Directing
Federico Francioni
Born
1988-03-11 (38)
Place of birth
Campobasso, Italy
Known for
Directing
Credits
10 titles
Born in Campobasso in 1988, after graduating from the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, he signed with Yan Cheng for the documentaries Tomba del Tuffatore, The First Shot – Best Film at the 53rd Pesaro Film Festival – and the short film Octavia, promoted by the Chicago Film Archive and made with archive material. Among his other experiences are the Ateliers Varan and the 'Frontières' residency in Paris, supported by the Musée de l'Histoire de l'Immigration and the G.R.E.C., which contributed to the making of Rue Garibaldi – Best Film at the 39th Torino Film Festival, italiana.doc. In 2021, he is working with Gaël de Fournas on the short film Akouchetame, part of a new project in devel…
Known for
NRThree months in the life of Chiara, an actress pushing forty and trying to find her way in a bustling Rome overrun by tourists. Invisible, precarious, Chiara restlessly piles up one experience after another, searching for the thing that will make her feel alive.
The Cat Wakes Up And Yawns; Then Love
2026
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Octavia
2018
5.7Ines and Rafik are twenty years old and have been working for ten. They have recently lived in the Parisian suburbs, have Tunisian origins but grew up in Sicily: their existence is a precarious movement of interruptions, changes and humiliations. In the house, one is the mirror of the other; here, time stops and the city becomes more distant. When I arrive, they proudly show me the way home: Rue Garibaldi.
Rue Garibaldi
2021
5.0No synopsis available yet.
Akouchetame
2021
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Dalla quarantena
2020
Busy shooting a crazy film he is directing with Samuele Sestieri, for which Andrea Sorini is the director of photography, Federico Francioni talks to us about his films and his current projects.
Un intruso nelle proprie immagini - Incontro con Federico Francioni
2025
Film credits
Behind the camera
NRThree months in the life of Chiara, an actress pushing forty and trying to find her way in a bustling Rome overrun by tourists. Invisible, precarious, Chiara restlessly piles up one experience after another, searching for the thing that will make her feel alive.
The Cat Wakes Up And Yawns; Then Love
2026
NRThree months in the life of Chiara, an actress pushing forty and trying to find her way in a bustling Rome overrun by tourists. Invisible, precarious, Chiara restlessly piles up one experience after another, searching for the thing that will make her feel alive.
The Cat Wakes Up And Yawns; Then Love
2026
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Octavia
2018
5.7Ines and Rafik are twenty years old and have been working for ten. They have recently lived in the Parisian suburbs, have Tunisian origins but grew up in Sicily: their existence is a precarious movement of interruptions, changes and humiliations. In the house, one is the mirror of the other; here, time stops and the city becomes more distant. When I arrive, they proudly show me the way home: Rue Garibaldi.
Rue Garibaldi
2021
5.0No synopsis available yet.
Akouchetame
2021
5.0No synopsis available yet.
Akouchetame
2021
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Dalla quarantena
2020
NRA dive into the contemporay void: a passage from life to death
Tomb of the Diver
2016
NRThe documentary tells the passion, the dreams, the weaknesses, the fears of three boys born after 1989. No one directly lived the time of Tiananmen Square, but they suffer the inevitable problems behind of exaggerated economic growth. They face a world, a society that runs beyond the speed of light, and as often happens, young people are the most fragile victims.
The First Shot
2017