Duccio Chiarini Explained

Duccio Chiarini
Birth Place:Florence, Italy
Nationality:Italian
Occupation:Film director

Duccio Chiarini (born 30 June 1977) is an Italian film director, documentarist, screenwriter and producer.

Life and career

Born in Florence, Chiarini graduated in direction at the London Film School.[1] [2] After directing some shorts, he made his feature film debut with the autobiographical and documentary Hit the Road, Nonna, about his grandmother, the stylist Delia Ubaldi. The film premiered at the 68th Venice International Film Festival, in the Venice Days section,[3] [4] and received a special mention at the 2012 Silver Ribbon Awards.[5]

Chiarini's narrative feature film debut Short Skin premiered at the 69th Venice International Film Festival in the "Biennale College" sidebar, and was screened at the 65th Berlin International Film Festival in the "Generation" section.[6] [7] It received several awards, including the Grand Prix at the 2015 Cabourg Film Festival, and the Ciak d'Oro for best first work.[8] [9]

Chiarini's 2018 film The Guest premiered at the 71st Locarno Film Festival, in which it won the Swiss Critics Boccalino Award for Best Film.[10] In 2023, his documentary about Italo Calvino The Writer in the Trees premiered at the 80th Venice International Film Festival, in the Giornate degli Autori program.[11] [12]

Selected filmography

Notes and References

  1. News: Duccio Chiarini . 16 March 2024 . . it.
  2. News: Berti . Federico . Cinema, il regista fiorentino Duccio Chiarini ospite al Terminale . 13 May 2024 . . 16 November 2019.
  3. News: Cinema: Venezia, alle Giornate degli Autori un doc sulla pioniera del pret a porter italiano . 13 May 2024 . . 4 September 2011 . it.
  4. News: Rau . Gaia . Donna, emigrante, imprenditrice questa antenata merita un biopic . 13 May 2024 . . 30 August 2011 . it.
  5. News: Nastri d'Argento 2012 documentari: vincitori . Il Cinema Italiano . it-IT.
  6. News: Hopewell . John . Venice: Good Films To Release 'Short Skin' in Italy . 13 May 2024 . . 29 August 2014.
  7. News: van Hoeij . Boyd . 'Short Skin': Berlin Review . 13 May 2024 . . 21 February 2015.
  8. News: Lemercier . Fabien . Short Skin is triumphant at Cabourg . 13 May 2024 . . 15 June 2015 . en.
  9. News: Pasetti . Anna Maria . Ciak d'oro 2015, i vincitori - Trionfa Il giovane favoloso di Martone: 5 premi tra cui miglior film . 13 May 2024 . . 3 June 2015 . it-IT.
  10. News: Locarno, i premi della critica . 1 August 2023 . . 10 August 2018 . it.
  11. News: Santacatterina . Manuela . Italo Calvino, lo scrittore sugli alberi: intervista a Duccio Chiarini . 13 May 2024 . . 29 August 2023 . it-IT.
  12. News: Chiarini, Calvino sempre piĆ¹ universale e attuale - Libri - Libri e film - Ansa.it . 13 May 2024 . ANSA . 28 August 2023 . it.