CAMILLA SALVATORE

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Resistance often reveals unexpected forms of poetry. I call it collateral beauty. The people I portray are not mere subjects, but integral parts of my life.
 Through cinema, I pay homage to the love we shared amidst adversity. These films are testaments to those who fight with the greatest dignity.









Il Capitone
2024

Naples is the stage where the story of Vanessa, her mother Lina and her friend Ciro comes to life. The documentary opens a glimpse into their daily lives, their struggle with love, family and identity, revealing the universal value of being trans. This portrait oscillates between reality and dreamlike dimensions, sensual dances and songs of salvation. Il Capitone touches the depth of an existence to celebrate a collective redemption.

Documentary
60' - Color - Italy
Italian, Neapolitan

with Vanessa Esposito, Rachele Gianniello, Ciro Riccio
written and directed by Camilla Salvatore
produced by Tyche Films, A Little Confidence
producers Camilla Salvatore, Raffaella Milazzo, Valerio Antonini, Pietro Torcolini
cinematography Bianca Peruzzi
production sound Andrea Oppo
editing Rosa Maietta
sound editing and mixing Massimo Mariani
original score Ciro Vitiello, Talpah, Nziria
graphics Dopolavoro Studio

Permanent Exile
2020

The movie discloses the story of Germana, a young woman into WITSEC (Witness Security Program). Permanent Exile depicts the woman through her absence, drawing both from her personal remembrance and her inner space through a sequence of images, shadows and reflections that outline a disjointed portrait. “I’d like to be faultless. In this delusion of mine, I would put myself on a pedestal of perfection, as a war machine.” Her words uncovers a path of self-examination where thoughts, fears and concerns gradually emerge, allowing the viewer to access the innermost, recondite side of the character’s mind. 

Documentary
15' - Color - UK/Italy
Italian, English

written and directed by Camilla Salvatore
with Germana Frattini
shooting and editing Camilla Salvatore
3D animation Giulio Scalisi
archive Germana Frattini
sound Renato Grieco
supported by MFN 2017,  ArciMovie, FilmaP, 
Goldsmiths University of London
graphics Augusto Fabio Cerqua

20 Settembre
2018 - 2020

20 Settembre reflects upon the influence that the lives of our predecessors have had on our present, imagination and memory, as if they were our own previous lives. As trauma is transmitted from generation to generation, exploring its origins helps us better understand and foresee the future. In this film memories, thoughts, images, synesthesia and recollections become the means to investigate a family mystery.

Documentary
9' - Color - Italy

written and directed by Camilla Salvatore
cast Renato Avallone, Marta Lunetta
shooting Camilla Salvatore, Salvatore Pastore
editing Camilla Salvatore
sound mixing and editing/ original score Renato Grieco
film develpment and telecine Zenit Arti Audiovisive
color correction and conforming Stefano Barozzi /Start

Quirino
2019

Quirino lives on the banks of the river Sarmento, near the Arbëreshë village of San Costantino Albanese. The film shows excerpts of daily life, without dialogues, only work dedicated to the construction of a classical musical instrument of the pastoral tradition of Southern Italy. In the background, the Sarmento river marks the cyclicality of time and its inexorable flow.

Documentary
8' - Color - Italy
Arbëreshë

written and directed by Camilla Salvatore
with Quirino Valvano
shooting and editing Camilla Salvatore
sound Renato Grieco
supported by ArtePollino, Matera Capitale Europea della Cultura


Un Inferno
2016

A wound is drawn. Some call it unholy. Life dwells, buzzes, here too: a haven built on the whirring, dry sound of a machine. Words exit mouths, images hands. They speak of bodies; bodies glorious, sought for, gone. Winged or terrene, there really is no difference. In dreams they weigh the same. What matters is the lamplight that illuminates each chance, each meeting of needle and eye; the warmth of a summer just presumed and how it hits the neck, the inner arm, the picture of a beating; the ochre of a city that, (not) unlike any other, acts like a precious womb — to death as well as wishes.    

Text written by Veronica Gisondi

Documentary
15' - Color - Italy
Neapolitan

written and directed by Camilla Salvatore
produced by Antonella Di Nocera, Parallelo 41
cast Giuseppe Fiorenza, Martina Damasco, Ciro Oliviero, Pasquale Garofalo, Elisa Vitiello, Arturo Damasco, Michele Borriello, Raimondo Bracale, Ilenia Perna, Federica Caso
shooting and editing Camilla Salvatore
sound Ennio Donato
supported by Filmap Atelier del Cinema del Reale, ArciMovie, Parallelo 41


Franchino
2015

A reflection on the history of colonialism and mafia in Naples drove me to document the resilient communities that are still able to survive the urban and moral decay of the city. Franchino, my first short film, is set in Torre Annunziata, a town in the suburban Neapolitan aerea. It tells the story of a little theatre company made up of high school students and their elderly mentor, Franco. Theatre teaches them about the complex framework of spaces and roles at play beyond the stage, the continuous, poetic struggle of a town against institutional neglect and organised crime unfolds.

Documentary
15' - Color - Italy
Italian, Neapolitan

written and directed by Camilla Salvatore
cast Franco Balzano, Davide Cristiano, Luca Grassano, Antonio Longobardi, Asia Neri, Francesco Esposito, Ernesto Martellaro, Nunzio Vitiello, Gennaro Vitiello
shooting and editing Camilla Salvatore



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Born 1993 and raised in Pompeii
Born 1993 and raised in Pompei
Born
Camilla Salvatore (b. in Pompeii, IT) 
is a filmmaker and scriptwriter. 
In 2023 she founded Tyche Films, production company based in Napoli, IT.

Education
2020 MA Artists' Film and Moving Image, Goldsmiths University of London (London, UK)
2015 BA Painting and Visual Arts, NABA (Milan, IT)

Film Festivals, Markets and Screenings
2024 Filmmaker Festival (Milan, IT) Awarded
2021 Via Farini (Milan, IT)
2021 Festival de Cannes SFC (Cannes, FR)
2021 Art Days Napoli at Liza Leopardi (Napoli, IT)
2020 Filmmaker Festival (Milan, IT)
2019 Flip Project Space (Napoli, IT)
2018 Filmmaker Festival (Milan, IT) Awarded
2017 Lago Film Fest (Revine Lago, IT)
2017 Visions du Reél (Nyon, CH)
2017 Trieste Film Festival (Trieste, IT)
2016 Torino Film Festival (Turin, IT)
2015 Sonnenstube (Lugano, CH)

Collective Shows
2021 There is no time to enjoy the Sun, Fondazione Morra Greco (Napoli, IT)

Solo Shows
2021 A Soft Sonnet Is All The Strength I Have, Massimo (Milan, IT)

Residencies and Workshops
2024 UnionDocs Filmmaking Seminar at DocLisboa (Lisbon, PT)
2021 MFN In Progress, Una Ballata delle Zantraglie awarded best script by MiX Festival di cinema LGBTQ+ e cultura queer (Milan, IT)
2019 Del Tempo Fossile, selected by Adrian Paci (Latronico, IT)
2018 Locarno Film Festival L’immagine e la parola (Locarno, CH)
2017 MFN In Progress, Permanent Exile awarded best script (Milan, IT)
2017 FilmaP Atelier del Cinema del Reale (Napoli, IT)
2014 FHU Attraverso l’immagine oltre l’immagine by Adrian Paci (Lecce, IT)


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