Elisabetta Sgarbi stepped into her new role as a director with the video-clip on Mariko Mori, shot in Brooklyn; next up is Hold me tight, hold me tight [Stringimi Stringimi] (15', with Franco Petter, 1999), inspired by a speech on rock and poetry at the University of Vercelli; Anonymus. Hallo? [Anonimo. Rispondere?] (5'29", 1999) was selected for competition at the 17th Torino Film Festival, in the section 'Spazio Italia'; Fla (greenvideo) [Fla (videoverde)] (7'42", with Matteo Bellizzi, 1999), presented at 18th Torino Film Festival and at the Future Film Festival 2001), making of the filmic presentation of the Future Film Festival 2000, produced by Antonio Rezza and Flavia Mastrella; Fragments of a biography for verses and voice [Frammenti di una biografia per versi e voce] (4'20", 1999), with Franco Battiato and Manlio Sgalambro (winner of the Premio Duel Rockumentary at BresciaMusicArt 2000 and of the Premio Videoclip Indipendenti at the Festival delle Etichette Indipendenti 2000 in Faenza, broadcast in fuoriorario - raitre on October 12, 1999);Inside a greenhouse (an Arab struck by west escape) [In serra (un arabo colpito dalla fuga occidentale)] (6'20", 1999), a short occasioned by a Bluevertigo's song; Starless (3'27", 2000), shortlisted at the Festival Internazionale del Film Turistico 2000, a metaphysical short movie shot on Po delta; Thir(s)ty [Se(t)te] (19'30", with Paolo Mosca), shortlisted at the Brooklyn Film Festival 2000, New York, a worked out episodic short; Treasure Island [L'isola del tesoro] (8'50", 2000, filmed with Paolo Mosca in La Isla de la Juventud, shortlisted at Bellaria's film festival, Brooklyn Film Festival 2000, NY, Fano Film Festival 2000, Moliterno in corto, Moliterno (PZ), Cinema Shorts Film Festival, NY); John Richmond doesn't know that (that is to say, the video is missing) [John Richmond non lo sa (ovvero, il video che non c'è)], (11', 2000), backstage of one of "La Sintesi" video-clips; this is my chocky message (10'45", 2000, featuring Chocky and Hanif Kureishi, shortlisted at Cortinametraggio-Festival Internazionale del Cortometraggio 2000, shortlisted at the London Film Festival 2001); A bit more [ancora un po] (10'25", again featuring Paolo Mosca, 2000), shot near the Po delta, where Rezza and Mastrella had previously filmed Murder at Po [Delitto sul Po]; Projeto meninos de luz (10', 2000) docu/me(a)nt centered upon the worldwide famous novelist Paulo Coelho; (not always) merci beaucoup [(non sempre) merci beaucoup] (8'50", 2000), filmed during a live concert of the Sicilian crooner Nicola Arigliano (the short film was broadcast in fuoriorario - raitre on March, 22 2001), shortlisted at Fano Film Festival 2001, winner of Premio Rock Targato Italia 2001 for innovating videoclip direction; The relief and the painful thorn [la consolazione e la spina dolorosa] (7'16", 2001), featuring Manlio Sgalambro (broadcast in Eurovision and world vision in Oui Med, Una notte per il Mediterraneo - raidue on March, 31 2001), shortlisted at Fano Film Festival 2001; alladin flash (-back) (15', 2001), featuring Umberto Eco; Desease [Malattia] (4'36", 2001, videoclip for a song by Castadiva).

In April 2001, on Milan Theatre Strehler's behalf, she performs two theatre shorts for the programme Backstage, taken from Eimuntas Nekrosius' Othello (9'10", 2001) and from Yasmina Reza's Life x three [Tre versioni della vita] (7'55", 2001, directed by Piero Maccarinelli).

In August 2001, she accomplished a documentary entitled Beauties by night [belle di notte] (46'50", 2001): the main character is the director Luciano Emmer in dialogue with the art critic Vittorio Sgarbi on Villa Borghese (the title is itself a homage to Emmer's documentary entitled Beauty by night [Bella di notte]). During the same month, she co-directed with Luciano Emmer a documentary on Balthus entitled nostalgia, produced by Palazzo Grassi and RAI; she also shot a video clip in collaboration with Federico Pizzo entitled Wainer (12'50", 2001) that focuses on the painter Wainer Vaccari.

In 2002 she accomplished The trembling night - Gianfranco Ferroni [La notte che si sposta - Gianfranco Ferroni] (31', March 2002), on Arialdo Ceribelli's request, who looked after his works. The film has been presented during the 59ª Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica Biennale di Venezia, in the section New Territories.
During the same year, she accomplished a short movie using a 35mm film: Rue de Varenne (15', January 2002).

In 2002, Elisabetta Sgarbi also accomplished the back-stage of the film by Luciano Emmer L'acqua...il fuoco together with La conversazione amorosa, featuring Luciano Emmer and the French novelist Alice Ferney.

In 2003, Elisabetta Sgarbi realised Belle di notte - a new version (33' length) of the 2001 nearly (homonymous) film, presented at the Torino Film Festival in 2001, and in the course of the 2002 at the festival Arcipelago as well as at the Premio Libero Bizzarri.
During 2003, Elisabetta Sgarbi accomplished Ghosts of voice, a film focussed on painter Antonio Stagnoli, commissioned by Arialdo Ceribelli.
In 2003, Elisabetta Sgarbi accomplished In Catajo's castle (18', 2003), while in 2004 Palladio – La luce della ragione (60’), with an audio commentary by Vittorio Sgarbi, of which there is a shorter version - not commented - realized for Ville Venete Regional Organization, I tempii del sole, e della luna (30').
In 2003 she realised the second part of the Literary Conversations, Do we know each other?. This time Luciano Emmers talks with Erica Jong
On the occasion of the Mantua Festival 2004, Elisabetta Sgarbi shot the concert Between words and music by Andrea De Carlo.
In 2004 realised Endless Night is Love Betrayal Incest starring Anna Bonaiuto, Laura Morante, Galatea Ranzi, Toni Servillo, distributed by Istituto Luce.
In 2005 she accomplished Two versus One with the writer Corinne Maier, author of the best-seller Bonjour paresse
At the End of 2005 she realises two, Festival di Letteratura e Cinema 2006 - Bologna, with Michael Cunningham and Michel Houellebecq.
In 2006, she accomplished I am going to snow, images of memory, inspired by Luigi Ghirri's photographies, and Appearances - Mathias Gruenewald.
Tresigallo, where the marble is sugar, Festival di Locarno 2006
In the 2006, she shot the sequel of This is my chocky message, titled Watch football together, and A Voyage into the Sea of Truths.
In 2007, The Weeping Statue
In May 2007, from an interpretation by Giovanni Reale of the Spring by Botticelli, Elisabetta Sgarbi shot The Hidden Marriage (20')
In September 2007 she shot Alfa's building stolen to cinema
In 2008, she realizes Don't ask us for words. Il Sacro Monte di Varallo. Coming soon, in 2009, The Last Ascent. The Via Crucis by Beniamino Simoni and La Stanza della Segnatura.
In 2009 she realizes A veil of celestial silk. The Flight of the Kite and she also works on Deserto Rosa. Luigi Ghirri, that has been presented during the 66th Mostra del cinema di Venezia, in the section Horizons.
In 2010 she starts working at the Sanctuary of Mongiovino in Tavernelle for the film The Mother and the Cross. She's also working on Forgetting Tiziano. Girolamo Romanino in Pisogne and Essential phrasebook to go unnoticed in society (working title).

ELISABETTA SGARBI HAS AS WELL STARRED in a number of shorts throughout her cinema career, including Were [Fummo] and the Future Film Festival's filmic presentation, both directed by Antonio Rezza and Flavia Mastrella (1999), Scarp (4'12", 2000) once again by Antonio Rezza, L'isola del tesoro, Motionless [Immoto] (2'30", 1999); besides, she collaborated to the editing of Delitto sul Po, by Antonio Rezza and Flavia Mastrella, a movie (strongly?) encouraged by Elisabetta Sgarbi.
She played also in Luciano Emmer's Water... Fire [L'acqua... il fuoco] (January 2003) and in Perduto Amor, by Franco Battiato (May 2003)

From February 2, at 10.45 pm, the programme in fourteen serials La Milanesiana 2002, on the festival she directed, is broadcasted on Rai Sat show (see Rai Sat Show web site)


To find out more about Elisabetta Sgarbi's shorts, please visit the italian mirror site at the URL: www.elisabettasgarbi.it

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