Luca Cioci is an Italian filmmaker and visual artist. His interests center around investigating temporarily occupied spaces, observing patterns from multiple perspectives in the raw form of actions and interactions, and projecting these recurrences into perpetual motion.
Luca's practice is grounded in exploring cinematography applied to analog animation techniques such as stop motion. By operating within the medium's tangible qualities and physical limitations, Luca explores the malleability of images and motion by manipulating light, frame-by-frame workflows, and tailoring the textural properties of materials.
Luca's work questions the accessibility, function, and derivative design of utilitarian assets, gravitating toward the destructive properties of contemporary social conventions.
In his recent projects, Luca fabricates and animates mundane objects, service and transit facilities, and inclusive technology components that actively shape social interactions and experiences in modern society.
Luca is currently based in Los Angeles.
Screenings
2023
ASIFA Hollywood, Online—Best Short of the Month
2021
Athens International Film and Video Festival, Athens, OH
Twin Tiers International Film Festival, Endicott, NY
Forwardian Film Festival, Online
Blacksphere Festival, Javorník, Czech Republic
2020
Director Notes, Online
Switzerland International Film Festival (SIFF), Aubonne, Switzerland
Flathead Lake International Cinemafest, Polson, MT--Best Animated, Finalist
Care Awards, North Miami, FL--Finalist
Stop Motion Film Festival, Mexico City, MX
RiverRun International Film Festival, Winston-Salem, NC
Reel 2 Real International Film Festival, Vancouver, BC
MiraBan UK Film Awards, London, UK
Tbilisi International Animation Festival (TIAF), Tbilisi, Georgia
Berlin Revolution Film Festival, Berlin, Germany
Santa Fe Film Festival, Santa Fe, NM
Boston Underground Film Festival, Boston, MA
International Student Animation Film Festival Animafantasia, Iassy, Romania
PARTICLE + WAVE Media Arts Festival, Calgary, Alberta
CineEco, Seia, Portugal, 2019-2020
Big Shoulders Film Festival, Chicago, IL
2019 Maryland Film Festival, Baltimore, MD Stockholm Animation and Experimental Film Festival (SEAFF), Stockholm, Sweden—Best Animated Film London International Animation Festival (LIAF), London, UK Black Maria Film Festival, Hoboken, NJ, 2019—Jury’s Choice Award ANIMAC, Lleida, Spain Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA), Beijing, China Fest Anča International Animation Festival, Zilina, Slovakia 14th Athens Animfest, Athens, Greece FlatPack Festival, Birmingham, UK Festival Stop Motion Montréal, Montreal, Québec REDCAT - Experimental Animation Showcase, Los Angeles, CA, 2018, 2019 Fantastic Film Fest, Austin, TX Big Muddy Film Festival, Carbondale, IL International Film Festival Etiuda&Anima, Kraków, Poland ASIFA SF, San Francisco, CA San Diego Underground Film Festival, San Diego, CA ReAnimania, Yerevan, Armenia International film festival of Larissa, Larissa, Greece Cambodia International Film Festival, Phnom Penh, Cambodia SFAAF - South Film and Arts Academy Festival, Rancagua, Chile—Best Student Film Five Continents International Film Festival, Puerto la Cruz, Venezuela—Best Student Short Film The South African Independent Film Festival, Cape Town, South Africa—Best Short Film Twister Alley International Film Festival, Woodward, OK—Best Strange Batch Short LA Festival of Cinema, Los Angeles, CA—Best Experimental Scandinavian International Film Festival, Helsinki , Finland—Best Experimental Rockport Film Festival, Rockport, TX—Best Animation Fargo Film Festival, Fargo, ND—Honorable Mention (experimental animation) Fresh Stream Film Festival, Online—Special Mention Humboldt Int'l Film Fest, Arcata, CA—Finalist Galacticat, Penelles, Spain—Finalist Square Lake Film & Music Festival, Stillwater, MN—Finalist 6° Firenze FilmCorti International Festival, Firenze, Italy—Finalist Berlin Motion Picture Festival, Berlin, Germany—Finalist indiefilmTO Festival, Toronto, Ontario—Finalist Crystal Palace International Film Festival, London, UK Eurasia International Monthly Film Festival, Moscow, Russia Los Angeles CineFest, Los Angeles, CA Motion For Pictures, Cary, NC Capital Filmmakers Festival Budapest, Budapest, Hungary Lisbon Film Rendezvous, Lisbon, Portugal Australia Independent Film Festival (AIFF), Bowen Hills, Australia I Filmmaker International Film Festival, Palamós, Spain Filmfest Dresden, Dresden, Germany Festival Internacional de Cine Guanajuato, San Miguel de Allende - Guanajuato, Mexico Guam International Film Festival, Online Independent Shorts Awards, Los Angeles, CA Chambal International Film Festival, Mumbai, india Animation Marathon, Athens, Greece International Motion Festival, Engomi, Cyprus 6 on Nebraska, Cape Town, South Africa MalatestaShort Film Festival, Cesena, Italy Indie Best Films Festival, Santa Monica, CA Short to the Point, Bucharest, Romania Ocean City Film Festival, Ocean City, MD GardenCity International Film Festival, Bangalore, India Phenicien International Film Festival, Lyon, France Magnolia Independent Film Festival, Starkville, MS Speechless Film Festival, Mankato, MN ClujShorts International Short Film Festival, Cluj-Napoca, Romania Arc Film Festival, Mainz, Germany Milkbusch Short Film Festival, Cape Town, South Africa Tapas Film Festival, Allahabad, India Festival Internacional de Cine de Yécora, Yécora, Mexico Phenicien International Film Festival, Lyon, France UPIKE Film & Media Arts Festival, Pikeville, KY Pune Short Film Festival, Pune, India Tarpon Arts Film Festival, Tarpon Springs, FL KinoDUEL International Film Festival, Moscow, Russia East Van Showcase, Vancouver, BC Bucharest ShortCut Cinefest, Bucharest, Romania La Guarimba, Amantea, Italy Tokyo Lift-Off Film Festival, Online Comic-Con International Independent Film Festival, San Diego, CA Busho, Budapest, Hungary R.E.D. International Film Festival (RIFF), Eina, Norway Dallas Medianale, Dallas, TX International Short Film Festival Beveren, Beveren, Belgium Bogotá Experimental Film Festival / CineAutopsia, Bogotá, Colombia Mirror Mountain Film Festival, Ottawa, Ontario Dallas Medianale, Dallas, TX Canaltown Moving Movie Festival, Honesdale, PA Social Machinery Film Festival, Rizziconi, Italy Toronto Lift-Off Film Festival, Online Los Angeles San Rafael Film Festival (LASR), Los Angeles, CA Euroshorts Young Filmmakers, Warsaw, Poland SHIFT Film Festival, Heerlen, Netherlands CinemawaY, Lviv, Ukraine Bali International Film Festival, Sanur, Bali Bolton International Film Festival, Bolton, UK Ridgefield Independent Film Festival (RIFF), Ridgefield, CT Huntington Beach Film Festival, Huntington Beach, CA Fayetteville Film Fest, Fayetteville, AR South Dakota Film Festival, Aberdeen, SD Mill Valley Film Festival, San Rafael, CA Pentedattilo Film Festival, Reggio Calabria, Italy Wigan & Leigh Film Festival, Leigh, UK 401 Film Fest, Warren, RI Trujillo International Independent Film Festival, Trujillo, Peru Animation Chico Film Festival, Chico, CA Route 66 Film Festival, Springfield, IL Waltham Film Factory Shorts Fest, Waltham, MA International Contest of Euroshorts, Gdańsk, Poland Lanterna Mágica - International Animation Festival, Goiânia, Brasil Festival Transterritorial de Cine Underground, Buenos Aires, Argentina Guiones La Nova Films, Sonora, México Melkbos Short Film Festival, Cape Town, South Africa The Macoproject Film Festival, New York City, NY Detroit International Festival of Animation, Detroit, MI
2018 Primanima, Budaörs, Hungary Beijing International Short Film Festival, Beijing, China Festival de Cine de Lima, Lima, Peru New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival, Sapporo, Japan Lake City International Film Festival, Mumbai, india—Best Animation Film Davis International Film Festival, Davis, CA—Best Animation European Film festival Mainstream & Underground, Moscow, Russia—Best Experimental Film Los Angeles Animation Festival (LAAF), Los Angeles, CA—Best Experimental (3rd) The Animattikon Project, Paphos, Cyprus Kerry Film Festival, Killarney, Ireland Alternative Film Festival (AltFF), Toronto, Ontario—Best Experimental Short Metro Film & TV Awards, Online—Award Of Excellence Changing Face International Film Festival, Sydney, Australia—Best Experimental Short, Best Cinematography SoDak Motion Festival, Brookings, SD—Honorable Mention Asia South East-Short Film Festival, Phnom Penh, Cambodia—Special Mention Rome Independent Prisma Awards, Rome, Italy—Finalist Feel The Reel, Glasgow, Scotland—Finalist Experimental Superstar, Novi Sad, Serbia—Best Experimental Film Sunday Short Film Festival, London, UK Kathmandu World Film Festival, Kathmandu, Nepal Cinepififis, Tijuana, Mexico First Friday Film Festival, Kansas City, MO Buskopolis Festival of Cinematic Oddities, Huntingdon, PA Kinetic 2(Civic Center Studios), Los Angeles, CA Kinodrome, Cleveland, OH KRuFF Regional Film Festival, Old Bridge, New Jersey Issaquah International Film Festival, Issaquah, WA A Rebel Minded Festival, Online International Shorts, Southbank, Australia Scenic City Film Festival - Summerfolk Festival, Owen Sound, Ontario Movimiento En Movimiento, Mexico City, MX Mediterranean Film Festival (MedFF), Siracusa, Italy Way Down Film Festival, Columbus, GA International Film Festival of Shimla, Shimla, India Oriental Mindoro International Film Festival, Oriental Mindoro, Philippines Goa Short Film Festival, Panaji, India Crossing The Screen, Eastbourne, UK The Block film & art festival, Logan, UT Factual Animation Film Festival, London, UK Filmplaya, Playa del Rey CA IndieCapitol Awards, Online Left Coast Short Film Festival, Bend, OR Pink City international Film Festival (PCISFF), Jaipur, India Europa Film Festival, Barcelona, Spain Cutting Edge Film Festival (CEIFF), Pompano Beach, FL Carrboro Film Festival, Carrboro, NC Loft Film Fest, Tucson, AZ CutOut Fest, Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico Videodrunk Film Festival, Oshawa, Ontario Concurso Animasivo, Mexico City, MX Blue Danube Film Festival, Vienna, Austria - Budapest, Hungary Experimental Edge Film & Art Festival (CEFF), Tallahassee, FL Duemila30 short film contest, Milan, Italy Kathmandu World Film Festival, Kathmandu, Nepal Cineframe Film Festival (CISFFI), Sujata Sadan, India CineKasimanwa: Western Visayas Film Festival, Iloilo City, Philippines Golden City Short Film Awards, Cape Town, South Africa Festival de Cinema Escolar de Alvorada (FECEA), Alvorada, Brasil Filmchilla, Twin Oaks, CA Crema Helada, Online Capital Filmmakers Festival, Budapest, Hungary Panorama Film Festival, Salem, MA