Roberto Andò
Roberto Andò (1959, Italy) is a director and writer. He assisted famous directors such as Francis Ford Coppola, Federico Fellini, Michael Cimino and Francesco Rosi before debuting in 1986 as a theatre director with a puppetry piece based on a story by Italo Calvino. Andò subsequently directed a number of documentaries and in 2000 made his feature film debut with Il manoscritto del principe. His first, award-winning novel, Il trono vuoto, was the basis for Long Live Freedom and won the Premi David di Donatello for the best script. La stranezza (2022) was selected for IFFR 2023.
Filmography
Diario senza date (1995), For Webern (1996, doc), Ritratto di Harold Pinter (1998, short TV doc), Il manoscritto del principe (2000), Sotto falso nome/Strange Crime (2004), Il cineasta e il labirinto (2004, short doc), Viaggio segreto/Secret Journey (2006), Viva la libertà/Long Live Freedom (2013), Le confessioni/The Confessions (2016), Una storia senza nome/The Stolen Caravaggio (2018), Conversazione su Tiresia (2018, doc, co-dir), Il bambino nascosto/The Hidden Child (2021), Solo per passione – Letizia Battaglia fotografa (2022, TV film), La stranezza (2022), L’abbaglio (2025)
More info: Wikipedia, Roberto Andò
Roberto Andò at IFFR
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La stranezza
Fictionalised account of novelist and playwright Luigi Pirandello’s creation of Six Characters in Search of an Author.
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Il mare e la torta
Light and playful essay about Sicily. A guided tour without Goethe (or maybe not?) and a reflection without the Mafia (or?). But certainly with bea
