DelanoCelli Productions
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530 East 90Th. St. #4H
New York, NY 10128
ph: 212-289-7287
FFigs For Italo Cast and Crew on IMDB
Official Figs For Italo Trailer Here
DelanoCelli Productions copyright 2015
18:48 minutes, USA, 2015Camera: Shot on the Cannon 7D and C100
Shooting Format: 1920 x 1080p - 23.98fps - AVCHD 35mbs
Exhibition Formats: DVD, DCP, MPG (MPEG or MPEG2), HDCAM, DigiBeta
"I'm thrilled to recommend Bob Celli's poignant new film FIGS FOR ITALO. Impressive in its scope, it packs powerful
punch in 18 short minutes. Exploring how memory and heartbreak inform the present, FIGS FOR ITALO did for me, what only truly special films do -- it stayed with me, and still does.
I deeply love this film.”
Peter Hedges - (Academy Award Nominee)
Ben is Back, Dan in Real Life, Pieces of April, About A Boy, What's Eating Gilbert Grape
“This lovely short film explores an extraordinary coincidence when two lives become entangled through a cataclysmic event which happened many years earlier. FIGS FOR ITALO is remarkable in its simplicity and honesty.”
Kristi Zea - (2 Time Academy Award Nominee) Revolutionary Road, Silence of the Lambs, The Departed
"What sticks with me most about this ambitious short film is the lush, sensual imagery. It is simplicity set on a grand canvas.”
Tim Guinee - (Actor/Director)
One Armed Man, Hell On Wheels, Iron Man
logline
A world at war. A brother and sister. A day that changes their family forever.
synopsis
Figs For Italo is based on a true story and inspired by actual events. Dora is about to enjoy yet another family gathering at her home. A simple question from a journalist who is about to interview the next door neighbor, takes Dora back to a significant day in her life: It is autumn, 1943, in Dora’s small hometown in the hills of Italy. WWII is raging all over Europe and is about to change her and her family forever. Figs for Italo shows how the past ripples into the present and how it is often very much alive and very close to the surface.
director’s statement
Many of us have grown up hearing stories of our families’ histories. These memories have the power to affect and alter lives.I have heard my family's stories of the time duringand after World War II my entire life.It is one of these stories that has inspired me to make this film.The experience I aspire to communicate with Figs For Italo is that of a journey. Reality through an ethereal lens of memory. Not only a journey from point A to point B, but from past to present. The inspiration came to me after a conversation with a friend. We were discussing the possibility that we as humans have a collective connection; people connect on a sub-atomic level of shared energy. We are all recycled atoms of exploded stars when the universe expanded and formed itself. The more energy/atoms we share, the more we seek out and attempt to reconnect with our universal beginnings.Sometimes those re-connections can be smooth and effortless; other times they can be turbulent. In the end, the simple fact remains, we all just want to be remembered.
Festival Offical Sellections, Wins, and Nominations
World Premiere-Mykonos Biennale - Mykonos, Greece
USA Premiere - Woods Hole Film Festival - Woods Hole, MA.
Canadian Premiere - Hollywood North Film Festival - Picton, Ontario
Wins and Nominations
- Venus Italian International Film Festival Winner - Best Director Short Nominated - Best Historical Drama
- Nassau Film Festival
- Winner - Princeton Tiger Award for Excellence in Filmmaking
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- Cutting Room International Short Film Festival
Winner - Best Short Drama
Winner - Best Director
Nominated - Best Actor
Nominated - Best Supporting Actress - Mykonos Biennale
- Winner - Golden Pelican: Dramatic Short
- Madrid International Film Festival
- Nominated - Best Foreign Language Film & Best Lead Actor
- WorldFest Houston International Film Festival
- Winner - Remi Award - Special Jury Award, Dramatic Original
- Siouxland Film Festival
- Winner - Grand Prize - Best National Short
- Trail Dance Film Festival
- Winner - Best Short Drama
- Nominated - Best Director and Festival Director's Choice Awards
- Shawna Shea Film Festival
- Winner - Best Short
- Redlands Film and Beer Festival
- Winner - Audience Choice
- The Best Shorts Competition
- Winner - Award of Excellence: Film Short
- The Accolade Global Film Competition
- Winner - Award of Excellence: Film Short
- Woods Hole Film Festival
- Winner - Audience Choice Award, Narrative Short, 1st Runner Up
- Hollywood NORTH Film Festival
- Winner - Honorable Mention
The IndieFest Film Awards
Winner - Award of Excellence: Film Short
Big As Texas Short Film Festival
Winner - Best Cinematography and Best Costumes
EyeCatcher Film Festival
Nominated - Best Director Short Film & Best Cinematography Short
New Hope Film Festival
Nominated - Best Short Film
Additional Official Selections
2019
Nassau Film Festival - Venus Italian International Film Festival
2018
The Cutting Room International Short Film Festival
2016
Big As Texas Short Film Festival - Kansas International Film Festival - EyeCathcer International Film Festival - Massachusetts Independent Film Festival - New Hope Film Festival - Madrid International Film Festival - Longleaf Film Festival - Life Fest Film Festival - New York International Film Festival - Brookfield Film Festival - Pasadena International Film Festival - SiouxlandFestival Festival - Sedona International Film Festival - Trail Dance Film Festival
2015
Shawna Shea Film Festival - New Haven International Film Festival -Big Apple Film Festival - Redlands Film & Beer Festival - Long Beach Indie International Film Festival - FilmFest 52 - West Virginia FilmMakers Festival - Louisville International Festival of Film - Charlotte Film Festival - Golden Door International Film Festival - Festival of Globe Film Festival
530 East 90Th. St. #4H
New York, NY 10128
ph: 212-289-7287