WINNERS International Indie Cinematheque Awards 2025

Mireille Fiévet

Jonathan Fisher

Reine Johansson

Cazebon-Taveau Florence

Lena Mattsson

Jacob Comforty

Christian Candido

Larry Gene Fortin

Gabriel Womack

Arnold Curry

Michał Kucharski

Uniqueness Heiress & Azia

Don Pasquale Ferone

Samantha Casella

Kai Fischer

Vincenzo Amoruso

John Martinez

Russell Emanuel

Mike Horan

Lynn Elliott

Jennifer Glee

Earnest Diaz

Christopher Leong

Isabelle Byrne

Colleen Fuglaar

Tom Gallagher

Steve Hunyi

Kimber Leigh

Dylan Brody

Gary Beeber

John Angell Grant

Ioannis Koutroubis

Eve Leonard-Walsh

Jeremy and Chris Stork

Mark Gould

Sean Tansey

Alexander Senicki

Matthew Roch

Damiano Rossi

Victoria Bugbee

Hugo Teugels  

Suzanne Lutas

Susan Downs

R. Scott MacLeay

Roger Paradiso

Jeff Kazanjian

Ilaria Pezone

Carla Di Bonito

Katherine Schimmel

WINNERS TAORMINA Film Meeting Awards 2025

Free Birds

BEST VIDEO POETRY 2025, BEST ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER & BEST ORIGINAL EDITING

The Sicilians

BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTION SCRIPT & BEST THRILLER SCRIPT OF THE YEAR

The Order

BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM & BEST ORIGINAL EDITING

The Boy Who Earned His Magic

BEST INTERNATIONAL BOOK OF THE YEAR & BEST AMERICAN WRITER

Pirandello’s Wife

BEST DRAMA SCRIPT

Virulence

BEST ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT & BEST INDIE SCREENWRITER

Am I a painter?/Czy jestem malarzem?

BEST INTERNATIONAL ANIMATED SHORT FILM 2025 & BEST INTERNATIONAL FILMMAKER (Category: International Animated Short Film)

Lambada The Dance Of Fate

BEST BIOGRAPHICAL SCRIPT & BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE WRITER

The Stones of Rome

BEST HISTORICAL SHORT FILM & BEST EXPERIMENTAL ACTOR

The Pathos of Hamlet

BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR, BEST INSPIRATIONAL SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR & BEST EXPERIMENTAL SCREENPLAY

Monument to Love

BEST DIRECTOR, BEST CAMERA OPERATOR, BEST SOCIAL FILM & BEST ARTHOUSE DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

Katabasis

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM, BEST CAST, BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY & BEST DIRECTOR (Category: Narrative Feature)

Eye of the Storm

BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTOR (Academy Award Winner Robin Williams – Lifetime Achievement Award) & BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

Fire Flies  

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCRIPT

The Assassin’s Apprentice 2: Silbadores of the Canary Islands

BEST AMERICAN NARRATIVE SHORT 2025, BEST CASTING DIRECTOR, BEST SOUND DESIGN, BEST SCREENPLAY, BEST DIRECTOR & BEST PRODUCER (Category: Arthouse Short Film)

Routine

BEST INDIE SCREENWRITER, BEST FILMMAKER & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER (Category: International Short Film)

NeverWere: a Lycan Love Story

BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER 2025

Canta la gioia

BEST MUSIC VIDEO 2025, BEST HUMAN RIGHTS SONG, BEST EUROPEAN SINGER & BEST SONG WRITER

Doctor Hyphoteses

BEST COMEDIAN OF THE YEAR

The Days of Knight: Chapter 3

BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE SHORT, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT (Category: Narrative Short)

The Rorschach Test

BEST EUROPEAN DIRECTOR (Category: Experimental Film), BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST ORIGINAL PRODUCER

The Duchess

BEST INTERNATIONAL DRAMA, BEST INDIE ACTOR/ACTRESS & BEST INDIE PRODUCTION COMPANY

Thankful

BEST AMERICAN SCREENWRITER, BEST ORIGINAL FEATURE SCRIPT & BEST IDEA OF THE YEAR (Category: Feature Script)

Nossos Caminhos (Our Paths)

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCRIPT & BEST ORIGINAL INDIE WRITER

The Arcangel Of Death

BEST ITALIAN ACTOR OF THE YEAR

The Demon

BEST ACTING & BEST EUROPEAN ACTOR

That evening on stage with Amy Winehouse. (EXCLUSIVE) Interview with singer-songwriter Davide Combusti, known as The Niro

-)Who is Davide Combusti, aka The Niro?

I am an Italian singer-songwriter and composer, a bit of a wanderer. Recently, I like to define myself as a creative who primarily communicates through music.

-)You’ve shared the stage with globally famous artists, tell us some memories of those collaborations.

I have many memories. Among them, I shared the stage with Amy Winehouse during her 2007 Milan stop and with Deep Purple in 2006 in Rome.

I remember the fantastic band that accompanied Amy and the charisma she radiated: that night I signed my first record deal, which would tie me to Universal International for several years. With Deep Purple, a sort of city legend was born because I faced their audience with nothing but a simple electrified classical guitar, winning over an extremely hostile crowd from the first song. It was 2006, and at that time, I hadn’t released anything yet. Receiving compliments from Deep Purple themselves was wonderful. I’ve also worked with Radiohead’s manager, Chris Hufford, on his Anti Atlas project, and I recorded and sang on an album of unreleased Jeff Buckley songs with Gary Lucas. I have countless memories, but in general, I always love creating new ones.

-)Your stage name is inspired by the Oscar-winning Italian-American actor Robert De Niro. Tell us about your relationship with cinema.

Yes, the name is inspired by the great American actor. The reason is that back then, The Niro started as a band, and we needed to find a nice name, and the nickname stuck with me even when The Niro turned into a singer-songwriter project. My relationship with cinema is visceral. I love cinema: from serious films to comedies, with a particular fondness for the French Nouvelle Vague. It was inevitable for me to end up writing for the cinema. I write a lot for images, and I’ve been fortunate enough to collaborate with many directors, both Italian and foreign. I’ve written soundtracks, among others, for James McTeigue, director of V for Vendetta. It was a great experience. One of the last soundtracks I worked on was for the short film The Moor by Daphne di Cinto, which was submitted for the 2024 Oscars.

-)Tell us about your recent collaboration with director Christian Candido.

Christian is a fantastic director from Turin who involved me in the series Boombox, which is based on a very strong idea tied to music. This, combined with his contagious passion and narrative imagination, led me to form a relationship where I’m involved as a composer, actor, and even a designer (I designed the Boombox, which will be an iconic element of the series). I thank Christian for involving me, and we can’t wait to start production on the series; I’m sure it will surprise many.

-)What do you not like about the world, and what would you change?

I don’t like power being concentrated in the hands of a few people. I don’t like war, and I don’t like the casual way false news is spread. If I could, I’d go back to the 60s: there were wars then too, but at least the music was fantastic.

-)What’s your impression of WILD FILMMAKER?

It’s a space that gives voice to the independent voices of cinema and lets them be known. I would say it’s an oasis in an environment where it’s always very difficult to stand out. Congratulations to you for what you do!

The artist who unknowingly paints Bette Davis’s eyes. (EXCLUSIVE) Interview with Ebba Melber

by Michele Diomà

It was a pleasant surprise to discover the artworks of Ebba Melber, a Swedish painter and actress from Malmö, who has collaborated on several projects with the multi-award-winning international director Lena Mattsson, a member of the WILD FILMMAKER Community. In the women portrayed in Ebba Melber’s paintings, I saw the eyes of Bette Davis, the legendary two-time Oscar-winning actress.

I was sure that Ebba had been inspired by Bette Davis’s face to paint the women in her paintings, but instead, I discovered that it wasn’t a conscious choice. This only confirms my belief that great artists are guided by creative energies that go beyond rationality. I believe that true artists write, paint, compose music, or make films by entrusting their soul to a creative angel. Bette Davis chose to enter the paintings of Ebba Melber.

Today, we welcome Ebba Melber to the WILD FILMMAKER Community!

-Who is Ebba Melber?

It should come as no surprise that I try to challenge expectations. I like picking things apart, then piecing them back together in ways that force me to see the world differently. My work is a raw exploration of beauty, discomfort, and intimacy. It’s where the familiar feels strange, and the strange feels oddly familiar. I like to distort the human form, blending it with nature, flowers, fruit, and animals.
My aesthetic is humorous! I try not to take myself too seriously. I would say my art isn’t just for looking at; it’s a vessel for personal exploration. I want you to feel unsettled, to be drawn in, to look deeper. It’s about unmasking the emotions and symbols we often overlook, revealing them in ways that are both intimate and unsettling—and perhaps also humorous.

-How did your creative journey begin?

It started when I was a kid, scribbling on anything I could get my hands on. It wasn’t just drawing, it was instinct, reckless and free. I never questioned it. That impulse never left. It’s still a mix of curiosity and obsession, with a healthy disregard for “rules.” Creating feels like the only thing that makes sense.

-Which artists inspire you?

I admire the ones who don’t ask for permission. David Lynch’s eerie, dreamlike worlds, Matt Johnson’s raw, emotional music, Francis Bacon’s messy, unflinching portraits of the human condition. Kate Bush is another big influence, she makes the strange feel beautiful, and the beautiful feel strange. These artists create because they have to, not because they’re trying to fit into something. That’s what inspires me.

-What do you dislike about the world, and what would you change?

Creativity and expression get buried under rigid structures and expectations. I don’t think it’s about rejecting structure altogether, but there needs to be more space for risk, for experimentation, for things that don’t fit neatly into a category. The unpolished, the unexpected, that’s where the real innovation happens.

-Do you think art can change the world?

Absolutely. Not by fixing things, but by breaking them open. Art makes you feel, and feeling is what sparks change. It forces people to confront things they’d rather ignore. It​ doesn’t provide answers, it asks the questions. Like the old saying goes, “Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.”

-What new projects are you working on?

Right now, I’m deep into something that excites me and terrifies me at the same time. It’s like a swarm of flying monkeys in my brain… I can’t fully explain it yet, but it’s been consuming me for months. That feeling of standing on the edge of something unknown. That’s where I am right now.

-What’s your impression of Wild Filmmaker?

Wild Filmmaker seems like a place for people who actually care about cinema and creativity, not just the industry, but the art itself. It’s refreshing to see a platform that lets ideas take shape naturally instead of forcing them into a mold. I appreciate the chance to share my work here.

WINNERS AMDb Arthouse Movie Database Critics’ Choice Awards 2025

Remnant

BEST INDIE DIRECTOR, BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY, BEST SCENOGRAPHY & BEST CAST (Category: International Narrative Feature)

Omnipotent Resolution

BEST MUSICAL, BEST DIRECTOR (Category: International Experimental Short Film), BEST INTERNATIONAL DANCE FILM & BEST CHOREOGRAPHY

Precious the Baby Dragon

BEST INTERNATIONAL BOOK OF THE YEAR

In a Whole New Way

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILMMAKER, BEST SCREENPLAY, BEST EDITING & BEST CAMERA OPERATOR (Category: Educational Film)

Artists and Aliens

BEST DIRECTOR, BEST SCREENPLAY, BEST SOUNDTRACK & BEST CAST (Category: International SCI-FI)

Cactus Run

BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR

The Days of Knight: Chapter 3

BEST PRODUCTION COMPANY, BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE SHORT, BEST DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY SHORT (Category: Narrative Short)

Canta la gioia

BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC VIDEO & BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE SINGER

Prodigio

BEST SPIRITUAL SONG WRITER

Precious the Baby Dragon

BEST ORIGINAL WRITER (Category: International Book)

The Rorschach Test

BEST POETRY FILM, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST DIRECTOR (Category: EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM)

Boxed In

BEST ARTHOUSE SHORT FILM, BEST ORIGINAL INDIE PRODUCER & BEST EDITING

Doctor Hyphoteses

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE ACTOR

Cock Robin

BEST ORIGINAL INDIE COMEDY OF THE YEAR

On My Special Day

BEST DIRECTOR & BEST SCENOGRAPHY (Category: International Indie Narrative Short Film)

The Duchess

BEST ACTOR, BEST ACTRESS, BEST FILMMAKER & BEST EDITING (Category: Drama)

Something ain’t right

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE DOCUMENTARY 2025

Lambada The Dance Of Fate

BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITER, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST ARTHOUSE BIOGRAPHICAL PROJECT

The Quest for Camelot

BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR & BEST AMERICAN PRODUCER OF THE YEAR

The Esteemed Priority

BEST INTERNATIONAL ANIMATED SHORT & BEST FILMMAKER (Category: Animation)

Nostalgia

BEST INTERNATIONAL DRAMA & BEST EUROPEAN INDIE SCREENPLAY

Brothers of Babylon

BEST FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR & BEST AMERICAN ORIGINAL WRITER

You Are Here – A Dylan Brody project

BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE OF THE YEAR, BEST INTERNATIONAL ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY, BEST DIRECTOR & BEST SOUDTRACK

French Broad

BEST INTERNATIONAL PILOT/TV OF THE YEAR & BEST SCREENWRITER (Category: Television Script)

Running Out Of Time

BEST DIRECTOR, BEST SOUND DESIGN & BEST EDITING (Category: International Music Video)

The Order

BEST ARTHOUSE EXPERIMENTAL FILM & BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE PRODUCTION COMPANY

Monument to Love

BEST DIRECTOR & BEST ORIGINAL EDITING (Category: International Documentary Feature)

Ye Ole Glorya

BEST DIRECTOR, BEST SCREENPLAY & BEST CAST (Category: International Comedy)

L’Amour est temps de reflets

BEST EUROPEAN NARRATIVE SHORT OF THE YEAR, BEST INDIE DIRECTOR & BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT

Hitched

BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER 2025 (Category: Pilot TV)

Hiding Bodies

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SHORT FILM, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST INDIE SOUNDTRACK

The Arcangel Of Death

BEST ORIGINAL ACTING & BEST POETRY SHORT FILM

True Friend

BEST AMERICAN DIRECTOR 2025 & BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE SHORT FILM

Dancing with Spies @Goddess novel manuscript

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE BOOK/MANUSCRIPT OF THE YEAR

The Sea of Hope

BEST ORIGINAL ANIMATION 2025

Thankful

BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER, BEST ORIGINAL FEATURE SCRIPT & BEST IDEA OF THE YEAR (Category: Feature Script)

Colombano e la 21esima Fetta

BEST ORIGINAL INDIE FILM, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST PRODUCTION COMPANY & BEST CASTING DIRECTOR (Category: Indie Narrative Feature)

The Girl Made of Earth and Water

BEST DIRECTOR, BEST SCREENPLAY & BEST PRODUCER (Category: International Super Short Film)

Mind over Matter

BEST SUPER SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR

Alta California

BEST INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT & BEST INDIE WRITER OF THE YEAR

Pirandello’s Wife

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCRIPT

Revisited – Life is Short

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE SINGER & BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR

Can’t Figure It Out

BEST DIRECTOR, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST EDITING (Category: Experimental Film)

Union

BEST AMERICAN NARRATIVE FEATURE OF THE YEAR

Déjà Vu On The Ledge

BEST INDIE PRODUCER & BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM 2025

Katabasis

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM, BEST CAST, BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY & BEST DIRECTOR (Category: Narrative Feature)

Giulietta e Romeo?

BEST EUROPEAN INDIE FILMMAKER, BEST ORIGINAL SHORT FILM & BEST FIRST TIME DIRECTOR

Krazy Dead

BEST COMEDY SCREENPLAY UNPRODUCED OF THE YEAR

The Assassin’s Apprentice 2: Silbadores of the Canary Islands

BEST ARTHOUSE NARRATIVE SHORT 2025, BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT, BEST FILMMAKER OF THE YEAR & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

Routine

BEST AMERICAN INDIE SHORT FILM, BEST ORIGINAL CAST & BEST SOUND DESIGN

Cabaret Cuba

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILMMAKER & BEST ARTHOUSE DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

Nossos Caminhos (Our Paths)

BEST ARTHOUSE INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCRIPT

Luzinete

BEST HUMAN RIGHTS SHORT FILM & BEST SOCIAL SCREENPLAY SHORT

NOI Crusaders – 30 anni di football americano in Sardegna

BEST INTERNATIONAL SPORT FILM & BEST EUROPEAN ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR

Eye of the Storm

BEST BIOGRAPHICAL DOCUMENTARY, BEST AMERICAN DIRECTOR, BEST EDITING & BEST HUMAN RIGHTS FILM (Category: International Documentary Feature)

A Mystery Woman: The Message – The main one, in the STORM Trilogy

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE DRAMA OF THE YEAR

Cataclysm Down Under – Hero

BEST ARTHOUSE MUSIC VIDEO & BEST FILMMAKER (Category: Indie Music Video)

Louie (KR.ONE) Gasparro 5POINTZ

BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR

Destination Oscar

BEST INDIE FILMMAKER

I swear

BEST ARTHOUSE MUSIC VIDEO

Tasered featuring THE HAPPINESS ANGEL

BEST INTERNATIONAL SUPER SHORT FILM

(EXCLUSIVE) Interview with Marina Crialesi

-Who is Marina Crialesi?

Good question. Perhaps I am one, or no one, or a hundred thousand? Or maybe I am all three. Am I a character in search of an author? In the constant search for the relationship between reality and fiction, between artistic creation and personal identity? The truth, ladies and gentlemen, is that all the things listed above are true. I am a crumpled piece of paper full of questions I am constantly trying to answer. I am always curious to know what’s on the other side, so I run… I am perpetually on the move. And when life tells me to “stay,” to stop, I try to understand its message. What haven’t I understood? What evolution do I need to make in order to move forward? Perhaps Woody Allen is right when he says life should begin with death. Or maybe not. I still don’t know that.

-What inspired your desire to be an actress?

It was an unconscious desire. I began taking my first steps completely unaware of why I had chosen this path in life. I understood it over time, and the answer lies in the question “Who is Marina Crialesi?” Curiosity, a desire to understand while trying to set aside personal judgment, to understand who I am. When I am on set, I find meaning in life, I find my place in the world, I no longer feel like a fish out of water. By sharing this journey with people who ask the same questions as me, and who, like me, are searching for answers, I feel part of the whole. I feel part of something big.

-Which artists inspire you the most?

I have several artists I deeply love for their ability to get inside you and shake you to the core. But it feels almost blasphemous to say I am inspired by them… of course, I would love to have this ability too, but it’s certainly not up to me to say that. Only the audience can give that answer. Anyway, on the walls of my house, you will find Anna Magnani, Monica Vitti, Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich, and her, the undisputed Queen of this century, Meryl Streep.

-Do you think the internet is a good promotional tool for an actress?

Here we open Pandora’s box. It shouldn’t be, but it is. Today more than ever, social media plays a crucial role in the selection of artists. But it’s not always a good idea… in fact, it’s almost never a good idea! Having many followers is not a synonym of talent and depth of soul. And just look at how things are in the world to be certain of what I’m saying. There is so much superficiality, so much prejudice, and too much emotional ignorance. People no longer read, a “clickbait” headline is enough to trigger a vast herd of ignorant comments, full of anger and lacking substance. Then, there is this constant need to showcase oneself in any way, shape, or form. It’s embarrassing that an actor, who is engaged in the search for something deeper, has to dedicate time to this world of appearances just to have a better chance of working and delivering a message. A message that, today, seems to interest others less and less. We are immersed in superficiality, and that is frightening.

-What do you like about the world, and what would you change?

You like difficult questions. The variety of the world is certainly the most beautiful thing… diversity, in fact. It’s beautiful to know and to get to know oneself. It’s beautiful to confront others and change one’s mind. What I don’t like is found in ignorance and gratuitous cruelty. In the self-interest of the individual at the expense of the many. It lies in superficiality and an excessive ego. When we could just stop and immerse ourselves in the gifts the universe gives us through God. Modugno sang “Meraviglioso” (Wonderful), “But how do you not realize how wonderful the world is? Even your pain will heal later… but look around you, look at the gifts they’ve given you… you say you have nothing, do you think the sun, life, and love are nothing?” It’s all right there.

-You participated in projects like Zero Zero Zero—how was that experience?

Wow… my legs were shaking. It was the first time I found myself on such an important set with an incredible cast and a team of giant professionals. I felt like a little girl who wanted to live up to that project no matter what. It was amazing! They filmed 2 or 3 scenes a day, no more. Coming from the soap opera, where more than 20 scenes are filmed a day, the opportunity to focus so much on the details felt like an immense gift. All sets should be like that! To dive into a single scene until exhaustion, until the goal is achieved.

-What is your impression of WILD FILMMAKER?

A necessary revolution, a concentration of beautiful things. It’s like the set… a place where you no longer feel like a fish out of water. Endless thanks for this beautiful opportunity to tell my story. Thanks to those who, by reading me, will welcome me and make me feel less alone. And a special thanks to Michele Diomà, always attentive to the deepest emotions, as only directors and screenwriters of the past could be.

Federico Fellini “Creator of the invisible” (EXCLUSIVE) Interview with Alessia Bicocchi

-WHO’S ALESSIA BICOCCHI?

I’m a writer, but I work mainly on projects about illustration and visual arts in general. My creative soul is in perfect balance with other activities I have carried out in the world of academic research, thanks to my socio-economic PhD with the aim of creating new business models following the community example of Adriano Olivetti and William Morris.

-WHEN’S BORN YOUR PASSION FOR FEDERICO FELLINI’S CINEMA?

I also studied film directing at university because I had the dream of becoming a director of photography. The lessons took place at the Cinema Meliere in Pisa, which was a very strong symbolic place, being the oldest cinema, the first theater in Italy where you could go to see the first films of the time. Shortly after, I started shooting my documentaries and a few years later I even became a journalist, creating reports for the tv-news.

My visceral passion for cinema began as early as childhood, when I watched hours and
hours of films by Federico Fellini, Ettore Scola, Silvano Agosti, Dario Argento, Stanley Kubrick, Tim Burton, Francis Ford Coppola and many others, all night long.

-WHAT INSPIRED THE IDEA OF DEDICATING A BOOK TO THE ART AND PERSONALITY OF FEDERICO FELLINI?

Thirty years after the death of the great director Fellini, deeply in love with the Mystery that envelops life, my book “Federico Fellini researcher of the invisible” investigates the most intimate and hidden face of Federico as a man, immersed in an incessant research on the “invisible world” which involved every aspect of his days, between oriental disciplines and new frontiers of scientific discoveries. Nourishing his soul and his film with this wandering in magical and esoteric realities, outside and inside the film sets,
Fellini studied tarot-cards and I-Ching, consulted the great psychic Gustavo Rol and mystical healers of the Emilian lands, wrote down dreams and mandalas, organized séances and psychoanalysis meetings, lost himself in Mexican shamanic journeys with the artist Milo Manara, immersing himself in mediumistic phenomena in every nuance. All aimed at revealing his deepest inner sky that would lead him to spiritual enlightenments and revolutions.

-DO YOU THINK THAT TODAY FEDERICO FELLINI WOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE HIS FILMS OR WOULD HAVE DIFFICULTIES DETERMINED BY POLITICALLY CORRECT?

Currently, art has been deprived of its most important component: dissent, revolutionize and form critical mass. It’s all standardized in suffocating constraints that don’t allow the development of personalities like Federico Fellini, a free thinker.

-PROJECTS YOU’RE WORKING ON?

Both in the artistic and corporate fields, I’m working on projects that can lead me to create my own cultural events company (also dedicated to cinema).

-IMPRESSIONS ABOUT WILD FILMMAKER?

It’s important the idea of creating a horizontal, artistic and professional community that challenges the classic system of production, because we have to find and help other directors as Fellini out there in the world.

WINNERS INDIAN FILM CRITICS AWARDS 2025

The Quest for Camelot

BEST EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, BEST AMERICAN INDIE DIRECTOR & BEST ORIGINAL EDITING

Cassandra Venice

BEST INDIE CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST INDIE FILMMAKER

Not Without Gloves

BEST EUROPEAN PRODUCER, BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM & BEST BLACK & WHITE CINEMATOGRAPHY

Monument to Love

BEST INDIE DIRECTOR, BEST CAMERA OPERATOR & BEST PROUDUCER (Category: International Arthouse Documentary Feature)


Am I a painter?/Czy jestem malarzem?

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM 2025, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST PRODUCER, BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA (Category: Animation)

Katabasis

BEST PICTURE, BEST CAST, BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY & BEST DIRECTOR (Category: Narrative Feature)

The Days of Knight: Chapter 3

BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE SHORT, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT (Category: International Narrative Short)

Rough Short

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT

The Call Center

BEST INTERNATIONAL PILOT/TV SCRIPT

Brothers of Babylon

BEST SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR & BEST AMERICAN WRITER 2025

The Duchess

BEST DIRECTOR, BEST CAST & BEST INDIE PRODUCTION COMPANY (Category: International Drama)

The Assassin’s Apprentice 2: Silbadores of the Canary Islands

BEST AMERICAN NARRATIVE SHORT 2025, BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY SHORT, BEST EDITING & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER

Routine

BEST FILMMAKER, BEST INDIE CASTING DIRECTOR, BEST INTERNATIONAL SET & BEST ORIGINAL ARTHOUSE SHORT FILM

The Dead Ringer

BEST INDIE INTERNATIONAL SCRIPT

The Girl Made of Earth and Water

BEST FILMMAKER & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA (Category: Super Short Film)

Thankful

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER

Artists and Aliens

BEST SOUND DESIGN, BEST SCI-FI, BEST DIRECTOR & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: International SCI-FI)

NeverWere: a Lycan love story

BEST ORIGINAL WRITING STYLE & BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER

The Stones of Rome

BEST HISTORICAL SHORT FILM, BEST ACTING & BEST INSPIRATIONAL NARRATIVE SHORT

The Pathos of Hamlet

BEST ARTHOUSE EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR

Alta California

BEST AMERICAN FEATURE SCRIPT 2025 & BEST HUMAN RIGHTS SCRIPT

Only You Can Save Her,” pilot teleplay of series THE BOY WHO EARNED HIS MAGIC

BEST ORIGINAL TELEVISION SCRIPT 2025

Nossos Caminhos (Our Paths)

BEST INDIE WRITER (Category: Feature Script)

Eye of the Storm

BEST BIOGRAPHICAL DOCUMENTARY, BEST AMERICAN DIRECTOR & BEST HUMAN RIGHTS FILM (Category: International Documentary Feature)

Something ain’t right

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE DOCUMENTARY

Legends of the LORD – The 18 Missing Years

BEST INDIE PILOT TV

WINNERS Cannes Screenwriter Awards 2025

ANAYA (ANAYA MUSIC) KUNST

ANDREW NOBLE

ANDRONICA MARQUIS

ARNOLD CURRY

BROOKE WOLFF

CARLA DI BONITO

CASEY WILLIAMS

CAZEBON-TAVEAU FLORENCE

CLARE MULLEN

CHARLI BROWN

CHRIS ROSS LEONG

CHRISTOPHER PENNINGTON

CLARE McCARTEY

COLLEEN FUGLAAR

COUNT FEDERICO WARDAL

CHRISTOPHER SIRIANO

DEAN MORGAN

DINA FAYE GILMORE

DON PASQUALE FERONE

EARNEST DIAZ

FANNI SZILAGYI

FABRIZIO FUOCHI

FRANCES BARTH

FRANCIS BILLINGSLEY

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“Prodigio” the new musical track created by Don Pasquale Ferone. An Artistic experience through Spirituality (Exclusive Interview)

-What inspired the lyrics of your new song “Prodigio”?

The inspiration for the lyrics of the new song comes from the desire to communicate more and more the love for life and the joy of living it, with the awareness that life itself is a miracle, a wonderful thing, and worth living fully.

-The Catholic religion has always had a strong connection with music, which often becomes a means of spreading its message. Which classical composers have inspired you the most?

In reality, there are no classical composers who have inspired me, because, although I greatly appreciate their music and works, I don’t listen to classical music. However, I agree that classical music is of great value and brings many good things.

-Do you also listen to pop music and singer-songwriters? If so, which ones?

Of course, I often listen to pop music and singer-songwriters. I think it’s very beautiful and can convey important messages. I listen to many artists, including Ligabue, Pino Daniele, Pooh, and many others…

-We greatly admire your creative work, as we consider Art to be the main form of spiritual expression. What are you working on after the success of your songs “Canta la gioia,” “Il dono,” and others?

Currently, after the last song “Prodigio,” I am working on a piece that is as communicative as possible, and above all joyful and full of vitality. Of course, I am also, and most importantly, seeking the right inspiration, without which I risk being boring. In conclusion, I would like to thank all of you and my supporters who, with much affection, help me, through various means, to bring my songs to the world. Thank you all…