Alessio Marzilli

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Born in 1993, he graduated with a degree in Filmmaking from the University for the Creative Arts, Farnham (UK).

His political satire videos, made for the TV program Propaganda Live on La7, soon garnered notice: among his most famous films are “Silenzi politici” [Political silences] and “Interviste impossibili,” [Impossible interviews] in which he retells current events in the Italian political landscape by studying and reworking pieces of real interviews in a “surrealist” style.

In 2023 he published his first book, Cercasi Piddì Disperatamente [Desperately Seeking Piddì] (Cairo Editore). A surrealist novel in the same vein as his satirical works, it recounts the recent years of Italian politics through the premise of parallel universes. With irony and deprecation, it reflects on the political climate without ever losing sight of the humorous.

Alongside his television work, he cultivates a career as a filmmaker, focusing on social and environmental issues. Among his most notable works are the LGBT-themed short film “Chameleon” (2019), selected for the 75th Taormina Film Festival, and the feature-length documentary Le mani nel sacco [Hands in the Sacco], which explores the problem of pollution in the Sacco River Valley near his hometown of Frosinone.

His work spans political satire to reflection on the big existential themes of today, like AI and the impact of fake news on our society.