Michelangelo Frammartino

Michelangelo FRAMMARTINO (Italy, 1968) studied architecture at the Milan Polytechnic. Besides his film work, he has also made several video installations, including Presenze S-Connesse, Ora (1995), La casa delle belle addormentate (1997), inspired by the work of Japanese writer Yasunari Kawabata, and Film (1998), conceived as a tribute to Samuel Beckett. Frammartino’s debut Il dono (2003), a no-budget feature film, premiered at the Locarno Film Festival, won the Grand Prix at the Annecy Film Festival and the Jury Prize at both Thessaloniki and Warsaw. Frammartino’s second feature, Le quattro volte (2010) premiered in Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes Film Festival. The film won the Europa Cinemas Best European Film award in Cannes, and the main prize at CPH:DOX. In 2013, Frammartino’s installation Alberi, a 26-minute loop, premiered at MoMA PS1 and was subsequently shown at other museums, including Centre Pompidou’s 2021 Hors Pistes Festival.