
Directing
Cecilia Rizzuto
Born
1998-01-07 (28)
Place of birth
Milan, Italy
Known for
Directing
Credits
5 titles
Cecilia Rizzuto was born in Milan in 1998. She graduated in Art History from the University of Milan and has been working as a freelance lighting and set designer for live events, advertising and films since 2019. In 2023, she began her career as a director, shooting several experimental films (Titus, Titovskji) and documentaries (¡Volare Volare!, Davide, where are you?). She will launch her short fiction film Amanti a Mano Armata, a noir set in Milan, as a calling card to create her first feature film. She collaborates with Stella Savino's Mia Film production company and Paolo Santamaria's The Factory, while curating and managing events at Chuormo APS in Rome. She loves to explore the inter…
Known for
NRIn May, all Gypsy communities gather in Camargue to worship Saint Sara Kali. Following Esméralda and her family – a group of French Manouche – we will immerse ourselves in the pilgrimage in search of the true spirit of the Gens du Voyage, the travelling people.
¡Volare Volare! - Esméralda's Family to the Pilgrimage of Santa Sara in Saintes-Maries-de-la-mer
2024
NRTitus lives in his own dystopia. When he embraces the abyss within him and all his contradictions, he begins to dance. He is the madman who manages to grasp the truths that elude others: man's complex search for identity.
Titovskij
2024
NRUpon his release from prison, Gio reunites with his Toni. The two petty thieves want to turn their lives around: she proposes one last heist, while he dreams of making a movie. As Gio recounts the screenplay for *Amanti a mano armata* (Armed Lovers)—which he wrote while incarcerated—reality blurs with fiction. That drab, black-and-white day transforms into a color film with a noir vibe, starring none other than Toni and Gio themselves! What will the "armed lovers" choose: Toni’s heist or Gio’s movie?
Armed Lovers
2026
Behind the camera
NRIn May, all Gypsy communities gather in Camargue to worship Saint Sara Kali. Following Esméralda and her family – a group of French Manouche – we will immerse ourselves in the pilgrimage in search of the true spirit of the Gens du Voyage, the travelling people.
¡Volare Volare! - Esméralda's Family to the Pilgrimage of Santa Sara in Saintes-Maries-de-la-mer
2024
NRIn May, all Gypsy communities gather in Camargue to worship Saint Sara Kali. Following Esméralda and her family – a group of French Manouche – we will immerse ourselves in the pilgrimage in search of the true spirit of the Gens du Voyage, the travelling people.
¡Volare Volare! - Esméralda's Family to the Pilgrimage of Santa Sara in Saintes-Maries-de-la-mer
2024
NRTitus lives in his own dystopia. When he embraces the abyss within him and all his contradictions, he begins to dance. He is the madman who manages to grasp the truths that elude others: man's complex search for identity.
Titovskij
2024
NRUpon his release from prison, Gio reunites with his Toni. The two petty thieves want to turn their lives around: she proposes one last heist, while he dreams of making a movie. As Gio recounts the screenplay for *Amanti a mano armata* (Armed Lovers)—which he wrote while incarcerated—reality blurs with fiction. That drab, black-and-white day transforms into a color film with a noir vibe, starring none other than Toni and Gio themselves! What will the "armed lovers" choose: Toni’s heist or Gio’s movie?
Armed Lovers
2026
NRUpon his release from prison, Gio reunites with his Toni. The two petty thieves want to turn their lives around: she proposes one last heist, while he dreams of making a movie. As Gio recounts the screenplay for *Amanti a mano armata* (Armed Lovers)—which he wrote while incarcerated—reality blurs with fiction. That drab, black-and-white day transforms into a color film with a noir vibe, starring none other than Toni and Gio themselves! What will the "armed lovers" choose: Toni’s heist or Gio’s movie?
Armed Lovers
2026
