Antonio Prata

Producer, Director, Screenwriter

Antonio Prata was born in Zurich in 1972 and lived in Italy until adulthood. He graduated in 2007 from CISA in Lugano, directing the shortfilm IL RESTO DI UNA STORIA, awarded at Doclisboa, the Turin Film Festival, and Visions du Réel. In 2009, he directed L'INVERNO È PIÙ LUNGO, about life in a rehab center. In 2011, he made TERRADENTRO, screened in Turin (2013) and Solothurner Filmtage (2014). In 2019, he directed MONSIEUR PIGEON, shot in Paris and presented at international festivals. Since 2002, he has curated independent film theatre programming in Italian-speaking Switzerland and, since 2016, has directed the Lugano Human Rights Film Festival.

Filmography
(a selection)

Director

2020
Monsieur Pigeon by Antonio Prata
2013
Terradentro by Antonio Prata
2010
L'inverno è più lungo by Antonio Prata
2007
Il resto di una storia by Antonio Prata

Screenwriter

2020
Monsieur Pigeon by Antonio Prata
2013
Terradentro by Antonio Prata

Producer

2024
Poetenleben by Tommaso Donati
2023
Across by Irene Dorigotti
2022
Forma del primo movimento by Tommaso Donati
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