TEAM and jury
Award-winning professionals, artists, and academics constitute the prestigious and diverse jury for the CFMA.
CFMA JURY
Luigi barletta
Luigi is a professor at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli in the department of cinema and television, as well as the Naples Suor Orsola Benincasa University, where he teaches various subjects, such as Digital Video, Shooting Techniques for Television and Film, Creative Writing, Cross-media Strategies and Production, Multimedia Communications, and more. Currently art director of the “Academy of Fine Arts Film Festival” and “O Curt” short movie festival in Naples. He has been assistant director for several editions of the Comicron Short Film Festival. As a member of the NapoliFilmFestival’s “Europa, Mediterraneo” Jury, Luigi has directed and produced a number of award-winning documentaries and short movies.
http://www.abana.it/it/docenti/luigi-barletta/
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giorgia cacciatore
Michelangelo Antonioni’s former assistant director, she currently coordinates production on films, shorts, and series for companies such as Fandango, Netflix, Sky, Bibi Films, Indiana, and more. Among the titles, she worked on are Black Moon, Robbing Mussolini, Liberi, Il filo pericoloso delle cose (Antonioni), Julius Caesar (Uli Edel), Unwanted (TBR 2023), Ferrari (Michael Mann, TBR 2023), and more.
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gianluca del gobbo
Promoter, producer, coder, and network enthusiast, he is considered a guru of new media and the digital art world. He is also a pioneer in the Audio Visual Performing Arts. In 1988, he established and coordinated the various activities of Flyer Communication as well as the managerial tasks and strategic development of all projects of the company, leading to the development of two spin-offs: Web Environments and Audio Visual Performing Arts.
In 1999, he created Shockart.net, which quickly became a point of reference for Web Art and, especially, for productions in Shockwave Flash. He held exhibitions in Rome, Valencia, San Francisco, and New York. Furthermore, in 2001 he created the AV mixer FLxER, which is used to mix vector graphics, audio, video, text, and interactive media in live performances. FLxER is one of the first VJ software for Audio Visual Performing Arts. The platform is free, community-based, and today is the largest network of Audio Visual artists and VJs united by an interest in audio-visual performing arts as well as the sharing of information. By creating FLxER, he became a coder/hacker, extending his knowledge of many other languages and software. https://avnode.net/gianlucadelgobbo
https://gianlucadelgobbo.net/it/
In 1999, he created Shockart.net, which quickly became a point of reference for Web Art and, especially, for productions in Shockwave Flash. He held exhibitions in Rome, Valencia, San Francisco, and New York. Furthermore, in 2001 he created the AV mixer FLxER, which is used to mix vector graphics, audio, video, text, and interactive media in live performances. FLxER is one of the first VJ software for Audio Visual Performing Arts. The platform is free, community-based, and today is the largest network of Audio Visual artists and VJs united by an interest in audio-visual performing arts as well as the sharing of information. By creating FLxER, he became a coder/hacker, extending his knowledge of many other languages and software. https://avnode.net/gianlucadelgobbo
https://gianlucadelgobbo.net/it/
gianlorenzo gregoretti
After starting as a 35 mm film cameraman in 1980, and later specializing at the “First European Workshop Cinema Products” under Jesse Garfield and Garret Brown (a long-time Stanley Kubric cameraman), Gianlorenzo was one of the first Steadicam operators in Europe. As a cameraman, assistant lighting director, and assistant director, he worked with directors like Federico Fellini, Marco Ferreri, Alan Parker, Ettore Scola, Mario Monicelli, and many others. Additionally, he has directed lighting for music videos, marketing, and many TV productions for RAI and Mediaset. As of now, he is a full-time author and director for the RAI3 (Italian state television) TV series “Chi l’ha visto”.
alfonso pontillo
After graduating from the Vancouver Film School and MPC Comp Academy, Alfonso worked as a digital compositor on international projects such as Pirates of the Caribbean, Wonder Woman, Alien Covenant, The Mummy, The Irishman, Zero Zero Zero, etc. As well as several Netflix series. He is the founder and art director of Illusion Makers Studio, which creates audio-visual content for global brands such as Nike, UniCredit, Kappa, and BTO. Further, he teaches VFX and audio-visual courses at many colleges and universities.
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pia russo
In addition to serving as school principal of Tulsa Ballet Center of Dance Education, Pia worked as a ballet teacher at the Teatro San Carlo of Naples. Following her distinguished career as a soloist dancer and co-founder of one of the most successful private companies in Italy, Pia is currently Guest Ballet Mistress for the most famous Italian companies. She began her dance career in Reggio Emilia with teachers from the Bucharest Opera House and ended ten years ago with the company she co-founded: Fabula Saltica Compagnia di Danza. As a guest ballet mistress, she has worked at the Fondazione Arena di Verona, Balletto del Sud in Lecce, Teatro dell’Opera in Rome, Balletto di Roma, Teatro Massimo in Palermo and Balletto di Milano since 2003. She taught at Fuescyl Professional School of Dance of Castilla y Leon – Burgos, the University of Hartford, Ballets de Montecarlo, Valencia Endanza Summer Intensive, and Balletto di Roma, among others. www.piarusso.com
ROSA RUSSO
Expert in creative development, fund raising, screenplay editing, specialising in multimedia campaigns and social network. Started in Italy as First AD and Casting Director working with Giuseppe Gaudino, Vittorio De Seta, Giuseppe Rocca and many others. Share-holder of multimedia production company Webra Multimedia. Her directorial debut documentary “Everyday But Sunday” won the Unicef Award at the OETI 2010 and toured the main European festivals.
https://mubi.com/cast/rosa-russo
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CFMA Team
tai-hsuan huang
Tai Hsuan specializes in voice-over work for TV and immersive experiences in Mandarin Chinese, as well as localizing video games, movies, and cultural events. Tai Hsuan has a wealth of experience in international business relations, localization, and logistics for arts and cultural events from her work in the procurement divisions of numerous multinational corporations and significant NGOs including the FAO, the World Food Programme, and the UN. She is currently the director of the Formosa Contemporary Music Festival.
filippo gregoretti
Filippo is a pioneer in the combination of technology, visual arts, performance, music, and storytelling. He is a multidisciplinary artist with a focus on algorithms, as well as a pianist, composer, developer, and fine artist. He invented the concept of “app artwork” and released the first ever works of art that were made into applications and distributed in the official stores. His works of art incorporate his own original artistic artificial intelligence algorithms and encompass physical installations, live performances, music, and visuals. As a professor at Naples’ Suor Orsola Benincasa University, his lectures include “authorship and technology for digital experiences” and “transmedia creativity and production.” His awards include the Perseo D’oro first prize at Mediartech, the Festival Internazionale dell’Opera Multimediale 1996, presided over by Gillo Pontecorvo’s jury. Over the last few decades, he has worked as a producer and creative developer on an uncountable number of highly innovative projects in the arts, entertainment, and technology, consulting for creative agencies in Europe, Asia, the United States, and the Middle East. A number of his albums have been released on international labels, and his music has been featured in documentaries and films. www.filippogregoretti.com