Directing
Simone Amendola
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Directing
Credits
5 titles
Known for
Inspired by the English filmmaker and his tales of redemption, a group of teenagers in Italy’s Salento discover cinema through to their teacher, and write a new chapter in the chronicles of their hometown. The Piccolo Cinema Ken Loach is born.
Waiting for Ken Loach
2026
7.4A documentary about Antonio Spoletini, who worked with Federico Fellini. A portrait of an incredible man who lived for and with cinema. Last of five brothers who created the face of Italian cinema internationally. The documentary meets him at 82, still on movie sets and emerges with him and meets him in that moment of life when you want to leave a name in the credits.
No Name in the End Credits
2019
In Cinquina, outskirts of Rome, lives a community very similar to the Parisian banlieues. The stories and the eyes of the neighborhood kids tell us of a hope in spite of everything.
Alisya nel paese delle meraviglie
2009
Behind the camera
Inspired by the English filmmaker and his tales of redemption, a group of teenagers in Italy’s Salento discover cinema through to their teacher, and write a new chapter in the chronicles of their hometown. The Piccolo Cinema Ken Loach is born.
Waiting for Ken Loach
2026
Inspired by the English filmmaker and his tales of redemption, a group of teenagers in Italy’s Salento discover cinema through to their teacher, and write a new chapter in the chronicles of their hometown. The Piccolo Cinema Ken Loach is born.
Waiting for Ken Loach
2026
Inspired by the English filmmaker and his tales of redemption, a group of teenagers in Italy’s Salento discover cinema through to their teacher, and write a new chapter in the chronicles of their hometown. The Piccolo Cinema Ken Loach is born.
Waiting for Ken Loach
2026
7.4A documentary about Antonio Spoletini, who worked with Federico Fellini. A portrait of an incredible man who lived for and with cinema. Last of five brothers who created the face of Italian cinema internationally. The documentary meets him at 82, still on movie sets and emerges with him and meets him in that moment of life when you want to leave a name in the credits.
No Name in the End Credits
2019
In Cinquina, outskirts of Rome, lives a community very similar to the Parisian banlieues. The stories and the eyes of the neighborhood kids tell us of a hope in spite of everything.
Alisya nel paese delle meraviglie
2009
