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Jonas Carpignano

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Jonas Carpignano

Born January 16, 1984 in New York City, New York, USA8 films

Jonas Carpignano is a filmmaker based in Gioia Tauro. His short films have been shown in film festivals around the world including Venice, Cannes, SXSW and New Directors/New Films. In 2011 his short film A CHJANA, won the Best Short Film at the 68th Venice Film Festival and was awarded a Nastro D’Argento - Special Mention from the Association of Italian Film Critics (SNGCI). His latest short film, YOUNG LIONS OF GYPSY, was part of the Official Selection of the 53rd Critics' Week at Cannes, where it won the Discovery Award. Carpignano was an alum of the 2012 Sundance Screenwriters & Directors Lab, and the recipient Sundance/Mahindra Global Filmmaking Award. In 2012, he was named one of the top 25 new faces in independent film by Filmmaker Magazine. His debut feature film is MEDITERRANEA, selected at La Semaine de la Critique at Cannes IFF.

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The Ciambra posterFirst watchThe Ciambra20177.1Pio Amato, a 14 year-old member of a small Romani community in southern Italian town of Gioia Tauro in Calabria, is in a hurry to grow up.View film

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To Chiara poster6.8To Chiara2021Mediterranea poster6.7Mediterranea2015

Filmography

8 films as director
  1. TBAIsle of SplendorDirector
  2. TBAA SeparationDirector
  3. 2021To ChiaraDirector
  4. 2021A ChiaraDirector
  5. 2017Young Lions of GypsyDirector
  6. 2017The CiambraDirector
  7. 2015MediterraneaDirector
  8. 2011The PlainDirector