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Gianmarco Donaggio (b. 1991) film-director, cinematographer, and writer.

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EDUCATION:​

Visual Culture - Master Degree, Dep. of Arts and Cultural Sciences, 2022 - Lund Sweden

Film Production - Bachelor Degree, Arts University of Bournemouth, 2014 - UK - (specialisation in fiction-cinematography and documentary filmmaking)   

Fine Art - Diploma, Liceo Artistico, 2010 - Italy - (specialisation in graphic design and contemporary art)  

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COURSES & MASTERCLASS

Visual Culture: representation of violence in visual arts and media, Dep. of Arts and Cultural Sciences, 2021 - Lund Sweden

Visual Culture: environment and Nature, Dep. of Arts and Cultural Sciences, 2021 - Lund Sweden

Visual Culture: histories of Modern Visuality, Dep. of Arts and Cultural Sciences, 2020 - Lund Sweden

Visual Culture: theory and Methodology, Dep. of Arts and Cultural Sciences, 2020- Lund Sweden

Consciousness and self/consciousness - Praxis - school of philosophy, 2020 - Italy

Davinci Resolve 16: Color correction certified end user - 2020

Free Space, Aesthetics and Sculpture, Stacion - Center for contemporary art, 2019 - Kosovo

Questions of Perception in Art and Science, Berlin Summer University of the Arts, 2019 - Germany 

Philosophies of the Visual, UIO, Oslo, 2019 - Norway

Terre di Cinema, International cinematographer days, 2018 -Italy 

Story Development, The Blank Space, with Kelly Davis, 2018 - Norway 

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ARTIST RESIDENCY:

Hangar, Centro de Investigação Artística, January - March 2022 - Portugal 

Via Farini, VIR artist residency program, September-December 2020 - Italy

MultiMadeira, 2020 - Portugal 

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GRANT:​

Kulturrådet FLB (Norwegian Culture Fund) 

Kulturrådet FLB (Norwegian Culture Fund)

Norwegian Film Institute, Scholarship for cinematography workshop 

Kulturrådet FLB Markedsføringsstøtte (Norwegian Culture Fund)

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SPONSORSHIP:​

Resolume - 'Invisible Light' 2023

FreeFly System Inc. - 'Invisible Light' 2023

Kodak Motion Picture - 'In Carne' 2022 

Lomography - 'Tracce' 2020

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ACADEMIC PUBLICATION:​

Cinematography in Progress  - Academic Journal - Education Committee of IMAGO  - 2021 - Belgium

Lund University Department of Arts and Cultural Sciences - 2022 - Lund Sweden

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FESTIVALS & SCREENINGS:​

Biennial of Art of Alentejo - BIALE - Bienal Internacional do Alentejo (Portugal) - March 2023

46th KortFilmFestivalen - Grimstad film festival - June 2023

3rd Venere in Teatro - Festival di danza Poesie del Vuoto - September 2023

7th MalatestaShort film festival  - September 2023

39th VideoFormes  - Festival International D'Arts Numériques - Focus #1 - Ibrida - France

National Museum of Soares dos Reis - Porto

Stockholm City Film Festival - 2023 - Sweden

Boden International Film Festival - 2023 - Sweden

European Cinematography Awards (ECA) - 2023

Golden Short Film Festival - 2023

FEKK- Short Film Festival Ljubljana - 2022 - Slovenia

National Museum of Contemporary Art, Lisbon (Portugal) - 28 July - 15 September 2022

Video Art Projects - Municipal Art Gallery Casa Bianca - 2022 -Thessaloniki

Internationales Digitalkunst Festival - 2022 - Kulturinsel Stuttgart / Stuttgart

Il Video Rende Felici - Italian video art retrospective -  Palazzo delle Esposizioni - 2022 - Rome

Panoramica*21 - Italian video art selection -  curated by Alessandra Arnò at Visual Container - 2022 - Milan 

Ribalta Film Festival - international competition -  curated by Giovanni Sabattini  - 2022 - Italy 

57th Mostra Internazionale del Nuovo Cinema di Pesaro - international competition -  premio Lino Miccichè - 2021 - Italy

17th Athens Digital Arts Festival - 2021 - Greece

7th Bogotá Experimental Film Festival - 2021 - Colombia

5th Laterale Film Festival -2021 -  Italy

Ibrida Festival - 2021 - Italy 

Nordisk Panorama - film market - 2021 - Sweden 

Non-syntax Experimental Image Festival  - 2021 - Tokyo Japan

Non-syntax Experimental Image Festival  - 2021 - Kyoto Japan

7th Cisterna Film Festival - 2021 - Italy 

39th Asolo Art Film Festival - Asolo Award Art Films - 2021 - Italy

Visions du Réel - film market - 2021 - Nyon Switzerland 

19th One Shot International Short Film Festival - 2021 - Armenia

13th Short Waves Festival - 2021 - Urban View Competition - Poland

MIASTOmovie - 2021 - Urban View - Poland

Cinetekton! International Film & Architecture Festival - 2021 - Mexico

Amerta Art International Film Festival - 2021 - Turkey

Sphere Digital - World Cinema Carnival  - 2021 - India

Venice Architecture Film Festival - 2021 - Italy

Rome Prisma Independent Film Awards - 2021 - Italy

9th International Video Poetry Festival  - 2021 - Athens Greece 

DA Z – Digital Art Zurich - 2020 - Switzerland 

24th Avanca International film festival 2020 - Portugal 

16th Athens Digital Arts Festival 2020 - Greece 

16th Athens Digital Arts Festival 2020 - Technotribalism - Online

Athens International Monthly Art Film Festival - 2020 - Athens Greece 

Austin Arthouse film festival  - 2020 - Texas USA

16th Festival Transterritorial de Cine Underground - 2020 - Argentina 

Split VideoArt Festival -2020 - Croatia 

Southeastern International Film & Music Festival -2020 - USA 

Indo American International Festival of World Cinema  - 2020 - India 

Assurdo Film festival - 2020 - Italy 

Prague International Monthly Film Festival - 2020 - Czech republic

​Košice International Film Festival - 2020 - Slovakia 

Dumbo Film Festival - 2020 - USA

Berlin Flash Film Festival - 2020 - Germany

Mindfield Film Festival Albuquerque  - 2020 - USA

Short to the point  - 2020, online - Romania

Tagliacorto - home edition - 2020 - Italy

The month film festival - 2020 - UK

Rome Prisma Independent Film Awards - 2020 - Italy

48-hour film contest - 2020 - Texas USA

Fuenfterloeffel - 2020 - Germany

Fuenfterloeffel - 2019 - Turkey

Short to the point - 2019 - Romania

Bogotá Music Video Festival - 2019 - Colombia

Oslo Open House - 2019 - Norway

Scandinavian International Film Festival - 2018 - Finland

Austin Arthouse film festival - 2018 - Texas USA

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AWARDS & NOMINATIONS:

7th MalatestaShort film festival  - Winner film - Music, Dance  and Performing Arts - 2023

ReA! Art Fair - 2021 - Winner project  - La Fabbrica del Vapore, Milano

39th Asolo Art Film Festival - Special Mention - Ibrida Festival  - Asolo Award Art Films - 2021 - Italy

Roshani International Film Festival - 2021 - winner - experimental covid film

Indo American International Festival of World Cinema - 2021 - winner - best micro film

Rome Prisma Independent Film Awards - 2021 - semifinalist - best experimental film

Assurdo Film festival - 2020 - nomination - best Italian film 

Assurdo Film festival - 2020 - nomination - best soundtrack

Prague International Monthly Film Festival - 2020 - honourable mention - best cinematography 

Mindfield Film Festival Albuquerque  - 2020  - winner - best COVID-19 Experimental Short 

Košice International Monthly Film Festival - 2020 - winner - 2nd best super short film

​Košice International Monthly Film Festival - 2020 - honourable mention - best cinematography 

Verona Fotografia - Verona (Italy) - 2020  - Le Quarantenne - 4th Jury Prize

Rome Prisma Independent Film Awards - 2020 - nomination - best experimental film

Short to the Point International Film Festival - 2020 -nomination- best low budget

Short to the Point International Film Festival - 2019 -nomination- best music video 

Scandinavian International Film Festival - 2018 - nomination - best experimental film

Austin Arthouse film festival - 2018 - nomination - best director 

Austin Arthouse film festival - 2018 - nomination -  best cinematographer  

ND photography award - 2015 - honourable mention 

Giudecca 795 Art Gallery - 2018 - winner - photo of the month and special price of the year

Leica "I shot it" - honorary mention - photo of the month 

 

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FILMS: ​

The Lisbon Trilogy - Experimental Film/Arthouse, 16 mins - 2023 - Portugal

In Carne - Experimental Film/Arthouse, 9 mins - 2023 - Italy

Nymøn - Experimental Film/Arthouse, 16 mins - 2023 - Italy

Azul no Azul - experimental - 7 mins - 2022 - Portugal

Manifestarsi - experimental - 12 mins - 2021 - Italy

The Sleepwalker - docupoem - 15 mins - 2021 - Norway

Milano di carta - experimental/research - 7 mins- 2020 - Italy

Q di Q - experimental/poetic - 3 mins - 2020 - Italy

Ice cream for you - drama/experimental - 8 mins - 2020 - Norway

 - experimental - arthouse - 13 mins - 2018 - Norway

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ARTICLES: ​

Cinematic Duration as Violence across Cinematography History and Samples - academic article - 

Dep. of Arts and Cultural Sciences, 2021 - Lund Sweden

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ART FAIRS:

ReA! Art Fair 2021 - II Edition - Fabbrica del Vapore, Milano  

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EXHIBITION:​

-Solo

Azul no Azul - National Museum of Contemporary Art, Lisbon (Portugal). 28 July - 15 September 2022

The aura in the photographic form - MultiMadeira , Funchal (Portugal)  - 2020

Spazio  - Galleri Neuf, Oslo (Norway) -2018

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-Collective

Azul no Azul - National Museum of Soares dos Reis - Porto

Alias - Rea Art Fair winning projects - Opal - 2022 - Milan

Il Video Rende Felici - Italian video art retrospective -  Palazzo delle Esposizioni - 2022 - Rome

Panoramica*21 - collectiveMuseo d'Arte Contemporanea - Comune di Lissone

Panoramica*21 - collective, curated by Alessandra Arnò - Visual Container - Milan 

Bringing The Noise Back - collective, curated by Fünfter Löffel - Berlin

IAR - international video art - collective, curated by Ottica Contemporanea, Palazzo Fondi, Napoli 

Open Studio - collective, curated by Giulio Verago at Via Farini archive, Milano. 

Walk in Studio - collective, curated by Giulio Verago at Via Farini archive, Milano. 

Micro speed date, collective, curated by Kamimani, Campobasso/Torino 

Festival Internacional Videoarte, collective, curated by Lamosa Lab, Cuenca, Spain 

Verona Fotografia, Verona (Italy)  - Le Quarantenne 

Online exhibition - Insieme 

Oslo Open House, Oslo (Norway) - Nå 

Destination  - Galleri Neuf, Oslo (Norway) 

Teatro  - Giudecca 795 Art Gallery , Venezia  (Italy)  

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SELECTED CINEMATOGRAPHY WORKS:​

Flukten over grensen - VFX Plate - Norway

Seizure - VFX Plate Unit -, Miso Film  - Italy

Kjør meg to Ol, Tv show Intro sequence, Concorde - Norway

Bingen Min, Music video, Gatas Parlament - Norway

Inshallah, Short, 35mm, 2k scan - Italy

, 4k Dcp 2.39 anamorphic  - Norway

Aurorua, Arthouse, HD Dcp - UK

The rest of Us just live here - Trailer, 2K prores - Norway

Fun days last forever - short, HD Dcp -UK

A simple night blues - short, 16mm print  - UK

Cucumber - short, 16mm print - UK

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SELECTED WORKS CAMERA/LIGHT DEPARTMENT:​

-Gaffer

Gunda (feature film), Sant og Usant - Norway

Planten (short), Animaskin - Norway

Kirkenes/ Murmansk (feature film), Kunt Asdam Studio - Norway/Russia

Daddy’s girl (short), Barbosa As - Norway

Wisting, second unit,  (tv-series), Cinenord - Norway/Denmark 

Bille Van (music video), - Norway

Shotgun, Tix (music video), Expect film - Norway

Bama (commercial), Expect film - Norway

Madcom (music video), Expect film - Norway

Vulnerable (short) - Norway

Kjør meg to Ol  (Tv show Intro), Concorde - Norway

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-Light technician/Best boy

The Snowman (feature film), Working title  - Norway

Wisting (tv-series), Cinenord - Norway/Denmark 

En Natt (tv-series), Via Film - Norway

Unge lovende (tv series) - Norway

Okkupert 2 (tv-series), Yellow Bird - Norway/France

Twin (tv-series), Nordisk Film - Norway

As I Fall (feature film), Nfi - Norway

Manifest (short) , Barbosa As - Norway

Ylvis - Stories from Norway (tv-series), Concorde - Norway

Grand Hotel , 4 1/2 - Norway

Neste Sommer (tv-series), Feelgood - Norway

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-Camera department

Suburra (feature film), Cattleya  - Italy

Il Grande Presidente (short) , Tdc - Italy

Landet  (music video) - Norway

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TEACHING / TALK:​

Filming as an Encounter: Falling, Blindness, and Motion - Hangar, Centro de Investigação Artística, 2022 - Portugal

Film as Atmosphere - guest lecture at Academy Minerva (Academie Minerva), 2020 - Netherland 

Tracce, analog photography workshop, supported by Lomography.

Tracce, analog photography workshop and research, MultiMadeira, 2020 - Portugal 

Tracce, analog photography workshop, Escola Básica do 1º Ciclo com Pré-Escolar Visconde Cacongo, 2020 - Portugal ​​

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