Agostino
Ferrente
Agostino Ferrente, director, producer, artistic
director, music publisher. Born October
28, 1971 in Cerignola (Foggia), "survivor"
of Ipotesi Cinema (the group directed by
Ermanno Olmi) and the Dams (Department of
Performing Arts) at the University of Bologna.
He achieved recognition at international
film festivals with his short films Poco
più della metà di zero /A
Little More Than Half of Zero (1993) and
Opinioni di un pirla / A Dickhead’s
Opinions (1994). His Pirata Manifatture
Cinematografiche film company produced some
documentaries, one of which he co-directed
with Giovanni Piperno, Intervista a mia
madre / Interview With My Mother. In
2001, along with a dozen accomplices,
he founded the group Apollo 11. The association
saved the historic cinema-theatre Apollo
in Rome from becoming a bingo hall.
With Mario Tronco of the band Avion Travel,
he created, through Apollo 11,
THE ORCHESTRA DI PIAZZA VITTORIO,
an ensemble of about 20 musicians from
as many countries around the world and
then made a documentary about them.
The film has since been successfully distributed
in Italy, and Nanni Moretti re-launched
the “cineconcerto” format
(film+ concert) at his Cinema Nuovo Sacher
which was sold out for several weeks.
The film has received many awards including:
Nastro D’Argento (Italian Cinema
Journalists Union) – for best documentary,
Globo D’Oro Award (Foreign Press),
Best Director at the Sulmona Cinema Festival,
Best Film from the Signis Jury at the
Buenos Aires Festival. It continues to
receive invitations from many festivals
all over the world.
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