SANDBOY
(To view full length video please email colonna.vittoria@gmail.com.)
Qualified for a 2015 Oscar nomination for short live action film.
Writer / Director / Producer
SANDBOY 2014 -Short Feature. Underground Films
Winner Best Short Film, Moondance International Film Festival 2015
Winner Best Film Score, Moondance International Film Festival -USA 2015
Winner Best Actress, Moondance International Film Festival -USA 2015
Winner Best Actress in a short Film, NYCIFF (New York International Film Festival) - USA 2015
4 QUEENS (4 BHANRÍON)
Story & Director
4 BHANRÍON (4 QUEENS) 2013 -Short Feature. Underground Films, TG4, Filmbase
Winner Best Short Narrative Film, Moondance International Film Festival 2013
Winner Best Short Narrative Film, Babel Film Festival, Italy 2013
Official Selection Irish Film Festival London 2015
Official Selection Cellu L'Art Germany 2015
Official Selection Baton Rouge Irish Film Festival 2014
Official Selection DIFF Dublin International Film Festival 2014
Official Selection Galway Film Fleadh 2013
Official Selection LA Indie Film Festival 2013
Official Selection WIF International Festival 2013
FOUR - SIDED
Writer & Director
www.afoursidedbedfilm.com
Short Film Recognition 2023
FOUR-SIDED
Short Film; recognized at sixteen 2019-2023 Festivals and Competitions
**2023 FilmHaus (Berlin); Winner, Best Queer Film; Finalist for Best Short Film
**2023 Magma Film Festival (Madrid); Winner, Best Narrative Short Film; Finalist for
Best Film Score
**2023 Sensai Film Festival (Tokyo); Winner, Best Queer Narrative Film; Finalist for
Best Short Film
**2023 Sydney World Film Festival; Official Selection, 2023
**2023 Paris Awards International Film Festival; Official Selection, 2023
**2023 Lonely Wolf International Film Festival; Finalist, 2023
**2023 Magic of Cinema (Barcelona); OfficialSelection
**That Film Festival- Cannes; Official Selection; Screened in Cannes; 2019
**Independent Shorts Awards: three Awards:
Gold Award: Best Romance; Silver Awards: Best LGBT & Best Experimental Short
**ShanghaiPRIDE Film Festival, Finalist, 2019
**Massachusetts Independent Film Festival, Official Selection; 2019
**The Chi-Town Multicultural Film Festival, Official Selection; 2019 in Chicago
**Reel Q Pittsburgh LGBTQ+ Film Festival; Official Selection, 2019
**Vegas Movie Awards, 2019; Official Selection/ Winner: Excellence Award for Best
Experimental Short and Prestige Award for Best Narrative Short
**BLOW-UP International Arthouse FILM FEST 2019; Semi-Finalist
**Moondance International Film Festival, Finalist, Best Short Film, 2019
The short film FOUR-SIDED has won multiple awards, most recently in 2023, and has
screened at over a dozen film festivals, including Massachusetts Independent Film
Festival and at International festivals in Cannes, Barcelona, Berlin, Shanghai, Sydney,
Tokyo and Paris.
A FOUR-SIDED BED (Feature Script)
Script Recognized at 18 Festivals/ Competitions:
**Hollywood Boulevard Film Festival- 2019 Winner of Best Dramatic Screenplay
**International Independent Film Awards- 2019 Diamond Winner for Best Feature Screenplay
**Los Angeles Film Awards- 2019 Winner of Best Romance Screenplay
**Festivious International Film Festival, Los Angeles- 2019 Winner of Best First Feature Screenplay
**Austin Revolution Film Festival- Official Selection
**Indie Visions Film Festival: Finalist
**Woods Hole International Film Festival (previous version of script)- Winner of Best Romance
**Reel HeART International Film & Screenplay Festival in Toronto, 2019- Best Feature Screenplay:Second Prize
**California Women's Film Festival, Summer 2019- Finalist in Feature Screenplay Competition
**Filmmatic Drama Screenplay Awards- Finalist, 2019
**Top Indie Films, Screenplay Finalist, 2019
**Colorado International Film Festival, Honorable Mention, 2019
**Los Angeles Film & Script Festival- Finalist in Spring, 2019
**Script Summit Festival in Las Vegas- Finalist, Spring 2019
**American International Film competition (previous version of script)- Winner of Best Feature Screenplay
**LGBT Toronto Film Festival, 2019-- Script selected for a 'Best Scenes' reading at the 2019 festival
**Northeast Film Festival- Finalist 2020
**Massachusetts Independent Film Festival- Finalist 2020
Tamara
WRITER- DIRECTOR
*IN DEVELOPMENT with Screen Ireland, Film Fund Luxembourg, DEAL Productions, Zanzibar Films, Martin Brown Films, ICG and The Tamara de Lempicka Estate 2022
SELECTED CREDITS
“...One of the top ten female filmmakers to look out for...” Aesthetica Magazine Blog
“...Vittoria is a visionary director with a great sense of drama...” Jim Sheridan (6 time Oscar nominated Film Director)
“...The tenderness, almost love, she shows towards these misfits turned the film into a triumph...” Helen Lucy Burke on Identities (Irish Film and Literary Critic
World Women Hour 2020 honouree #Shesmyhero for empowering change through her work in the arts and entertainment.
WINNER Best Experimental short & Best Romantic short Gold Awards - Best LGBTQ Short Silver Award - Independent Short Awards - USA 2019
WINNER Best Actress in a Short Film - New York City International Film Festival - USA 2015
WINNER Best Film - Moondance International Film Festival -USA 2015
WINNER Best Actress - Moondance International Film Festival -USA 2015
WINNER Best Film Score- Moondance International Film Festival -USA 2015
WINNER Babel Film Festival - Italy 2013
WINNER Moondance International Film Festival - USA 2013
WINNER Best music Video Award - The Los Angeles Film and Script Festival - USA 2012
WINNER Golden Palm Award - Mexico International Film Festival - USA 2012
WINNER Golden Ace Award - The Las Vegas International Film Festival - USA 2012
WINNER Best Film - The Irish Council of Civil Liberties (ICCL) Human Rights Film Award - IRL 2009
WINNER Best Documentary Film Award - The Gaze Film Festival - IRL 2009
WINNER Best Styled Video - Irish Music Television (IMTV) Awards - IRL 2009
NOMINATED Best Comedy: Fastnet Short Film Festival - IRL 2014
NOMINATED Music Song/ Indie Short: The Hollywood Music in Media Awards - USA 2012
NOMINATED Best Music Video: (LIFF) London Independent Film Festival - UK 2012
NOMINATED NXNE Festival - Canada 2012
NOMINATED Best Music Video: ASFF Aesthetica Film Festival - UK 2012
NOMINATED Best Music Video: Rincón International Film Festival, Puerto Rico - USA 2012
NOMINATED Best Music Video: Other Venice Film Festival - USA 2012
NOMINATED Sexiest Video: Irish Music Television (IMTV) Awards - IRL 2011
NOMINATEDBest Styled Video: Irish Music Television (IMTV) Awards - IRL 2011
NOMINATED Best Video: Underground Short Film Festival - IRL 2011
NOMINATED Rising Star Award: Bray Music Video Festival - IRL 2010
NOMINATED Best Video: Bray MVF - IRL 2010
NOMINATED Best-Shot Video: Bray MVF - IRL 2010
NOMINATED Best Factual Single Documentary: Celtic Media Awards - IRL 2010
NOMINATED European Short Debut: Era New Horizons, IFF - Poland 2010
NOMINATED Best Original Work /International Investigation: Rome Independent Film Festival - ITA 2010
NOMINATED Best Female Solo Video: Irish Music Television (IMTV) Award - IRL 2009
additional CREDITS
*Shadow Director under Paolo Sorrentino THE YOUNG POPE (Sky Atlantic, HBO, and Canal+) 2016
*Shadow Director under Stephen St Ledger THE VIKINGS (History Channel) 2018
Writer / Director / Producer KAY 2012 Short Doc. Paintedfilms
Director FASHION LOOK BOOK MIKO SPINELLI 2012 Miko Spinelli
Writer / Director / Producer L'ULTIMO GIORNO D'ESTATE (Last Day of Summer) 2011- Short Doc Paintedfilms
Writer / Director / Producer NUN 2005 short feature. AB UNO Productions
1st Assistant Director - SOCIETY KILLERS, Feature Film, MMD PRODUCTIONS, Ireland (2005)
1st Assistant Director - THE FUTURE RUNS IN INDIA, Six part Documentary, R.A.I Television, DEVI PRODUCTIONS, India (2006)
1st Assistant Director - THE ORANGE short film, ODI Productions & KUBLAI FILM, Italy (2006)
2nd Assistant Director - CONNOLLY’S DAUGHTER, 4 mins, music video for PZAZZ, RASCAL FILMS, Ireland (2006)
Art Director - THE LAST CIGARETTE 3 mins, short film, FILMBASE, Ireland (2005)
Asst. Production Designer – EGG 5 mins, short film, AKAJAVA PRODUCTIONS, Ireland (2005) Sound Supervisor - WHAT IF - Pilot T.V Series (Featuring John Boorman & Jim Sheridan) BOOTLEG PRODUCTIONS, Ireland (2005)
Lighting & photography – GONE 6 mins, short film, FILMBASE, Ireland (2005)
Actors Assistant – PANDORA Short Feature, TG4 & SQUINT PRODUCTIONS, Ireland (2005)
ACTING EXPERIENCE
-Young wife, MY HOUSE IN UMBRIA (2002) Feature Film
-Amy, SOCIETY KILLERS (2005) Feature Film
-Peasant, KING ARTHUR (2003) Feature Film
-Irish Mary, GANGS OF NEW YORK (2000) Feature Film
Numerous Acting roles in Theatre and Musical Productions.
EDUCATION
X - Pollinator - Selected Directors Workshop, Dublin 2019 Directing Workshop Mark Travis, Los Angeles 2017 Final Cut Editing, Irish Film Academy, Dublin 2006
Screen Writing, Irish Film Academy, Dublin 2006
Film Foundation Course, Filmbase, Dublin, Ireland 2005 Gaiety School of Acting, Dublin, Ireland 2002-2004 L'Accademia di Belle Arti, Rome, Italy 2000-2002
Journalist for FILM IRELAND magazine (2005)
CORN EXCHANGE, Dublin 2005
S.I.T.I Theatre Company, Dublin 2004
R.A.D.A, London 2002
T.S.D Think Shoot Distribute/BFI/ London Film Festival 2011 FAS- Ted Hope & Christine Vachon Masterclass 2011
FAS- Dearbhla Walsh Masterclass 2011
FAS- Stephen Daldry Masterclass 2010
FAS- Adaption or anatomy of a screenplay 2010
FAS- Robbie Ryan Cinematography workshop 2009
FAS- Block Buster and script Analysis 2009
FAS- Mark Romanek Masterclass 2009
FAS- Mark Travis workshops 2009
FAS- Mike Leigh Masterclass 2008
FAS- Nicolas Philibert Masterclass 2008
FAS- Catalyst Project 2007
LANGUAGES - ENGLISH & ITALIAN