VAMPYRE COMPENDIUM selected for David di Donatello Awards!!

Dear all,
on behalf of the extraordinary cast and crew that allowed me to get such a great result, I inform you that Vampyre Compendium has been selected for the 2011 David di Donatello Awards, which means ITALIAN OSCARS. The category is Best Short Film.
Fingers crossed from now on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Vampyre Compendium

The short Vampyre Compendium has finally been completed. I am very proud of the result, and now it's ready to be shown in festivals worldwide.
It stars actors Oona Chaplin and Vincent Montuel and it's an ironic take on old-school vampire stories. If you're looking for Twilight, this is the wrong choice. The classics from Universal and Hammer studios are the actual source of inspiration for this short movie which got the attention of famed Italian actor-director Michele Placido, who patronized the project.
The crew was young and talented, and I finally got exactly what I wanted. I want to thank them all for the great amount of effort and talent they put in it.
Here there are a few pics from the set by excellent photographers Federico Torres and Stefano Stranges.
Enjoy!

Oona Chaplin.Photo by Federico Torres

Vincent Montuel.Photo by Stefano Stranges

Me together with my wonderful cast, aka Oona Chaplin and Vincent Montuel.Photo by Federico Torres


My wonderful cast, again. Oona Chaplin and Vincent Montuel on the set of Vampyre Compendium. Photo by Stefano Stranges

Another shot of Oona Chaplin.
Photo by Federico Torres

Me and my very valiant Script Supervisor, Fernanda Selvaggi.
Photo by Federico Torres

Two brand new works!

So...I disappeared for two months but I have plenty to tell. Though now I have to keep it short: in between December and January I shot a new music video (the anticipated L'anno del temporale) which is now ready, and a short film currently in post-production, whose working title is Vampyre Compendium and starring actors Oona Chaplin (Quantum of Solace) and Vincent Montuel (Molière). I am very happy of them both!
The music video tells about an impossible love story happening inside a little theatre and the short film is about...well...vampires, of course! Nothing to do with the Twilight ones, though: it actually revives the good old Victorian atmosphere of old school movies and of the XIX century novels of the genre....with irony and a few twists. So get prepared to see cobwebs, Victorian laces and long black cloacks!
Soon will come photos from the sets as well as a few drawings from the storyboards.
See you very soon.