Samantha Casella is a film director who investigates the dark side which resides in the hearts and minds of her characters. Her style leads to a journey through the unconscious, where the atmospheres recall a pictorial universe full of mystery and darkness.[1]
In the documentary sector her most important works are: "Mediterraneo", centered on the sculptor Giuseppe Spagnulo and presented at the Venice Biennale; “The West according to Civitelli”, on the cartoonist of Tex Willer; “Via Crucis al Pantheon” which proposes the manufacturing processes of the Via Crucis installed at the Pantheon in Rome and “Self-portrait with Pope”, testimony of a painting by Gianni Bubani and a poem by Davide Rondoni donated to Pope Benedict XVI.[citation needed]
In 2019 she directed "I Am Banksy" with Marco Iannitello. At its debut in the TCL Chinese Theater in Los Angeles at the Golden State Film Festival, it won Best International Short. It also won Best Foreign Short at the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Award and Best International Short at the Los Angeles Theatrical Release Competition & Award. In total, the short film collected 15 awards,[4] including Best Director at the Accolade Global Film Competition.[citation needed]
In 2020 she directed the short film "To A God Unknown", distributed in the United States by FourWalled and it won 228 awards[5] at international festivals organized in 35 different countries, including the Independent Short Award, the Metropolitan Film Festival NYC, the Toronto Short Film Channel Festival, the International Motion Picture Critics Awards, the Royal Society of Motion Picture Award, the Hollywood Gold Awards, the Star Hollywood Awards and the Global Film Competition.[6]
Santa Guerra premiered on 7 September 2022[9] in a special event during the 79th Venice International Film Festival.[10] In that event, "Santa Guerra" won two special awards: the Tangoo Award for Cinema and the Italian Film Festival Award.[11]
Until april 2023 "Santa Guerra" won over 300 awards[12] including 110 for Best Film and 65 for Best Director.
In "Santa Guerra", Samantha Casella plays the ghost that haunts the protagonist. For this role she was presented with 36 awards for best supporting actress.
In 2022 she is the director and main actress of the short film “The Antithesis of Love” produced by Il Cenacolo delle Arti by Lamberto Fabbri.
Filmography
Short films
Juliette (2001)
Frozen (2002)
Non chiudere gli occhi (2002)
Memorie da un’isola di morti (2003)
Silenzi Interrotti (2004)
Iris (2005)
L’opportunità (2008)
Dies Irae (2009)
Ágape (2010)
I Am Banksy (2019)
To a God Unknown - Al Dio sconosciuto (2020)
The Antithesis of Love (2022)
Medium-length films
Giro di giostra (2006)
Full-length films
Santa Guerra (Holy War) (2022)
Documentaries
Mediterraneo (2001)
Saison Russe (2003)
Il West secondo Civitelli (2007)
Incontri Jazz (2008)
Dai secoli del fuoco e del disegno (2009)
Solida Imago (2010)
Diario per Immagini (2010)
In Illo Tempore (2011)
Coincidentia Oppositorum (2011)
Via Crucis al Pantheon (2012)
Autoritratto con Papa (2012)
TraDizioni (2013)
Passione, Meditazione sul Cristo (2014)
Videoclips
Boy Down di Strippop (2008)
Nero Deserto di Santo Barbaro (2009)
Video Art
Ascesi (2015)
SK27 Bright Star (2016)
Actress
To a God Unknown - Al Dio sconosciuto, directed by Samantha Casella (2020)
The Antithesis of Love, directed by Samantha Casella (2022)
Santa Guerra, directed by Samantha Casella (2022)
Notes
↑ "Samantha Casella: una regista visionaria". 17 October 2019. She has often been called a visionary director projected to investigate the dark side that resides in the hearts and minds of her characters.
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