RSA Films has signed Italian director Marco Gentile for representation in the U.S. He was formerly handled by The Institute in the American ad market and continues to be repped in Europe by Filmmaster, Milan and Rome.
Gentile’s breakthrough project was “Life and Roll” for Rolling Stone, a satirical online spot for which he won a Cannes Silver Lion in 2010. Gentile has also shot for global brands including Adidas, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, and Tod’s as well as a series of short films for Sky Atlantic UK.
In 2002 Gentile graduated from Universita Statale of Milan. He then immediately started working on films, garnering the attention of Filmmaster and directing his first music video in 2004. That same year he was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship and completed his Masters in Film and Media Arts at Emerson College in Boston. Gentile blends his background in European filmmaking with his technical approached learned from his American education. He currently works between Europe and Los Angeles as a commercial, music video and docu-series director. Gentile resides in Los Angeles.
RSA is headed by president Jules Daly.
Full Lineup Set For AFI Fest; Official Selections Span 44 Countries, Include 9 Best International Feature Oscar Submissions
The American Film Institute (AFI) has unveiled the full lineup for this year’s AFI Fest, taking place in Los Angeles from October 23-27. Rounding out the slate of already announced titles are such highlights as September 5 directed by Tim Fehlbaum, All We Imagine As Light directed by Payal Kapadia, The Luckiest Man in America directed by Samir Oliveros (AFI Class of 2019), Zurawski v. Texas from executive producers Hillary Clinton, Chelsea Clinton and Jennifer Lawrence and directors Maisie Crow and Abbie Perrault, and Oh, Canada directed by Paul Schrader (AFI Class of 1969). A total of 158 films are set to screen at the 38th edition of AFI Fest.
Of the official selections, 48% are directed by women and non-binary filmmakers and 26% are directed by BIPOC filmmakers.
Additional festival highlights include documentaries Architecton directed by Victor Kossakovsky; Cheech & Chong’s Last Movie directed by David Bushell; Devo directed by Chris Smith about the legendary new wave provocateurs; Gaucho Gaucho directed by Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw; Group Therapy directed by Neil Berkeley with Emmy® winner Neil Patrick Harris and Tig Notaro; No Other Land directed by a Palestinian-Israeli team comprised of Basel Adra, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor and Hamdan Ballal; Pavements directed by Alex Ross Perry; and Separated directed by Errol Morris. Notable narrative titles include Black Dog (Gou Zen) directed by Guan Hu; Bonjour Tristesse directed by Durga Chew-Bose with Academy Award® nominee Chloë Sevigny; Caught By The Tides directed by Jia Zhangke; Hard Truths directed by Mike Leigh with... Read More