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
Nå - 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 - collective , Museo 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
Nå , 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 ​​