Biography of Soldini Silvio

Silvio Soldini was born in 1958 in Milan, where he enrolled at the University to study political science. At the age of 21 he abandoned his studies and travelled to New York to attend a cinema course.
After directing several short films (including Drimage), he returned to Milan and in 1983 filmed Paesaggio con figure, his first 16 mm medium-length feature film, which he presented at a number of festivals including Locarno and Bellaria.
In 1985, he began his documentary activities with Voci celate. The same year he created a splendid female portrait in Giulia in ottobre, a medium-length film that won the first prize at Bellaria.
Soldini made his full-length film debut with The Peaceful Air of the West (L’aria serena dell’ovest) in 1989. The film, presented in the official selection at Locarno, won major awards at various international film festivals.
In 1993 he repeated this success with A Soul Split in Two (Un’anima divisa in due), presented in competition at the Venice Film Festival, where the lead actor Fabrizio Bentivoglio won the Volpi Cup for best actor. In 1997 he directed Le acrobate, which again won major awards and was presented in competition at Locarno.

Biography of Soldini Silvio

Silvio Soldini was born in 1958 in Milan, where he enrolled at the University to study political science. At the age of 21 he abandoned his studies and travelled to New York to attend a cinema course.
After directing several short films (including Drimage), he returned to Milan and in 1983 filmed Paesaggio con figure, his first 16 mm medium-length feature film, which he presented at a number of festivals including Locarno and Bellaria.
In 1985, he began his documentary activities with Voci celate. The same year he created a splendid female portrait in Giulia in ottobre, a medium-length film that won the first prize at Bellaria.
Soldini made his full-length film debut with The Peaceful Air of the West (L’aria serena dell’ovest) in 1989. The film, presented in the official selection at Locarno, won major awards at various international film festivals.
In 1993 he repeated this success with A Soul Split in Two (Un’anima divisa in due), presented in competition at the Venice Film Festival, where the lead actor Fabrizio Bentivoglio won the Volpi Cup for best actor. In 1997 he directed Le acrobate, which again won major awards and was presented in competition at Locarno.