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 Paolini at the 2019 Taormina Film Fest | |
| Born | 20 June 1986 Florence, Italy |
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| Years active | 2009–present |
Julien Paolini (born 20 June 1986) is a French-Italian film director and screenwriter. [1] In 2018, he made his feature directorial debut with Amare amaro .
Paolini was born on 20 June 1986 in Florence, Italy, [2] to a Sicilian father and a French mother. [3] He moved to Colombes, a northwestern suburb of Paris. [2] He began writing at a very young age, starting with short stories. [4]
Between 2008 and 2015, he wrote and directed a series of short films shot in France, Africa and the United States. [5] He directed actors such as Shiloh Fernandez, [6] Hugo Becker, Bernie Bonvoisin and Christophe Salengro. The films received several awards [7] and was screened at international festivals such as the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, [8] Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou, [9] International Film Festival Rotterdam, [10] Montreal World Film Festival [11] and were purchased and broadcast by France Télévisions, [12] Canal+ [13] and Orange Cinéma Séries. [14] In 2012, he screened his short film African Race at Les Pépites du Cinéma in La Courneuve, a festival sponsored by Michel Gondry. [15]
In October 2018, he presented his feature-length directorial debut Amare amaro in competition at the Saint-Jean-de-Luz International Film Festival. [16] Shot in Sicily, [17] the Italian-language film recounts the journey of a French baker who fights to bury his murdered brother in a Sicilian village which forbids him from doing so. [18] In the film, he directed actors Syrus Shahidi, Tony Sperandeo and Celeste Casciaro. The drama is a reimagining of the tragedy of Antigone in the form of a nocturnal crime thriller with elements reminiscent of Western films. [19] Télérama critic Pierre Murat hailed the film as a great success. [18] L'Express compared it to the gangster films of Martin Scorsese. [20] Amare amaro won the Grand Prix at the Festival Polar de Cognac. [21] In July 2019, it was screened as an international premiere at the 65th Taormina Film Fest, where Paolini said, "As an Italian emigrant in France who grew up between the two countries, my films all tell the story of modern multi-identity". [17] [22]
His second feature film, Karmapolice, was written in collaboration with Manolis Mavropoulos and Syrus Shahidi. [23] Shot in French, it stars Shahidi as a policeman consumed by guilt who works in the Château Rouge neighbourhood of Paris when his neighbor is allegedly kidnapped by a slumlord. Alexis Manenti and Karidja Touré star in the supporting roles. [24] Paolini drew inspiration from French comics, including those by Charles Burns, Lewis Trondheim, Joann Sfar and Emmanuel Larcenet. [25] The film premiered in competition at the Festival Polar de Cognac in October 2023, where it earned Paolini his second Grand Prix. [26] It is set to be theatrically released in France on 17 July 2024. [27]
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer | Notes |
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| 2018 | Amare amaro | Yes | Yes | Yes | Co-written with Samy Baaroun Co-produced with Clément Lecomte, Angelo Laudisa, Syrus Shahidi |
| 2023 | Karmapolice | Yes | Yes | Yes | Co-written with Manolis Mavropoulos and Syrus Shahidi Co-produced with Marie Etchegoyen, Syrus Shahidi, Yann Girard |
| Year | Title |
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| 2009 | Réveil d'un mouton |
| 2010 | On braque pas les banques avec des fourchettes en plastique |
| 2011 | Tuer l'ennui |
| 2012 | African Race |
| 2014 | The Hitchiker (L'Autostoppeur) |
| 2015 | Bangs in My Chest |
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