Lorenzo Gonnelli

Lorenzo Gonnelli, born in 1994 in the province of Grosseto, distinguishes himself as a director, screenwriter and photographer. After graduating with honours in Visual Communication from the European Institute of Design in Milan, he began directing music videos for the Cave Canem record label. These works are selected in several international festivals, including the Toronto International Music Video Festival, Too Drunk To Watch Punk Film Fest in Berlin, Wasteland Film Festival and Moscow Shorts.

In 2017 he worked as an editor on the audiovisual installation ‘SHEEP- SHEEP’ by Antonio D’Addio, presented at the 2017 Venice Art Biennale. Since 2018 he has been actively collaborating with Q2Visual, creating vid- eo mapping shows presented at prestigious events such as Klang in Rome, Sziget Festival and Eurosonic Noorderslag. Between 2019 and 2022, Gonnelli worked as director and editor for Pace Film Co.

in Bristol (UK). In 2023, the screenplay of the short film Catene was selected for major film programmes and festivals, including ShorTS Development & Pitching Training, the Figari Film Festival and the Omla- dinski Film Festival in Sarajevo, also winning the Sentiero Film Lab award. Also in the same year, Gonnelli participated in the Nouvelle Bug Vol.

2 workshop organised by Il Varco, an international residency exploring cin- ema made within video games and with the help of Artificial Intelligence. In 2024 he participates in the ‘Writing for Cinema’ course at Officine (IED), held by Claudio Giovannesi, Doriana Leondeff, Marco Pettenello and Valia Santella. In 2024 he produced and directed the short film Animali Senza Dio (Godless Animal), currently in distribution.

Also in 2024, he presented the photographic project Acciaio during Foco - Exposing Contemporary Photography at the Ma.Co.f Centro della Fotografia Italiana in Brescia, and at the Biennale MArteLive in Rome.