Bio:

Sandro Del Rosario is from Pescara, Italy and, after receiving his BFA in Graphic Design from I.S.I.A., Urbino, worked as a graphic and interactive designer in Bologna, Milan, and Florence. In 1998, Sandro was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship and received his MFA in Film/Video with an emphasis in “Experimental Animation” from the California Institute of Arts in Valencia, CA. His 16mm, animated film “L.City” has been exhibited worldwide, including the MOMA, New York (2006), the London Film Festival (2004), and the Annecy Animation Festival (2002), and it’s published in DVD collection by Rattapallax. Awards include a Jury Award for Best Italian Short at Imaginale, Goethe Institute – Rome 2004, first prize Sonar Film Festival and La Tarantola Festival in Italy, the Kodak Prize for Best Cinematography at Siena International Film Festival and JuryAward at NYExpo Film Festival in 2003.
In 2003, Sandro was also selected as a participant for the Berlinale Talent Campus in Berlin and he began to work on a new film in 2005, thanks to a Fellowship from the Bogliasco Foundation. Since then he has been hosted with his work in progress from “Lo Sguardo Italiano” (The Italian Gaze) twice at the prestigious McDowell Colony, NH (2005, 2007), twice at Yaddo, NY (2006), at Djerassi, CA (2007), and back at Bogliasco, Italy (2007). “Lo Sguardo Italiano” is an experimental 16mm animation film-in-progress that explores cultural identity and memory, and his currently fiscally sponsored by the New York Foundation for the Arts. Since June 2006, Sandro has been engaged in a series of workshops as a Visiting Artist at community-based arts organizations across the US. At Platteforum in Denver, in the Town of Breckenridge, Colorado, and in Peterborough, New Hampshire, Sandro worked with students to create experimental animated films about their home, place and cultural identity.
His video-installation work is currently represented by Eileen Braziel Fine Art, in Santa Fe, New Mexico.


Filmography/Awards Info:

2002 L.City, 16mm, b/w, 8min. (animation with photo cut-out, lights and shadow)
1999 Train, video 3/4", 1min.12sec. (animation with oil painted xeroxed copies)
1999 Travel, video 3/4", 1min. (animation with charcoal on paper)


for "L.City", 16mm b/w film, 8’, Exp. Animation with photo-cut out, USA

2007
Sadho Seven Award at the Sadho Poetry Film Festival, Dehli, India, Oct 2007
2006
Published in a DVD anothology of film and contemporary work, by Rattapallax, New York.
2004
Prize "Panorama Italiano" at SonarFilmFestival, Lastra a Signa (FI), Italy
Jury Award for Best Italian short at Immaginale, German-Italian Short Film Festival, Roma, Italy
Shortvillage award for Best Italian short at URBANISLAND, Intern. Shortfilm Competition, Roma, Italy
Premio La Tarantola for Best Animation Film - ShortFilmFestival Pergola (PU), Italy,
2003
1º Prize at Inventa un film, International Film Festival Lenola, Lenola (LT), Italy
Kodak Prize For Best Photography at Siena Intern. Shortfilm Festival, Siena, Italy
2002
Premio Artecolica – Venice Circuito OFF, Venezia, Italy
Jury Award at New York Film Expo, New York, USA

for "Train", video 3/4", color, 1’ 12”, Exp. Animation with oil painted photo, USA

2003
Selected for Berlinale Talent Campus, Berlin, Germany

1999
Jury Award at the New York Expo-Film Festival, New York, USA
Finalist at the NextFrame Film Festival, Philadelphia, PA, USA



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L.City directed by Sandro Del Rosario USA, Animation, 2002, 16mm, B&W, Optical Monaural, 00:08:00 A man remembers the woman who left him alone, in the city they loved each other …Writing a poem is like bringing a new life to memories of love. Exterior atmosphere of the city, weather and sound reflect an ... more info

Compilations containing L.City
	Independent Exposure Exhibition Monument Recall (MC-309) Public Memory and Public Spaces	2004	Program available for theatrical exhibition

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Screening History
L.City
Venue/Organization	City	Country	Date
Central Cinema	Seattle	USA	2007-03-14	Event Details
Axiom Theatre	Houston	USA	2005-02-04	Event Details
SF Camerawork	San Francisco	USA	2004-11-09	Event Details

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