Directing

Giovanni Berardi

Born

1994-08-20 (32)

Place of birth

L'Aquila, Italy

Known for

Directing

Credits

9 titles

Giovanni Berardi was born in L'Aquila in 1994. He has been passionate about cinema since childhood and began his journey in the film industry by writing articles for blogs and online magazines. In 2017, as a self-taught filmmaker, he made his directorial debut with the short film “About You.” In 2018 he founded the cultural association “filmAQuì,” which aims to promote and showcase the beauty of the Aquilano region through cinema. The following year, in 2019, he directed his second horror short film, “Il Profumo dell’Abisso”, distributed by “Prem1ere Film. In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, he wrote, directed, and filmed “Isolesque,” a surreal and existential horror film that explores …

Known for

Behind the camera

Sacro Urbano poster
NR

A child finds himself on a journey between the urban and the sacred worlds to be reunited with his mother one last time. The priest leads him through the hurdles of the two dimensions to the point of reliving his last moments

Sacro Urbano

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Sacro Urbano poster
NR

A child finds himself on a journey between the urban and the sacred worlds to be reunited with his mother one last time. The priest leads him through the hurdles of the two dimensions to the point of reliving his last moments

Sacro Urbano

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The Frog poster
NR

At the age of 11, Tommaso lost his mother and was accused of her death. Years later, he returns to his hometown, where he faces his fears and nightmares on a journey that blurs the lines between reality and dreams.

The Frog

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Isolesque poster
NR

The short describes, in an allegoric and symbolic way, the quarantine's routine of a girl. The regular situation, of calm and normality, is focused on the presence of another element that she can relate with. The imminent change is caused by the perception of the other as a negative element which brings to the broken of the balance and the creation of automatism, which substitutes the regular actions because there is the loss of the presentification due to the mirror of the other as a "Significant Ego".

Isolesque

2020

Isolesque poster
NR

The short describes, in an allegoric and symbolic way, the quarantine's routine of a girl. The regular situation, of calm and normality, is focused on the presence of another element that she can relate with. The imminent change is caused by the perception of the other as a negative element which brings to the broken of the balance and the creation of automatism, which substitutes the regular actions because there is the loss of the presentification due to the mirror of the other as a "Significant Ego".

Isolesque

2020

Isolesque poster
NR

The short describes, in an allegoric and symbolic way, the quarantine's routine of a girl. The regular situation, of calm and normality, is focused on the presence of another element that she can relate with. The imminent change is caused by the perception of the other as a negative element which brings to the broken of the balance and the creation of automatism, which substitutes the regular actions because there is the loss of the presentification due to the mirror of the other as a "Significant Ego".

Isolesque

2020

D(e)AD poster
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The peaceful life of a countryman, soon to become a father, is continuously disrupted by bizarre events and unsettling apparitions. What is happening around him? How much of what he is experiencing is real, and how much is a product of his imagination?

D(e)AD

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D(e)AD poster
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The peaceful life of a countryman, soon to become a father, is continuously disrupted by bizarre events and unsettling apparitions. What is happening around him? How much of what he is experiencing is real, and how much is a product of his imagination?

D(e)AD

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D(e)AD poster
NR

The peaceful life of a countryman, soon to become a father, is continuously disrupted by bizarre events and unsettling apparitions. What is happening around him? How much of what he is experiencing is real, and how much is a product of his imagination?

D(e)AD

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