Giovanni

Coda

Giovanni Coda (Cagliari, 1964) lives and works between Cagliari and Barcelona. He is an Italian film director, author, and photographer. He has created video and photographic installations in international museums and galleries, including the Video Art Biennale in Venice and Milan, the Cultural Salon Ayoama in Tokyo, the Watermans Arts Centre in London, the Maison d'Italie in Paris, the Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid, and others.
His exhibition activity boasts a substantial production of photographic collections, paintings, electronic art and performances awarded in Italy and abroad. From his filmography we mention, among others, L'attesa (1995), L'ombra del ricordo (1996), Il viaggiatore (1998), Tagli (1998), Lìmites (1999), Drawing (2000), Serafina (2002), Big Talk (2005), One Tv Hours (2007), Brighteness (2012). In 2013 he produced (text, direction and photography) the feature film Il rosa nudo, inspired by the life of Pierre Seel, deported to a concentration camp at the age of 17 because he was classified as homosexual. The film, which boasts 27 official international selections, has been awarded eleven times and among the many recognitions we can mention the Gold Jury Prize, Best Narrative Feature at the Social Justice Film Festival 2013 in Seattle, the Film For Peace Award at the Gothenburg Indie Film Fest 2014, the Best International Film Award at the 15th Melbourne Underground Film Festival (MUFF) 2014, the Gold Documentary Award at the Documentary & Short International Movie 2014, Jakarta, Indonesia, the Bronze Plaque Award at the Columbus Independent Film Festival, Columbus (Ohio) and the award for best film at the Omovies Film Festival in Naples. In 2015 he wrote and directed Bullied to Death with which he repeated the international critical and public success of the previous Il rosa nudo, winning among others the Best AvantGarde & Innovation Award at the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival, the Best Feature Film at the Omovies Film Festival in Naples, the Best Feature Film at the L'Aquila LGBT Film Festival, the Jury Special Mention at the Iris Prize in Cardiff and the Humanity Award at the New Renaissance Film Festival in Amsterdam for the socio-cultural merits of the Opera. Xavier is the last film directed by Coda in 2017, focusing on the terrorist attack in April 2017 on the Champs-Elysées where the policeman Xavier Jugelé was killed. The short film confirms the international success of the two previous films, opening with its world premiere at Out on Film in Atlanta, followed by screenings in Cardiff (Opening Night Iris Prize '17), and an Italian premiere at the Florence Queer Film Festival. It was followed by presentations in Seattle (Social Justice Film Festival), Chicago (Pride On Film), Toulouse DIAM Film Festival, and the London Beacon Film Festival, followed by screenings at the Columbus International Film Festival in Ohio and the Show Me Justice Film Festival, Warrensburg (Kansas City), Central University of Missouri, Amsterdam, and Cagliari (V-art Festival). Xavier won the Film of the Week and Best Story awards at the New Renaissance Film Festival and a Jury Special Mention at the Omovies Festival in Naples.
Giovanni Coda is currently busy producing his new film, Mark's Diary, due for release in September 2018, and preparing his final film (trilogy) on gender violence, The Bride in the Wind, which focuses on the theme of femicide.

Filmography
Ne varietur (1991, 50'); The Chandelier (1994, 50'); P-salm (1995, 5'); The Wait (1995, 45'); The Shadow of Memory (1996, 45'); HeavenHeaven (1997, 15'); InTollerance (1998, 1'); The Passenger (1998, 8'); Cuts (1998, 15'); Ex Vision (1998, 45'); Shadows (1998, 15'); Lìmites (1999, 10'); Drawing (2000, 5') Serafina (2002, 18'); X-Vision (2002, 45'); Diary (2002, 10'); Inferno I (2002, 50'); Other Body (2003, 30'); Journey by Chance (2003, 5'); TVSet (2003, 5'); Inside a Mask (2003, 13'); Inferno II (2003, 50'); Jean (2003, 15'); Paisaje de guerra (2003, 25'); WarDerLand (2004, 15'); Inferno III (2004, 50'); The Body (2004, 45'); TVBody (2005, 15'); ItWon't Stop (2005, 7'); The Trick and the Soul (2005, 30'); One TV Hour (2005, 65'); Solo (2005, 25'); Soul Waters (2006, 15'); Big Talk (2007, 65'); The Box Man (2008, 15'); Tales of the Sea (2009, 15'); What Will I Give You (2009, 20'); Anime (2010, 20'); Teresa (2011, 15'); Brighteness (2012, 22'); The Naked Pink (2013, 75'); Bullied to Death (2016, 75'); Xavier (2017', 8'); Mark's Diary (2018, 75', in production); Bride in the Wind (in pre-production).