b. 1992, Milan
London-based
Filmmaker
Federico is an Italian-British filmmaker based in London, working with genre and atmosphere to evoke science fictional and unsettling versions of reality. His work has screened at international film festivals including Clermont-Ferrand, Palm Springs, Torino Film Festival, DocLisboa, London and Glasgow Short Film Festival, Frameline and LIDF. Often inspired by his biology and anthropology studies at UCL, these genre films involved collaborations with scientists in extreme environments - from the arctic to the deepest mine in the UK - with experimental musicians Bianca Scout, aircode and Rolo Tomassi, and with fashion brands such as Mainline RUS/FR.CA/DE and ROA Hiking. Over the past few years, he has also directed several art films and music videos - shown on platforms such as Nowness and 180fact as well as in galleries including the South London Gallery, Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Cryptic Glasgow, Wilhelm Hack Museum. His feature project Enclave, a sci-fi horror about the evolution of a new species, was one the winners of the MFN In Progress Lab in 2022. Recently, it was also one of the five finalist projects developed in the inaugural edition of the BFI-sponsored UK Next Wave Genre Lab. In addition to his work as a director, he also has years or experience as an editor of documentary, art and fashion films.
London-based
Filmmaker
Federico is an Italian-British filmmaker based in London, working with genre and atmosphere to evoke science fictional and unsettling versions of reality. His work has screened at international film festivals including Clermont-Ferrand, Palm Springs, Torino Film Festival, DocLisboa, London and Glasgow Short Film Festival, Frameline and LIDF. Often inspired by his biology and anthropology studies at UCL, these genre films involved collaborations with scientists in extreme environments - from the arctic to the deepest mine in the UK - with experimental musicians Bianca Scout, aircode and Rolo Tomassi, and with fashion brands such as Mainline RUS/FR.CA/DE and ROA Hiking. Over the past few years, he has also directed several art films and music videos - shown on platforms such as Nowness and 180fact as well as in galleries including the South London Gallery, Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Cryptic Glasgow, Wilhelm Hack Museum. His feature project Enclave, a sci-fi horror about the evolution of a new species, was one the winners of the MFN In Progress Lab in 2022. Recently, it was also one of the five finalist projects developed in the inaugural edition of the BFI-sponsored UK Next Wave Genre Lab. In addition to his work as a director, he also has years or experience as an editor of documentary, art and fashion films.
