Antonio La Camera

Known for: Directing

Antonio La Camera was born in Castrovillari, in 1990. After graduating with honors in Cinema and Visual Arts at the Roma Tre University, he attended courses in directing and screenwriting at the film school Sentieri Selvaggi in Rome. His short films "Carne e Polvere", "Il Sogno del Vecchio" e "Nel Ritrovo del Silenzio" have been screened at over 100 international and national festivals including the British Film Institute Future Film Festival (UK), Braunschweig Film Festival (Germany), Ischia Film Festival (Italy), Fabriano Film Fest (Italy), Al-Nahj International Shortfilm Festival (Iraq), CinemAmbiente - Enrivomental Film Festival (Italy), Terre di Cinema - International Cinematographers Days (Italy) and he was among the authors of Italian short films that represented Italy at the RIFF - Russia-Italy Film Festival (Russia). He has won important awards such as the award for best director awarded by the Pázmány Film Festival organized by the Italian Cultural Institute of Budapest and the prize for the best international short film at the Turkish festival Hak-is Short Film Festival. He is the artistic director of the short film distribution company "Gargantua Film Distribution" and the founder and artistic director of the "Castrovillari Film Festival".