SALVATORE ALLOCCA
Salvatore Allocca is a director, producer and screenwriter from Rome. After graduating in Literature and Cinema, in 2006 he founded Vega's Project, a film and television production company. He wrote, directed, edited and produced several short films, music videos and documentaries such as "Negli occhi" (2010), about the life and career of actor Vittorio Mezzogiorno, winner of the Silver Ribbon Award and the Italian Golden Globe for Best Documentary. In the same year, he produced the docu-fiction "L'incantatore di serpenti", "La vita senza freno di Gian Carlo Fusco", in competition at Milan Int. Film Festival. He then directed his first theatrical feature film "How to find the right way the wrong man", released in theatres by the 20th Century Fox in 2011. In 2017, he was in competition at BIF&ST with "Taranta on the Road", his second theatrical feature-film. In the same year, he wrote and directed the short film "La Gamba" ("The leg"), starring Ernesto Mahieux and Nina Senicar, in competition at Cortinametraggio and Milan Int. Film Festival. In 2018, he won the Bando Migrarti with "La Gita" ("The school trip"), winner at the 75th Venice Film Festival and selected at Oscar qualifying Palm Springs and Oberhausen.