 24 personalità. Billy deve scegliere se costituirsi o coprire Ragen, la personalità che ha commesso il crimine.
Cortometraggio in 5 episodi pubblicato su IG TV della band Sanlevigo, spin off del videoclip del singolo omonimo "24 anime".
THE SUCCESS OF
THE EFFECTS OF GOMORRAH ON THE PEOPLE
July 2020
Video essay, 5'
Many jokes from the series have become iconic thanks to The Jackal, who with their comedy have captured the taste of the Gomorrah - The Series fandom, amplifying its voice.
The video essay was a finalist at the Video Essay Film Festival in Rome, a festival curated by Mario Sesti and Andrea Minuz, and a jury chaired by Laura Delli Colli.
BEST AWARD
SCREENPLAY
"They Called It Street Food" wins Best Short Film Screenplay at the 2023 PlotPoint Awards.
BEST AWARD
SCREENPLAY
"They Called It Street Food" wins the Best Short Film Screenplay Award at the Cinemambiente Avezzano 2023 Festival.
MENTION BEST SCREENPLAY
The screenplay for the animation "A Ball's Life" wins the mention for "best unproduced screenplay" at the 13th British Animation Film Festival organized by the British Film Festival Guild.
BEST SCREENPLAY AWARD
"They Called It Street Food" wins the Best Short Film Screenplay Award in the Green Section of the 2022 Solinas Award.
BEST SCREENPLAY AWARD
The screenplay for the animation "Una Vita da Palla" wins second prize for best screenplay at the Tre colori competition of the Inventa Un Film festival in Lenola 2021.
PREMIO MIGLIOR
CONCEPT
"ALT - A Lungo Termine", short film screenplay, wins first prize for best concept at the Plotpoint awards 2022.
BEST CONCEPT
AS STANDARD
"Il caso Serena Mollicone" by Matteo Bianchi and Raffaele Grasso wins the 2020 Bixio Award for best series concept, signing an option contract with Rai Fiction.
PREMIO MIGLIORE SCENEGGIATURA
"ALT - A Lungo Termine", screenplay for a short film, wins first prize for best screenplay at the Tre colori competition of the Inventa Un Film festival in Lenola 2021.
FINALIST FOR BEST SCREENPLAY
"L'Uomo dei Lampioni" screenplay for animated short film is selected out of 77 scripts as a finalist for the twentieth edition of the Premio InediTo Colline di Torino 2021.
ARIANO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
PREMIO BUONE NOTIZIE
TULIPANI DI SETA NERA
PRIZE
POPULAR JURY
SPECIAL MENTION
SELECTED
RAI CINEMA CHANNEL
Premio vinto dal cortometraggio "Alienato", in occasione dell'Ariano International Film Festival 2018
Mention for "Agnes" received on the occasion of the Buone Notizie Young Award – «Angelo Ferro» Award
The short film "Agnes" has been selected by Rai Cinema Channel to be broadcast on Rai 1. The short film is currently available on Rai Play.
RESILIENCE AWARD
BEST SHORT
The short film "Corona" entirely made during the lockdown of April 2020 wins the Resilience colomba bianca award by MostramiArt, for the Rest@rt Home competition.
BEST SCREENPLAY AWARD
"They Called It Street Food" wins the Best Short Film Screenplay Award in the Green Section of the 2022 Solinas Award.
FILMOGRAPHY
Assistant Director (2nd and 3rd)
title : FINO ALLA FINE
directed by : Gabriele Muccino
year: 2023
production : Lotus
with Elena Kampouris, Saul Nanni, Lorenzo Richelmy, Enrico Inserra, Francesco Garilli
title : EXTERIOR NIGHT
directed by : Marco Bellocchio
year: 2022
production : KAVAC FILM with The apartment and Rai Fiction
with Fabrizio Gifuni, Margherita Buy, Toni Servillo
title : FELICITÀ
directed by : Micaela Ramazzotti
year: 2022
production : LOTUS
with Matteo Olivetti, Max Tortora, Sergio Rubini, Anna Galiena
titolo: O NIGHT DIVINE
regia: Luca Guadagnino
anno: 2021
produzione: FRENESY FILM
Title : Blackout Love
directed by : Francesca Marino
year: 2021
production : GREENLAND
with Anna Foglietta, Alessandro Tedeschi, and with Barbara Chichiarelli, Alessio Praticò.
title : Humam
directed by : Carmelo Segreto
year: 2019
production : Carmelo Segreto with Raya Visual Art
with Aniello Arena ( Reality M. Garrone)
title : Polvere
directed by: Matteo Bianchi
year: 2019
production: by Milo Film
with Andrea Venditti
Title : Sotto la città - 1915
directed by : Domenico Tiburzi
year: 2019
production: Milo Film
with Lino Guanciale, Andrea Venditti and Miriam Previati.
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