Giuseppe Petitto Timeline (relevant productions only):

 

1998  CRUCIFIGE  (Crucify)  documentary 26'  1998 LE VOCI FUORI (Voices off)  documentary 45'  - 1999/2000 JUNG (war) in the land of the Mujaheddin  documentary 74' - 2002 SANPEET (poison)  documentary 27' - 2002 SOCIALMENTE PERICOLOSI  documentary 56' - 2002 AFGHANISTAN Collateral damage  documentary 60'  - 2007  Il ferro da stiro (The Iron) short fiction 7' - 2009 Nel ventre della balena (In the belly of the whale)  short fiction 14' - 2010 LEOPOLDO TRIESTE, an outsider in the factory of dreams documentary 44' - 2010 MILANO 2015 EXPOSED documentary 58'.

External links (selection):

Watch the POV trailer of Afghanistan, collateral damage - Year 1380.

Trailer | PBS

Watch Tredici - Thirteen on Youtube

(Italian version)

GIUSEPPE PETITTO

Media-Law consultant, producer, director, editor

 

Italian citizen, resident in Rome.

Graduate Director at the National Film School (Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia) in Rome;

Graduate EAVE European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs 2000 (MEDIA Programme of the E.U.);

Student of Robert Mckee's STORY and GENRE seminars in London.

 

1990-92 director of Super 8 short films;

1992-1994 student at the National Film School;

1994-1996 focusing on his Law degree;

1996-1997 conscientious objector volunteering as an elderly people assistant, in substitution of mandatory military service.

1997-2011 not intrigued by a career as a lawyer, starts producing/directing mostly human-rights related documentaries, short films, corporate videos, TV commercials. That's his job, so far.

Watch Milano 2015, Exposed on Video.RAI.TV

(Italian version)

 

Watch Milano 2015, Exposed on Vimeo

(Italian version)

Watch Sanpeet on Youtube (English subtitles)

Watch Sanpit - Veleno on Youtube (Italian subtitles)

                        

Human Rights Watch International Film Festival - New York June 2001    Winner Nestor Almendros Award

IDFA International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2000 

Winner Silver Wolf Award

Vancouver International Film Festival 2001   Winner Best Feature length Documentary Award

National Board of Reviews (USA) 2001   Winner Freedom of Expression Honor

David di Donatello Awards    Nominated Short film competition

Genova Film Festival 2002   1 - 7 Jul. 2002  Winner of the Daunbailo Award

Sport Movies & TV 2004 - 22nd International Festival - Milano - 29 October - 3 November 2004

Mention d'honneur

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cologne conference 2001   Winner of the Phoenix Award

Festival Internacional de cine y Derechos Humanos - Barcelona - 27-28-29/30 October 2003

Special Mention of the Jury

R.I.F.F. Rome Indipendent Film Festival - Feb 2002    Winner of the UNICEF Award

Torino Film Festival - DOC 2002 competition    Winner of the Cipputi Award

Social World Film Festival 2011 - Babel Film Festival 2011   Winner of the Golden Spike Award

Moondance International Film Festival - Boulder Colorado Jan 24 - 27 2002 Winner of the Best Documentary Award

One World film festival Prague  2001     Winner of the Audience Award and Special Mention of the Jury