Yuri Ancarani
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| Born | 31 January 1972 (age 54) Ravenna, Italy |
| Occupation | Film director |
Yuri Ancarani (born 31 January 1972) is an Italian video artist, film director and documentarist.
Life and career
[edit]Born in Ravenna, Ancarani graduated from the Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti, and later devoted to video art, first with a series of video installations about Romagna known as 'Ricordi per moderni'.[1][2] Between 2010 and 2012, he shot three short films collectively known as 'Trilogia sul lavoro' (Trilogy about work); consisting of Il capo, Piattaforma luna and Da Vinci, they premiered at the 67th and 68th Venice Film Festival and at the 7th Rome Film Festival, respectively.[3]
In 2017, Ancarani shot his first feature-length documentary, The Challenge, about a falconer competing in a major tournament in Qatar; the film premiered at the 69th Locarno Film Festival, in which it won the Ciné+ Special Jury Prize.[1][4] In 2021, his docufiction film Atlantide premiered at the 78th edition of the Venice Film Festival, in the Horizons sidebar, and was nominated for the David di Donatello for best documentary film.[5][6] In 2023, his documentary Il popolo delle donne was screened at the 80th Venice Film Festival, in the Giornate degli Autori sidebar.[7]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Del Don, Muriel (8 August 2016). "The Challenge, the majestic beauty of ritualised everyday life". Cineuropa. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
- ↑ Strigoli, Fiammetta (15 December 2012). "Fino al 5.1.2013 | Yuri Ancarani, Ricordi per moderni". Exibart (in Italian). Retrieved 20 July 2025.
- ↑ "Da Vinci di Yuri Ancarani da Roma allo schermo dell'arte a Firenze". Indie-eye Cinema (in Italian). 15 November 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
- ↑ Mattioli, Massimo (17 August 2016). "Yuri Ancarani premiato al Festival di Locarno | Artribune". Artribune (in Italian). Retrieved 20 July 2025.
- ↑ Foreman, Liza (7 September 2021). "Italo Helmer Taps into the City's Dreamy Waterscapes and Trap Music to Show the 'Real Venice'". Variety. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
- ↑ Simeone, Mario Francesco (11 March 2023). "Yuri Ancarani, spin-off del dramma lagunare di Daniele". il manifesto (in Italian). Retrieved 4 February 2024.
- ↑ ""Il popolo delle donne. Il film" di Yuri Ancarani - Cinema". Rai Cultura (in Italian). 31 August 2023. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
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