Fabrizio Ferraro

Screenwriter and filmmaker Fabrizio FERRARO (Italy) studied film science and philosophy of language, before devoting himself to making documentaries and feature films. Lauded by Italian critics as one of the country's ‘most important filmmakers’, his films have all been theatrically distributed in Italy, and broadcast by Rai Television in the slot 'Raitre-Fuori Orario'. No stranger to IFFR, the introspective black-and-white film Les Unwanted de Europa (2017) had its world premiere at IFFR 2018, and his documentary Checkpoint Berlin had its world premiere at IFFR 2020. I morti rimangono con la boccaaperta (2022) was selected for IFFR 2023.

Filmography

Tetralogia di film-studio sull’amatorialità (2006-2008), Je suis Simone - La condition ouvrière (2009, doc), Piano sul pianeta - Malgrado tutto, coraggio Francesco! (2010,doc), Ethos (Verrà presto il giorno in cui gli attori e le attrici non crederanno più che le loro maschere e i loro costumi siano essi stessi) (2011, short), Penultimo paesaggio (2011), Quattro notti di uno straniero (2013), Quando dal cielo/Wenn aus dem Himmel (2015, doc), Sebastian 0 (2016, doc), Colossale sentimento (2016, doc), Gli indesiderati d'Europa/Les Unwanted de Europa (2017), Checkpoint Berlin (2020, doc, mid-length), I morti rimangono con la bocca aperta/The Dead Remain with Their Mouths Open(2022)