Michelangelo Frammartino

Michelangelo Frammartino was born in Milan to Calabrian parents in 1968 In 1991 he enrolled in the Architecture Faculty of the Politecnico di Milano Between 1994 and 1997 he attended Milans film school Civica Scuola del Cinema for which he produced videoart installations and worked as a set designer for films and video clips He also shot several short films Tracce 1995 LOcchio e lo Spirito 1997 BIBIM 1999 Scappa Valentina 2001 Io Non Posso Entrare 2002 His first feature Il Dono premiered at the Locarno Film Festival in 2003 His following film Le Quattro Volte 2010 was selected at the Directors Fortnight in Cannes where it won the Label Europa Cinema Since 2005 he has been teaching filmmaking at the University of Bergamo In December 2013 he held a workshop at the University of Calabria His 2021 film Il buco was selected for the main competition at the 78th Venice International Film Festival where it received positive reviews and won the Special Jury Prize