Saturday 17 January

Sala 4

14:00

A workshop to immerse yourself in film music and discover its power!

A soundtrack can completely change the meaning of a scene. It can excite, surprise, twist the meaning of images. It is a fundamental part of every film, often invisible but always present.

In this workshop, participants will explore the world of film music from scratch. After an initial introduction, they will have the opportunity to use musical instruments, synthesizers, iPads and other technologies to compose-along with director and composer Gioacchino Balistreri-a true original soundtrack for a film scene.

During the course there will also be live performances by Gioacchino Balistreri, who will soundtrack live some sequences from the history of cinema, using the same instruments made available to the participants.

An opportunity to approach music from a different, creative and concrete perspective. You will never see a movie with the same eyes again!

Director, soundtrack and stage music composer. He graduated with honors from the Italian conservatory A. Scarlatti, he studied Music for Film at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena, under the guidance of Oscar-winning maestro Luis Bacalov. Among his latest works as a composer is the original music for Klaudia Reynicke's film Reinas , signed with the same director, which was selected by Switzerland for the 2025 Oscar race. The film won the Grand Prix for best film at the Berlinale (Generation Kplus section), Prix du Public UBS at the Locarno Film Festival, best screenplay at the Festival du Cine de Lima and in competition at the Sundance Film Festival 2024. He composed the original music for Nico Bonomolo's short film Maestrale , winner of the David di Donatello 2022 and in the running for the Oscars 2023, the incidental music for Mauro Avogadro's Eichmann. Dove inizia la notte, written by Stefano Massini, starring Ottavia Piccolo and Paolo Pierobon, and Fine pena: ora, written by Paolo Giordano and produced by Teatro Piccolo in Milan. An author of soundtracks for Lucky Red and Tramp Limited productions, he has worked on films that have won major festivals including Giffoni, Taormina Film Fest and Santa Barbara Int. Film Festival. His latest film as director, screenwriter and composer, Jolly, starring Remo Girone and Rosario Tedesco, produced by Lugano-based Central Productions in co-production with RSI, the Federal Office of Culture and Ticino Film Commission, was selected at the Ferrara Film Festival 2024 as best international short film. He wrote, directed and set to music the short film De Angelis, with Giulio Brogi and Vladimir Randazzo, distributed by Premiere Film, for which he won a special mention at the Prato Film Festival 2021. His first work as a director, the documentary Quartamedia, was presented at the Castellinaria Young Film Festival 2018 by Giancarlo Zappoli, director of MyMovies. He leads annual workshops on soundtracks and short film making at the Locarno Film Festival.