Ernesto Maria CENSORI
He began his career working on film sets in the directing department, went on to win Best Film at Rome for his short Il Passaggio (2016) through the 48 Hour Film Project, and received the Best Screenplay award in the HP Master of Short Film Competition at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival for the co-written short Feel Like Sharing? (2017). From 2017 to 2019, he studied directing at Rome′s Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, where he made eight shorts, a documentary, and three music videos; his short Red Paint (2019), made in collaboration with Campari, premiered at the Campari Lounge on the Venice Lido during the 2020 Venice International Film Festival. After serving as a directing intern on Daniele Luchetti′s Lacci (2020), he drew wider attention with the short Ninnaò (2020), which won awards at numerous festivals in Italy and abroad. His feature debut, Deep Blue, brings together the directorial skill he built across shorts and documentaries into his first full-length work.
据釜山国际电影节 2026，第 31 届
