Giacomo Campiotti

Born in 1957 in Varese, after his studies in Pedagogy, he works in street theatre directing several shows. He works also as assistant director for Mario Monicelli. His first short films, among which THREE WOMEN, are produced by Ermanno Olmi. In the 80s Giacomo makes videos for RAI programmes such as LE VIE DEL SUCCESSO and TRENT’ANNI DELLA NOSTRA STORIA. His first feature film, SPRING RUN (l.t.) (1990) received the first prize at the GFF 1990. The second film LIKE TWO CROCODILES (1994) is another success. In 1995 Campiotti is a t the GFF as co-ordinator of the young jury. His following films are A TIME TO LOVE (1999), the TV series DOCTOR ZHIVAGO (2002), and the TV movie THE WAR ON THE MOUNTAINS (l.t.) (2006).

Director’s statement

“This is a film I strongly connected with. It is not totally based on my own experience but is surely related to many of my memories. When I was young a friend of mine died when we were on the mountains and I had a handicapped friend who spent the holidays with us: we often took him on our back. It is a film I thought about for thirty years, but never made before now, because I didn’t want it to be too autobiographic. I filtered my memories and my emotions through real young people. We can also say that it is a film about freedom”.