Yuri Ancarani
Born in Ravenna in 1972, he is a visual artist, director and professor of Videoart at the NABA school of Milan and at the ABA school of Ravenna.
His works have been shown in film festivals, exhibitions and national and international museums: MAXXI, Museo Nazionale delle Arti del XXI secolo di Roma, R. Solomon Guggenheim Museum (New York); Prague Biennal 5 (Praga); XIV Biennale Internazionale di Scultura (Carrara); 14 Media Art Biennale Wro (Polonia); Galleria ZERO… (Milano); N.O. Gallery (Milano); GC.AC. Monfalcone (Monfalcone, Gorizia); Fair: Berlin (Berlino); T.I.C.A. (Tirana); La Friche Marseille (Francia); Videoart Yearbook 09; Hot Docs, Canadian International Documentary Festival (Toronto, Canada); Cinema Eye Honors (Museum of Moving Image, New York); IFFR International Film Festival Rotterdam (Rotterdam); 67°e 68°Festival del Cinema di Venezia (La Biennale di Venezia); DocuWest Documentary Film Festival (Colorado); 23rdIDFA International Documentary Film Festival (Amsterdam); SXSW (Houston, Texas); 4thAnn Arbor Film Festival (Michigan); Full Frame Documentary Festival (Dhuram); True/False Film Festival (Columbia); Cinéma du Réel (Centre Pompidou, Parigi).
Selected filmography includes: Piattaforma luna (2011); Il Capo (2010); Made in Italy (2009); In God we Trust (2008); Baal (2007); Sodoma (2006); Andrea Doria (2005).
In 2012 he participated in the first edition of DATABASE with the short film Il Capo, presented at the 67th Venice Festival of Cinema, and granted for screening from June 1st to December 21st 2012 at the Marble Museum of Carrara.
