Delanocelli productions

"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


"In this magnificent drama, award-winning director Bob Celli draws from his own family's stories to paint a delicate portrait....Celli achieves this effect through masterful art direction and cinematography, most notably in the flashback sequences....Although the emphasis is on what is felt as opposed to the spoken word, little is left unsaid in this highly touted, award winning piece."

D.F. Whipple - New Hope Film Festival Blog