{"id":287,"date":"2021-11-23T11:09:51","date_gmt":"2021-11-23T10:09:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.melazzini.com\/en\/?page_id=287"},"modified":"2026-10-07T15:38:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T13:38:15","slug":"directing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.melazzini.com\/en\/directing\/","title":{"rendered":"DIRECTING"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style>.mz-tr{position:relative;width:100%;aspect-ratio:16\/9;margin:.2em 0 1.8em;background:#000;border-radius:6px;overflow:hidden}.mz-tr button{all:unset;cursor:pointer;display:block;width:100%;height:100%;position:relative}.mz-tr img{width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;display:block;margin:0}.mz-tr .mz-pl{position:absolute;left:50%;top:50%;width:68px;height:48px;margin:-24px 0 0 -34px;background:rgba(0,0,0,.72);border-radius:12px;transition:background .15s}.mz-tr .mz-pl:after{content:\"\";position:absolute;left:27px;top:14px;border-style:solid;border-width:10px 0 10px 17px;border-color:transparent transparent transparent #fff}.mz-tr button:hover .mz-pl,.mz-tr button:focus-visible .mz-pl{background:#c4302b}.mz-tr iframe{width:100%;height:100%;border:0;display:block}.mz-tr-note{font-size:.85em;opacity:.75}.mz-tr .mz-cap{position:absolute;left:0;right:0;bottom:0;padding:1.6em .8em .45em;font-size:.72em;line-height:1.3;color:#fff;text-align:left;background:linear-gradient(rgba(0,0,0,0),rgba(0,0,0,.72));pointer-events:none}<\/style>\n<script nowprocket>document.addEventListener('click',function(e){var b=e.target.closest&&e.target.closest('.mz-tr button');if(!b)return;e.preventDefault();var d=b.parentNode,y=d.getAttribute('data-yt'),v=d.getAttribute('data-vimeo');var f=document.createElement('iframe');f.src=y?'https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/'+y+'?autoplay=1&rel=0':'https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/'+v+'?autoplay=1&dnt=1'+(d.getAttribute('data-h')?'&h='+d.getAttribute('data-h'):'');f.setAttribute('allow','autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; encrypted-media');f.setAttribute('allowfullscreen','');f.title=b.getAttribute('aria-label');d.innerHTML='';d.appendChild(f);});<\/script>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I direct and produce documentaries. I am drawn to stories that cross boundaries: between Italy and Germany, between high and popular culture, between memory and the present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I started in 2011 with <a href=\"https:\/\/alpenway.com\/en\/monacoitalia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Munich, Italy<\/em><\/a>, about Italians in Bavaria. Other films I have directed:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mz-tr-note wp-block-paragraph\">The trailers load from YouTube or Vimeo only when you play them: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.melazzini.com\/en\/privacy\/\">privacy policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpenway.com\/en\/crespi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Crespi d&#8217;Adda. Utopia of Work<\/em><\/a> (2025): the workers\u2019 village, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and the industrial dream that built it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"mz-tr\" data-yt=\"9GYHluJ9xh4\"><button type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Play the trailer for Crespi d'Adda. Utopia of Work (loads from YouTube)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.melazzini.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/trailer-crespi-en.jpg\" alt=\"Trailer for Crespi d'Adda. Utopia of Work\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\"><span class=\"mz-pl\"><\/span><span class=\"mz-cap\">Clicking loads the video from YouTube<\/span><\/button><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpenway.com\/en\/italosvevo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Italo Svevo. Secret Writing in Trieste<\/em><\/a> (2024): the writer who worked in industry and wrote in secret.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"mz-tr\" data-yt=\"MHGklkbAIoE\"><button type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Play the trailer for Italo Svevo. Secret Writing in Trieste (loads from YouTube)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.melazzini.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/trailer-italosvevo-en.jpg\" alt=\"Trailer for Italo Svevo. Secret Writing in Trieste\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\"><span class=\"mz-pl\"><\/span><span class=\"mz-cap\">Clicking loads the video from YouTube<\/span><\/button><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpenway.com\/en\/italodisco\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Italo Disco. The sparkling sound of the 80s<\/em><\/a> (2021): the music Italy looked down on and Europe danced to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"mz-tr\" data-yt=\"aJ1Z2NSccxA\"><button type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Play the trailer for Italo Disco. The sparkling sound of the 80s (loads from YouTube)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.melazzini.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/trailer-italodisco-en.jpg\" alt=\"Trailer for Italo Disco. The sparkling sound of the 80s\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\"><span class=\"mz-pl\"><\/span><span class=\"mz-cap\">Clicking loads the video from YouTube<\/span><\/button><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/telekult.de\/en\/filme\/the-legacy-of-the-cistercians-italy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>The legacy of the Cistercians: Italy<\/em><\/a> (2019): the abbeys of Casamari and Fossanova and what the Cistercian monks left to Italy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"mz-tr\" data-yt=\"N6GYAEkRgHU\"><button type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Play an excerpt from The legacy of the Cistercians: Italy, in German (loads from YouTube)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.melazzini.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/estratto-cistercensi-en.jpg\" alt=\"Excerpt from The legacy of the Cistercians: Italy\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\"><span class=\"mz-pl\"><\/span><span class=\"mz-cap\">An excerpt from the film. Clicking loads the video from YouTube<\/span><\/button><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpenway.com\/en\/cicciolina\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>La Cicciolina. Godmother of Scandal<\/em><\/a> (2016): Ilona Staller, between adult cinema, the Italian Parliament and the art of Jeff Koons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"mz-tr\" data-vimeo=\"642969527\"><button type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Play the trailer for La Cicciolina. Godmother of Scandal (loads from Vimeo)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.melazzini.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/trailer-cicciolina-en.jpg\" alt=\"Trailer for La Cicciolina. Godmother of Scandal\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\"><span class=\"mz-pl\"><\/span><span class=\"mz-cap\">Clicking loads the video from Vimeo<\/span><\/button><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpenway.com\/en\/stelvio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Stelvio. Crossroads of Peace<\/em><\/a> (2014): the Alpine pass, its First World War history and its sporting legacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"mz-tr\" data-yt=\"NFNll2OM2U4\"><button type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Play the trailer for Stelvio. Crossroads of Peace (loads from YouTube)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.melazzini.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/trailer-stelvio-en.jpg\" alt=\"Trailer for Stelvio. 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