Samuele Sestieri
Filmmaker, screenwriter and producer Samuele SESTIERI (1989, Italy) studied directing and screenwriting at ACT Multimedia in Rome. His short documentary Danza al tramonto (2012) was presented at Festival CinemAmbiente in Turin and his experimental short film Matrioska (2018) had its screening at Pesaro Film Festival. In 2015, he co-directed the feature I racconti dell’orso, which was selected at many international festivals, including IFFR. Sestieri is also a film critic for various websites; he founded the blog Schermo bianco and is one of the editors-in-chief of the film magazine Point Blank.
Filmography
(selection) Danza al tramonto/Sunset Dance (2012, short doc), Mr. Teddy (2012, co-dir), I racconti dell’orso/The Bear Tales (2015, co-dir), Matrioska (2018, short), Lumina (2021)
Samuele Sestieri op IFFR
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Lumina
Samuele Sestieri | 105' | Italy | World premiere
Mysterious, poetic drama in which a woman washes ashore. She becomes acquainted with the previous inhabitants through their phone. -
The Bear Tales
Samuele Sestieri, Olmo Amato | 67' | Finland | International premiere
Through deserted Scandinavian landscapes, a robot monk follows a little red man. Only when they find a wounded teddy bear do they have a common…