CAMILLA SALVATORE


           

Filmmaker, writer. Producer at Tyche Films (Naples, Italy).
Based between London and Naples.

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.


camilla.salvatore.cek@gmail.com
tychefilms@gmail.com



IL CAPITONE

Set in Naples, Il Capitone offers a glimpse into the daily life of Vanessa, portraying the struggle to claim her place in the world as a trans woman. Vanessa’s coming-of-age story runs through mundane and dreamlike states, sensual dances and songs of salvation. Il Capitone touches the depths of her existence – as well as that of her mother Lina and her lifelong friend Ciro – celebrating their quest for redemption through self-expression and performing arts. The writing of the film is also the result of a collaborative effort: Vanessa, Lina and Ciro helped stage some sequences, bringing their talents into play. 
For Vanessa and Ciro, creativity is indeed the only way to resist the overwhelming context in which they live.

2024
GENRE DOCUMENTARY
DURATION 72’
GENRE DOCUMENTARY
COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION ITALY
LANGUAGE ITALIAN, NEAPOLITAN

WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY CAMILLA SALVATORE
PRODUCED BY CAMILLA SALVATORE/TYCHE FILMS
RAFFAELLA MILAZZO, VALERIO ANTONINI, PIETRO TORCOLINI/A LITTLE CONFIDENCE
CAST VANESSA ESPOSITO, CIRO RICCIO, RACHELE GIANNIELLO
CINEMATOGRAPHY BIANCA PERUZZI
EDITING ROSA MAIETTA
ORIGINAL SCORE CIRO VITIELLO, TALPAH, NZIRIA

PERMANENT EXILE


The artwork discloses the story of a young woman into WITSEC (Witness Security Program). Seeking refuge into a fictional ambiance – both a simulacrum and a reflection of a more thorough, in-depth construction of reality – is what she defines an act of resistance. Floating into this hyper-uranium, she struggles to survive her present times. 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.” The work uncovers a path of selfexamination where thoughts, fears and concerns gradually emerge, allowing the viewer to access the innermost, recondite side of the character’s mind.

2020
GENRE DOCUMENTARY
DURATION 15’
COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION ITALY/UK
LANGUAGE ITALIAN

WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY CAMILLA SALVATORE
SUPPORTED BY IN PROGRESS - MILANO FILM NETWORK GOLDSMITHS, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON
SHOOTING CAMILLA SALVATORE
WITH GERMANA FRATTINI
EDITING CAMILLA SALVATORE
3D ANIMATION GIULIO SCALISI
ARCHIVE GERMANA FRATTINI
ORIGINAL SCORE RENATO GRIECO

20 SETTEMBRE


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. Cinema is my account
of the world, a tool for researching and expressing what is authentically mine: in this film, memories, thoughts, images, synesthesia and recollections become the means to investigate a family mystery.

2020
GENRE MOVING IMAGE
DURATION 8’
COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION ITALY

WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY CAMILLA SALVATORE
CAST RENATO AVALLONE, MARTA LUNETTA
SHOOTING CAMILLA SALVATORE, SALVATORE PASTORE
EDITING CAMILLA SALVATORE
SOUND AND ORIGINAL SCORE RENATO GRIECO

QUIRINO


Quirino lives in 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.

2019
GENRE DOCUMENTARY
 DURATION 8’
COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION ITALY
LANGUAGE ARBËRESHË

WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY CAMILLA SALVATORE
SUPPORTED BY ARTEPOLLINO - MATERA CAPITALE EUROPEA DELLA CULTURA
WITH QUIRINO VALVANO
SHOOTING, EDITING CAMILLA SALVATORE
SOUND AND ORIGINAL SCORE RENATO GRIECO

UN INFERNO


The tattoo artist leads us to the discovery of a lively and chaotic world: "an inferno", populated by contradictory characters, marked by stories that hide a grotesque aspect and the drama of existences pushed to the limit. There’s no judgment, hellish is the condition that strongly binds even the crudest aspects of existence with attachment to life. Each one has already been judged and sometimes even condemned. In the intimacy of the tattoo parlour we can observe the tenacity and enthusiasm of those who still fight. Events unfold cyclically, and even the structure of the film, without moments of stagnation and with a circular conclusion, emphasizes this continuity, like a day that never ends but restarts equally every time.

2016
GENRE DOCUMENTARY
DURATION 15’
COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION ITALY
LANGUAGE ITALIAN, NEAPOLITAN

WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY CAMILLA SALVATORE
SUPPORTED BY FILMAP ATELIER DEL CINEMA DEL REALE
PARALLELO 41 - ARCIMOVIE
SHOOTING, EDITING CAMILLA SALVATORE
CAST GIUSEPPE FIORENZA, MARTINA DE FRANCO, CIRO OLIVIERO, PASQUALE GAROFALO, ELISA VITIELLO, ARTURO DAMASCO, MICHELE BORRIELLO, RAIMONDO BRACALE, ILENIA PERNA, FEDERICA CASO.
SOUND ENNIO DONATO


FRANCHINO


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 area. 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, where the continuous, poetic struggle of a town against institutional neglect and organised crime unfolds.

2015
GENRE DOCUMENTARY
DURATION 15’
COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION ITALY
LANGUAGE ITALIAN, NEAPOLITAN

WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY CAMILLA SALVATORE
SHOOTING, EDITING CAMILLA SALVATORE
CAST FRANCO BALZANO, DAVIDE CRISTIANO, LUCA GRASSANO, ANTONIO LONGOBARDI, FRANCESCO ESPOSITO, ERNESTO MARTELLARO, NUNZIO VITIELLO, ASIA NERI, GENNARO VITIELLO.