Michelangelo Frammartino

Michelangelo Frammartino
Born	1968 (age 57–58) Milan, Italy
Occupations	Director, Screenwriter
Years active	1995–present

Michelangelo Frammartino (born 1968) is an Italian slow cinema filmmaker and professor. Most know for his critically acclaimed films Le quattro volte (2010) and Il buco (2021), for the latter he won the Special Jury Prize (3rd place) at the 78th Venice International Film Festival.

Biography

Michelangelo Frammartino was born in Milan to Calabrian parents in 1968. In 1991 he enrolled in the Architecture Faculty of the Politecnico di Milano. Between 1994 and 1997 he attended Milan's film school, Civica Scuola del Cinema, for which he produced videoart installations and worked as a set designer for films and video clips. He also shot several short films: Tracce (1995), L'Occhio e lo Spirito (1997), BIBIM (1999), Scappa Valentina (2001), Io Non Posso Entrare (2002). ^[1]

Since 2005 he has been teaching filmmaking at the University of Bergamo. In December 2013 he held a workshop at the University of Calabria.

His first feature Il Dono premiered at the 56th Locarno Film Festival in 2003. ^[2] His following film Le quattro volte (2010) was selected at the Director's Fortnight in Cannes, where it won the Label Europa Cinema. ^[3]

His 2021 film Il buco was selected for the main competition at the 78th Venice International Film Festival, ^[4] where it received positive reviews and won the Special Jury Prize. ^{[5] [6]}

Filmography

Short films

• Tracce (1995)
• L'Occhio e lo Spirito (1997)
• BIBIM (1999) – co-directed with Cafi Mohamud
• Scappa Valentina (2001)
• Io Non Posso Entrare (2002)

Feature films

• Il Dono (2003)
• Le quattro volte (2010)
• Il buco (2021)

Installations

• Presenze s-connesse (1995)
• Ora (1995)
• La Casa delle Belle Addormentate (1997)
• Film (1998)
• Alberi (2013)
• Sguardi in Macchina (2013)

References

1. "Michelangelo Frammartino". Tracce Creative (in Italian). 27 September 2011. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
2. Lanfranchi 2016, p. 211.
3. De Marco, Camillo (21 May 2010). "Frammartino's Le Quattro Volte wins Europa Cinemas Label". Cineuropa. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
4. De Marco, Camillo (6 September 2021). "Michelangelo Frammartino, Director of Il buco". Cineuropa. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
5. Vivarelli, Nick (10 October 2021). "Michelangelo Frammartino's Venice Prizewinner 'Il Buco' Seals U.S. Deal With Grasshopper, Gratitude (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
6. "Cannes 2010, LE QUATTRO VOLTE wins Europa Cinemas Label". Torino Film Lab. Retrieved 2 April 2024.

Sources

• Lanfranchi, Alessandro (2016). "The Post-human Sound An Interview with Michelangelo Frammartino". Relations. Beyond Anthropocentrism. 4 (2).

External links

• Michelangelo Frammartino at IMDb