I was born in Rome in 1990, I started dancing and never stopped. After studying at the Ballet of Rome I got a bachelor’s degree in Law presenting a dissertation in philosophy of law on the paradoxical relationship that human beings have with technology and with themselves. After that I graduated in Philosophy with a thesis in aesthetics about the human capability of both founding orders and being opened to the unpredictable, establishing a connection between Kant’s first and third Critics, the neuroscientific theory of the Embodied Simulation and the vision and the poetry of the Russian director Andrej Tarkovskij.
During the studies, with my dearest friends, I wrote and shot my first short film, La vita è (Life is), and since that moment I never gave up on dealing with Cinema. After a dozen collaborations in other director’s short films, I wrote and shot my second one, Spira(g)li (Glimmers), screened and awarded worldwide in more than twenty film festivals.
In 2017 I co-founded Artchivio, a production company and creative collective based in Rome with which, among various projects, I curated and hosted the Artchivio Proietta (Artchivio Screens), an event thanks to whom more than twenty teams and directors had the opportunity to present their short films in front of movie professionals, producers and distributors. In 2019 I left my producer position in Artchivio to fully immerge myself into my constant search for beauty, meaning and rhythm, through film and beyond. While working mainly as a screenwriter, I shot two more short films, one fiction, Senza paura! (Without Fear!), and one documentary, As Long as You Play, both in post-production, and I’m currently developing different projects both as writer and director.
When in 2020 the brilliant team of the Prisma Awards invited me to join its path as the new artistic director, I was honored and joyful to accept it without any hesitation. And now, after these first four years of work, I increasingly keep finding this festival a unique opportunity to get in touch with sensitive authors, to enrich the audience experiences and to shape an inclusive island in the relentless and overwhelming ocean of global video content creation.
Hoping that more and more of you will continue to join us in this challenging, promising dance,
my very best wishes,
Marcello Di Trocchio
Marco Crispano
Producer
Born in Pescara (Abruzzo, Italy) in 1994. He is co-founder and administrator of Il Varco. He is active in the production of cultural events and film festivals and founded Rome Prisma Film Awards in 2018 with Stefano Perletta. He is also the creator of the Prisma Art Prize, a quarterly painting prize in Rome.
Marina Rossi
Graphic Designer
Designer graduated in Graphic Design at the LABA in Florence, specializing in branding & restyling. Now responsible for the design of Rome Prisma Film Awards and Il Varco srls after experiences in creative studios in Florence, Rome, York and Leeds.
Marianna Manili
Social Media Manager
She was born in Rome in 1995, in 2017 she graduated in Visual Communication at the IED starting to work in the field of digital communication. She is now responsible for the social media of Rome Prisma Film Awards and Il Varco Srls.
WE LOOK FOR MEANING, WE LOOK FOR UNITY, WE LOOK FOR BALANCE
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