Emanuele Vernillo

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Emanuele Vernillo is Head of the three-year training programme in Creative Documentaries and Arthouse Filmmaking at ZeLIG – School for Documentary in Bolzano, where he has taught since 2010.

He holds a degree in Development Anthropology and graduated in Film Editing from ZeLIG. He has maintained a long-standing collaboration with Italian director Pietro Marcello — working as location sound recordist and head of post-production on The Mouth of the Wolf, as assistant director on The Silence of Pelesjan, and as general organiser on Bella e Perduta — films selected and awarded at the Venice Film Festival, the Berlinale, the Toronto International Film Festival, and the Turin Film Festival, among others. He has also worked with directors such as Abel Ferrara, Alina Marazzi, Stefano Savona, Enrico Oldoini, and Angelo Loy. He serves the Bolzano Film Festival Bozen as print traffic manager and programme assistant and is a member of the European Film Academy.

He has been writing poetry in Italian for some years now. He writes in Italian, at the intersection of image and word, silence and gesture. This space is where that work lives.

Curriculum Vitae

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Education

Master's-level degree in Development Anthropology
Istituto Universitario Orientale - Napoli
2002

Editing Diploma
ZeLIG - School for documentary
2007

Collaborations

HEAD OF THE THREE YEAR TRAINING PROGRAMME
Creative Documentaries
ZeLIG - School for documentary
2025 - ongoing

DIDACTIC TUTOR
ZeLIG - School for documentary
2012 - 2025

ZUSAMMEN DENKEN
Short Film
Editor
2021
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BELLA E PERDUTA
Feature Length Movie by Pietro Marcello
Organiser
2014

Co-founder
AVVENTUROSA
Production Company
2011 - 2013

IL SILENZIO DI PELESJAN
Feature Length Movie by Pietro Marcello
Assistant Director
2011

STUDIO SAHARA
Participatory Video Project in Tata, Morocco
Facilitator
2010
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LA BOCCA DEL LUPO
Feature Length Movie by Pietro Marcello
Sound recordist and Post-production assitant
2009

LA FOCE DELLE NOTIZIE
Participatory Video Project in Tata, Morocco
Facilitator
2009

EUROTEL
Feature Length Movie by GIuseppe Tedeschi
Editor and Sound recordist
2007
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Film Programs

DOC DAY
FAS - Film Association South Tyrol
2023 - ongoing

DOCU.EMME
Centro per la Cultura - Merano
2019 - 2025

IL CINEMA A SCAMPIA
Film Program at GRIDAS - Scampia, Napoli
2003 - 2010

Video / Film Projects

E MO’ E MO’
Music Video
2026
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...E TU SLEGALO SUBITO
Booktrailer
Edizioni alpha beta Verlag
2020
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DETTAGLI INUTILI
Booktrailer
Edizioni alpha beta Verlag
2016
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NON HO L’ARMA CHE UCCIDE IL LEONE
Booktrailer
Edizioni alpha beta Verlag
2013
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IL MATERASSO ANTI-CAMORRA
Social Advertising
Director
2010
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IL CEMENTO DELLA LEGALITÀ
Social Advertising
Director
2010
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LA CITTÀ IMMAGINATA
Short Film
Director
2009
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UN BUIO PERFETTO
Short Film
Director
2009
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UP FROM THE COUNTRY
Short Film (documentary)
Director
2006
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Awards

LA BOCCA DEL LUPO

2009 nov, Torino Film Festival (festival):
Premio Migliore Film Torino 27
Premio Mouse d'Oro

2010 feb, Berlinale (festival):
Caligari-Preis

2010 feb, Teddy Awards (festival):
Bester Dokumentar/Essayfilm

2010 mag, David di Donatello (concorso):
Premio Migliore Documentario

2010 mar, Cinema du Reel (festival):
Prix International de la Scam

2010 giu, Nastri d'Argento (concorso):
Premio Migliore Documentario

2011 mar, Premio Cinema Giovane e Festival delle Opere Prime (festival):
Menzione Speciale della Commissione

2010 nov, Premio Doc/it Professional Award (concorso):
Premio Doc/it Professional Award

2010 ott, ViaEmiliaDocFest (festival):
Premio Doc/it Professional Award

2010 set, Nato Bene (Omaggio a Carmelo Bene) (rassegna):
Premio "Sud del Sud dei Santi" (Pietro Marcello)

2010 lug, Bobbio Film Festival (festival):
Premio Migliore Regia (Pietro Marcello)

2010 lug, Dokufest (festival):
Best International Feature Documentary Award

2010 lug, Ischia Film Festival (festival):
Menzione Speciale della Giuria

2010 apr, BAFICI - Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente (festival):
Premio Especial del Jurado

2010 apr, Bolzano Film Festival Bozen (festival):
Premio "Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Bolzano" Migliore Documentario

2010 gen, BIF&ST - Bari International Film&Tv Festival (festival):
Premio "Vittorio De Seta" Miglior Documentario

2010 mar, Terra di Cinema - Festival de Tremblay-en-France (festival):
Mention SpÃ©ciale Documentaire

2009 nov, FilmMaker Festival (festival):
Premio FNAC della Giuria dei Giovani

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Emanuele Vernillo bio Music Video — E MO’ E MO’ Poem 01 — OLTRE L’EMPIREO Poem 02 — IL PASTORELLO Poem 03 — IL TUO VOLTO Poem 04 — USCIO DI MARMO Poem 05 — HANNO GONFIATO GLI OCCHI

Emanuele Vernillo
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Music Video — E MO’ E MO’
Poem 01 — OLTRE L’EMPIREO
Poem 02 — IL PASTORELLO
Poem 03 — IL TUO VOLTO
Poem 04 — USCIO DI MARMO
Poem 05 — HANNO GONFIATO GLI OCCHI