SANTIAGO, ITALIA

Nanni Moretti

Nanni Moretti (Brunico, Bolzano, Italy, 1953) is considered one of the greatest contemporary European filmmakers. After making a few short films, he directed the feature Io sono un autarchico (1976), putting him on the map for critics and viewers alike. He followed it with another hit, Ecce bombo (1978). Among his next movies: Sogni d’oro (1981), which received the Special Jury Prize in Venice; Bianca (1984); La messa è finita (1984), winner of the Silver Bear and the CICAE Award in Berlin; Palombella rossa (1989), which won the Bastone Bianco Award in Venice; Aprile (1998); La stanza del figlio (2001), which received the FIPRESCI Prize and the Palme d’Or in Cannes; Il caimano (2006); Habemus Papam (2011); and Mia madre (2015), which received the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury in Cannes. He created the production company Sacher Film, and ran the Torino Film Festival from 2007 to 2008.

FILMOGRAFIA

Paté de bourgeois (cm, 1973), Io sono un autarchico (1976), Ecce bombo (1978), Sogni d’oro (1981), Bianca (1984), La messa è finita (1984), Palombella rossa (1989), La cosa (doc., 1990), Caro diario (1993), Aprile (1998), La stanza del figlio (2001), Il caimano (2006), Habemus Papam (2011), Mia madre (2015).