Andrea Gatopoulos

Directing

Andrea Gatopoulos

Known for

Directing

Credits

20 titles

He is a film director, producer and distributor. He was born in Pescara (Abruzzo, Italy) and lives in Rome, where he graduated cum laude in 2016 in Modern Literature with the thesis "Virtual reality and image culture in the civilization of entertainment". He founded the production company called Il Varco, the distribution Gargantua Film and the residency Nouvelle Bug. His film productions were featured in more than 500 festivals all around the world including Cannes Quinzaine, Locarno, Venice SIC@SIC, Camerimage, Rotterdam IFFR, and many EFA and Oscar Qualifying Festivals. In 2020 he studied in Werner Herzog's workshop for his film Accelerator in Leticia, Colombia, in which he developed the …

Known for

Homunculus poster
7.0

In a virtual world inspired by the codes of gay dating apps, Homunculus follows the wanderings of a man in search of other men. Over the course of his travels, he will come to realise that people see him as an “Arab”: an ambiguous, virile and powerful entity both celebrated by white gay males and hated by the French police forces.

Homunculus

2025

The Children of the Sleeping Giant poster
7.0

A story about old town residents guarding their homes, and their attachment to their land. A reflection on human nature and emotions

The Children of the Sleeping Giant

2021

New poster
8.2

Outskirts of Moscow. A girl comes to an unfamiliar apartment to look after a dog. After a while, she realizes that the owner of the apartment has disappeared. She finds herself into a series of people that have been taking care of the dog for years in that same apartment, creating a weird community around this strange absence of the owner.

New

2024

Eschaton Ad poster
5.0

An apocalyptic film is suddenly interrupted by a strange ad. A man in suit and tie appears to deliver a message to the spectators and the director.

Eschaton Ad

2023

E-I-E-I-O poster
NR

Two synthetic entities play a game of exterminating humans, monitoring the progress of their plan via a network of surveillance cameras. Everything seems to be going according to plan, until a sudden uprising puts the mission at risk.

E-I-E-I-O

2026

Someone to Steal Horses With poster
4.0

A horse reflects on memory, disturbing the daily routines of citizens in Los Santos, San Andreas, during the press release for his new book “Someone to Steal Horses With.”

Someone to Steal Horses With

2025

Behind the camera

Homunculus poster
7.0

In a virtual world inspired by the codes of gay dating apps, Homunculus follows the wanderings of a man in search of other men. Over the course of his travels, he will come to realise that people see him as an “Arab”: an ambiguous, virile and powerful entity both celebrated by white gay males and hated by the French police forces.

Homunculus

2025

The Children of the Sleeping Giant poster
7.0

A story about old town residents guarding their homes, and their attachment to their land. A reflection on human nature and emotions

The Children of the Sleeping Giant

2021

New poster
8.2

Outskirts of Moscow. A girl comes to an unfamiliar apartment to look after a dog. After a while, she realizes that the owner of the apartment has disappeared. She finds herself into a series of people that have been taking care of the dog for years in that same apartment, creating a weird community around this strange absence of the owner.

New

2024

Eschaton Ad poster
5.0

An apocalyptic film is suddenly interrupted by a strange ad. A man in suit and tie appears to deliver a message to the spectators and the director.

Eschaton Ad

2023

Eschaton Ad poster
5.0

An apocalyptic film is suddenly interrupted by a strange ad. A man in suit and tie appears to deliver a message to the spectators and the director.

Eschaton Ad

2023

E-I-E-I-O poster
NR

Two synthetic entities play a game of exterminating humans, monitoring the progress of their plan via a network of surveillance cameras. Everything seems to be going according to plan, until a sudden uprising puts the mission at risk.

E-I-E-I-O

2026

Someone to Steal Horses With poster
4.0

A horse reflects on memory, disturbing the daily routines of citizens in Los Santos, San Andreas, during the press release for his new book “Someone to Steal Horses With.”

Someone to Steal Horses With

2025

The Most Beautiful Man in the World poster
8.0

A family taboo, a missing story. Using 25 photos and the cold readings of artificial intelligence against his mother’s warm memories, a nephew reconstructs the life of Michele, an uncle lost to HIV and heroin in 1980s–90s Italy, exploring memory, the value of images, and what remains unspoken.

The Most Beautiful Man in the World

2026

Flores del precipicio poster
5.0

Lucia has returned to the island where all the houses are white. Fifteen years have passed since the day she was taken away. Her father is waiting for her.

Flores del precipicio

2022

Happy New Year, Jim poster
6.7

It's New Year's Eve. Jim and Morten are playing videogames all night long, like every day. But Morten tonight is uncomfortable.

Happy New Year, Jim

2022

Le Mur du Son poster
NR

In a large, empty gym, the protagonists Iris and Lea play hide-and-seek: time seems to stand still, while the approach of an airplane transforms reality in a mysterious and poetic way.

Le Mur du Son

2025

Black Eyed Dog poster
8.3

A man struggles with his obsession for a monster he encountered when he was a child.

Black Eyed Dog

2023

City of Owls poster
6.5

On the last evening before her departure, Vera is putting her small sister to bed. To hide the real reason for her leaving, she tells her a bedtime fairy tale instead. It’s the story of a city swallowed by an eternal night, where little by little everyone, adapting to the darkness, starts turning into owls. As the tale unfolds, it becomes clear that Vera, too, is part of the story.

City of Owls

2026

The Lost Memories Of Trees poster
6.5

In the heart of the Peruvian Amazon rainforest, two trees awaken in the night and set out on a spiritual journey, uncovering a past life in which they were two little brothers.

The Lost Memories Of Trees

2023

A Missed Call poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

A Missed Call

2024

The Eggregores' Theory poster
5.7

An inconceivable and devastating epidemic spread without apparent remedy, causing two lovers to painfully divide, while the social and political life crumbles all over the world.

The Eggregores' Theory

2024

The Eggregores' Theory poster
5.7

An inconceivable and devastating epidemic spread without apparent remedy, causing two lovers to painfully divide, while the social and political life crumbles all over the world.

The Eggregores' Theory

2024

Manual of Self-Destruction poster
NR

After noticing that an A.I. generative model modifies her self-portraits with unattainable and unsolicited beauty standards, E. starts a conversation with DonnerBot, a chatbot that claims to provide a real solution to solitude. DonnerBot introduces her to a self-help manual, which transports E. into a world rejecting the ugly, the imperfect, and perhaps thus everything that makes us humans.

Manual of Self-Destruction

2025

A Stranger Quest poster
NR

In the eyes of an artificial mind, the last thirty years of David Rumsey, spent amassing one of the biggest historical maps collections in the world he secretly calls his poem, seem like an unexplainable quest. It will follow him on a road trip confronting with the ghosts of his past and the end inching closer.

A Stranger Quest

2024

A Stranger Quest poster
NR

In the eyes of an artificial mind, the last thirty years of David Rumsey, spent amassing one of the biggest historical maps collections in the world he secretly calls his poem, seem like an unexplainable quest. It will follow him on a road trip confronting with the ghosts of his past and the end inching closer.

A Stranger Quest

2024