Carlo Lo Giudice's short films
2 short filmsI have always believed that cinema is something you do, not something you talk about.
Thus begins the volume by Carlo Lo Giudice Thoughts on Cinema, a collection of reflections developed over time by the author and offered to the reader in a refined selection.
Author of numerous works for the cinema, in the short biography on the back cover of his book, Carlo Lo Giudice mentions only two films: The Wild State e Our Father.
In addition to being the two works that have brought him the most recognition in terms of critics, reviews and film awards, these two works constitute a unique example of a cinema of human and social exploration, where the author's intimacy with the subjects filmed and documented becomes almost total and almost "carnal".
In Padre nostro, Carlo Lo Giudice immerses himself in the daily relationship of two sweaty and un-television men (…) Fragile/enormous documentary cinema, no famous biography, no dramatic plot.
A symphony of “useless” moments, no purpose other than an existence that seems to border on the biological.
And yet “Our Father,” the prayer/title of the film, is cinema-cinema that goes beyond self-talk, which dribbles it with refined and paused mastery, to reflect on commitment/resignation, enchantment/disenchantment, ancient/modern, intimate/collective.
A bundle of antinomies precipitated on earth from sidereal pasts, all there, present in today's Sicily
– Marco Bertozzi, Quaderni del CSCI Annual Magazine of Italian Cinema, No. 5, 2009
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Our father
"Our Father" is a love story. The everyday story of Salvatore and Vannino.
Synopsis
Carlo Lo Giudice, since 1990, has written and directed several short films and documentaries, some of which have been broadcast by international broadcasters (MTV, Rai3, Planete Poland) and have participated and obtained awards in national and international festivals such as: Art Doc Festival (1st prize and architecture section prize), SiciliAmbiente Documentary Film Festival (1st prize), Genova Film Festival (1st prize), Salina doc fest (1st prize), Per un pugno di corti (1st prize), Bellaria Film Festival (Vela d'argento), Sottodiciotto film festival (2nd prize, special mention and critics' prize), Filmer le travail (Prix des lycéens et des apprentis), Pescara Corto Script (special mention), Visions du Réel, Festival della filosofia, Cinema Giovani Torino, Taormina International Film Festival, Arcipelago, Visioni Italiane, MED Film Festival, AVE International Short Film Festival, Siena Corto Festival, FIKE Film Festival Evora-Portugal, Opere New, Infinity Film Festival, Videopolis, Rome Film Festival, Mediterranean Film Festival of Lavrio, etc.
He participated in the ESoDoc, Media Training Workshop of the Zelig School for Documentary, Television and New Media in Bolzano, of which he became local manager for the 2008 and 2010 editions.
He participated in the i_doc (Development Program for Expanded Documentary) of the SUPSI University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland.
He has traveled for work to various countries such as Bosnia, Portugal, Germany, France, Greece, Egypt, Palestine, Sweden, Finland, Scotland.
His meetings with Nanni Loi, Raul Ruiz, Jem Cohen, and Roberta Mazzoni were important for his career.
He has always alternated his work as a director with that of a film teacher.
He has taught at the Faculties of Languages and of Literature and Philosophy of the University of Catania and at the SNC – Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia – Sede Sicilia and in numerous other public and private institutions.
He is currently a tenured professor and coordinator of the cinema course at the Academy of Fine Arts in Catania.
