The Report Card/ La Pagella
Director: Alessandro Celli
Writer: Filippo Bologna, Alessandro Celli
Producer: Carla Mori
Editor: Clelio Benevento
Cinematographer: Vladen Radovic
Synopsis:
A mother takes her son to visit his father before leaving on vacation. Again this year the man won't be with his family and the child wants to show him his report card. The visiting procedure is always the same: the heavy doors close, the guards' look is severe, the hallways are endless, the rooms are desolate. The mother waits while the child goes to meet his father. The atmosphere is full of tension and the encounter is very emotional
Writer: Filippo Bologna, Alessandro Celli
Producer: Carla Mori
Editor: Clelio Benevento
Cinematographer: Vladen Radovic
Synopsis:
A mother takes her son to visit his father before leaving on vacation. Again this year the man won't be with his family and the child wants to show him his report card. The visiting procedure is always the same: the heavy doors close, the guards' look is severe, the hallways are endless, the rooms are desolate. The mother waits while the child goes to meet his father. The atmosphere is full of tension and the encounter is very emotional
Biographies:
Alessandro Celli was born in Rome in 1976 and is an Italian-Canadian graduate from the Master of Arts program at the London Film School directed by Mike Leigh. He has made several short films which have received worldwide critical acclaim, winning more than 30 awards at international festivals. In February 2007 he became an exclusive director for Casta Diva Pictures, one of Milan’s leading advertising production companies, where he directed commercials for client such as Procter & Gamble and RCS Gruppo Rizzoli. In 2008 his short film "UOVA" won him the David di Donatello, the Academy's highest recognition in the Italian film industry. Among other wins, his work has also obtained special mentions at the Silver Ribbon Awards, Interfilm (Berlin), Expresion En Corto (Mexico City) and has been selected by the French Academy (Cèsar) for the “Short Film Golden Nights - World’s Best Short Films of the Year”. In November 2009 he has been chosen by director Ermanno Olmi to direct “LA PAGELLA” (The Report Card), a short film which is part of the prestigious Per Fiducia film project that has been financed by Banca Intesa Sanpaolo. The short film in 2010 achieved two Silver Ribbon Special Mentions, was a finalist of the Online Short Film Corner at Cannes and won the Globo d'Oro (Golden Globe assigned by foreign press to Italian cinema).
Alessandro Celli was born in Rome in 1976 and is an Italian-Canadian graduate from the Master of Arts program at the London Film School directed by Mike Leigh. He has made several short films which have received worldwide critical acclaim, winning more than 30 awards at international festivals. In February 2007 he became an exclusive director for Casta Diva Pictures, one of Milan’s leading advertising production companies, where he directed commercials for client such as Procter & Gamble and RCS Gruppo Rizzoli. In 2008 his short film "UOVA" won him the David di Donatello, the Academy's highest recognition in the Italian film industry. Among other wins, his work has also obtained special mentions at the Silver Ribbon Awards, Interfilm (Berlin), Expresion En Corto (Mexico City) and has been selected by the French Academy (Cèsar) for the “Short Film Golden Nights - World’s Best Short Films of the Year”. In November 2009 he has been chosen by director Ermanno Olmi to direct “LA PAGELLA” (The Report Card), a short film which is part of the prestigious Per Fiducia film project that has been financed by Banca Intesa Sanpaolo. The short film in 2010 achieved two Silver Ribbon Special Mentions, was a finalist of the Online Short Film Corner at Cannes and won the Globo d'Oro (Golden Globe assigned by foreign press to Italian cinema).
