Domenico Distilo

Who is Domenico Distilo?

Domenico Distilo is a filmmaker living and working between Rome, Italy and Berlin, Germany.

He graduated in film direction from the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome with the film Unexpected, a documentary on the demand for political asylum in Italy, which was screened at the Festival dei Popoli in Florence and at the Berlinale, within the section "Forum" in 2006.

In 2008, he won the national prize Premio Solinas for the screenplay of the feature film When elephants fight, written in collaboration with Filippo Gravino and Guido Iuculano.

In 2009, he joined the production company Sciara, where he works as director and producer.

In 2011, he directed two documentaries for RAI 3, the Italian cultural public channel: Urban extremes - Jerusalem, on the territorial conflict in Jerusalem and Romany imaginary - Minority artists, on Romany art in Hungary.

Distilo's works generally focus on social issues, with a special interest in various forms of contemporary art.

In his movie Deep time, he explored the boundaries between documentary and fiction with a story on archeology and the feelings that bound people to their past.