Masterclass with Daniele Ciprì
From 16mm film, hand-scratched and blown up to 35mm, to ultra-high-definition digital; from natural imagination to Artificial Intelligence as a tool to play with, explore, and challenge. An unmissable encounter with an original filmmaker and one of the most inventive cinematographers working today.
Renowned Director of Photography and Filmmaker Daniele Ciprì will lead a masterclass on October 9 at the House of Film in Gorizia. He began his career using low-budget and simple cameras and later progressed to major projects with prominent directors such as Marco Bellocchio and other international productions. In these projects, he works according to the highest technological standards for directors of photography. During the masterclass, he will discuss how the work of a director of photography adapts to new technology, including the use of artificial intelligence.
Attendance at the event is free of charge. The event will be conducted in English.
Applications for the masterclass here.
In collaboration with the festival Le Giornate della Luce from Spilimbergo.
Biography
Daniele Ciprì (born in Palermo, Sicily in 1962) is an Italian film director and cinematographer. He made his debut in the late 1980s with a boldly original television series Cinico TV which was created in collaboration with Franco Maresco. In the early 1990s, the series gained incredible popularity, which might seem rather paradoxical since the series was, in fact, experimental and highly irreverent. Thanks to the success of their television work, Ciprì and Maresco entered the film industry, creating films such as The Uncle from Brooklyn (Lo zio di Brooklyn, 1995), Totò Who Lived Twice (Totò che visse due volte, 1998 – a film that sparked censorship controversies as those seen during the release of Last Tango in Paris), The Return of Cagliostro (Il ritorno di Cagliostro, 2003), and How We Got the Italian Movie Business Into Trouble (Come inguaiammo il cinema italiano, 2004). After the acclaimed duo split, Ciprì continued his solo directing career and presented his first feature film It Was the Son (È stato il figlio, 2012) at the Venice Film Festival. The comedy, made in the Italian-style tradition of Monicelli, starred Toni Servillo. At the same time, he was extensively engaged in cinematography, becoming one of the best directors of photography in Italy. Marco Bellocchio himself invited him to collaborate on Vincere!, and on all of his later films. Daniele Ciprì also teaches in film schools and supports with dedication numerous young filmmakers.
The event is part of the GO! STUDIO project, co-financed by the European Union through the Small Projects Fund GO! 2025 of the Interreg VI-A Italy–Slovenia 2021–2027 programme, managed by EGTC GO, and included in the official programme of the European Capital of Culture GO! 2025.