Screenwriter - Director
"Melini has created something far more interesting than most of what Hollywood has to offer" - "I truly hope someone stands up and gives the money that Davide and his team need and help him get recognised in the bigger film world, because this guy is the future of film" - "Melini’s style and filmmaking history confirms he is part of a new generation of giallo filmmakers that continues to expand upon the genre in exciting ways" - "On the national and international level he is a talent on the rise" - "Melini has a solid future in the horror biz" - "Melini has a fantastic eye for the visual and takes command of his audience from the start and shows a great deal of promise in what could be as his career begins to take off" - "With his unusual style that is infamous among Italian directors, Davide Melini is definately one to watch" - "If this is any indication of the caliber of film he can make, I look forward to his feature-length projects!" - "Melini brings complexity and possibilities to a world of horror that could really use his help" - "Director Davide Melini packs more suspense in just minutes in this short film than many directors do in over an hour and a half of screen time" - "Director Davide Melini seems ambitious and creative" - "One of the up and coming directors I have been keeping my eye on is Davide Melini" - "He is also a great storyteller as well as visionary" - "His stylish and well-crafted short films are definitely a must-see" - "Melini is a sharp director and I want to see what he can do with more material" - "It’s a shame that he hasn’t yet received an offer to make a full-length feature" - "The talent of Davide Melini is evident in the few minutes of the film. You can see he has a talent with suspense films and I really hope there will be a full length production from him" - "Davide’s shorts have been winning him accolaids and awards as well as being selected for numerous film festivals. Clearly a talented man to keep your eyes on" - "Melini proves he can competently tell a story that keeps our interest, and most importantly, his direction and use of camera movement is what best shows his style, a frenetic tide that rises until the final slam-bang ending" - "Director Davide Melini, aware that every second counts, is able to evoke similar visceral moments to early Lucio Fulci, Dario Argento, and Mario Bava through highly stylized camera work" - "How Melini tells their stories in this film is imaginative and visually dramatic, and although the “message” at the end of the film feels a bit heavy-handed, it’s shot through with feeling that makes it go straight to your heart. It’s a moving and beautiful film" - "One Filmmaker to have our eyes on in the future... Can't wait for his next upcoming film THE SWEET HAND OF THE WHITE ROSE" - "Davide Melini really knows how to frame and light a shot. I'd love to see what he could do with a feature with complete control like he has in his shorts" -"Melini is definitely somebody to watch" - "Melini shows us some of his talents he spins things around, making it stand out above most short movies" - "The director can easily tell a story visually, and he knows when and how to use the camera, and has an eye for interesting compositions" - "Melini’s use of the camera is one that is belonging to the feature" - "Melini has created a short film here that is both stylishly appealing and emotionally satisfying" - "He's an aspiring Italian film maker that brings with him all of the attributes that has made Italy famous in the world of horror" -"With THE PUZZLE, Italian filmmaker Davide Melini makes a basic idea interesting and creates a disturbing and fascinating movie with very little run time" - "Director Davide Melini manages to take two somewhat tortured concepts and put them together creating a clever, captivating, well paced short film" -"Melini shows us what direction he wants to go in film making. Let ‘s hope he will have more of this goodness for us in the future" - "Melini is able to create a haunting atmosphere with color and lighting" - "The Italian writer/director certainly knows how to tell a story" -"Melini manages to create a good atmosphere, momentary tension, a few effective jump scares and last moment twist" -"Estamos ante un cortometraje de escasos 5 minutos donde Davide Melini realiza una gran labor de dirección" -"Davide, escritor y director a su vez, realiza un fenomenal trabajo tras la cámara, con planos dulces (como la mano) y maestros (véanse las secuencias de la niña en el parque) desde el primer minuto" - "Con una sola localización, dos actores, y menos de 5 minutos de duración, Davide Melini consiguió crear un thriller en toda regla que funcionó a la perfección, consiguiendo buenos comentarios tanto de la crítica como del público, e incluso ha sido emitido por diferentes cadenas de televisión" - "Nuevamente Melini demuestra una gran destreza detrás de la cámara" - "Davide Melini, "L'Enfant Prodige" del Cinema Horror Italiano" - "Con il ritorno in scena di uno dei più importanti registi horror italiani di questi ultimi anni, il giallo italiano si prepara a festeggiare in grande il suo 50º compleanno" -"Davide Melini ancora una volta fa centro, confezionando in pochi minuti un capolavoro che merita assolutamente di essere visto: ogni scena, ogni inquadratura, ogni particolare è stato sapientemente incastrato, cesellato, affinato, diretto, montato e musicato con una maestria degna di un regista professionista" - "Le inquadrature, rivelano un talento artistico notevole e metodi quasi da manuale" - "Davide Melini, uno dei registi più rappresentativi nel campo dell’indipendente italiano" - "La paura protagonista dei lavori di Melini viene da lontano, da quell’ignoto e quasi dimenticato cinema horror italiano che viene sempre citato e omaggiato ma al quale pochi (a parte Melini) riescono a dare continuità" -"Davide Melini - Pioniere italiano del genere horror" - "Il sottobosco delle produzioni indipendenti ha trovato un nuovo talentuoso autore" - "Il regista riesce anche se con un budget veramente bassissimo, si parla di una cifra intorno ai 300 euro, a realizzare un piccolo miracolo cinematografico" - "Il regista inscena un dramma umano e lo rappresenta attraverso la metafora di una vicenda fantasy-horror che niente concede all'improvvisazione, all'ingenuo entusiasmo dilettantesco o ai ritmi sonnacchiosi e melensi di certe produzioni televisive" - "Ci auguriamo che Davide possa presto misurarsi col lungometraggio e, soprattutto, che abbia l’occasione di lavorare in Italia: abbiamo bisogno di lui, di spaventi, di pulp, di azione, di gioventù - "Non ci sono dubbi sul fatto che avrà successo e che saprà distinguersi tra i giovani emergenti che cercano di farsi un nome, in Italia e all'estero. Davide non solo è sulla buona strada, ma rischia davvero di fare un ottima carriera, visti già i promettentissimi lavori che ha proposto" - "Davide Melini, sicuramente uno dei nomi più interessanti del sottobosco cinematografico di genere" - "Siamo di fronte ad un nuovo talento registico italiano da tenere d'occhio" - "La regia di Davide è sempre più autoritaria e sicura e lo si vede in ogni fotogrammo, nella ottima scelta dei due protagonisti e in particolare nel dare ai personaggi un'anima capace di comunicare con coloro che guarda le immagini" - "La regia di Melini è molto pimpante e fumettistica tanto da dare l'idea di tradurre in immagini le tavole di un ipotetico storyboard" - "Una regia da manuale inanella una serie di inquadrature, che giocano con il genere" - "Un giovane regista da tener d'occhio" - "Il regista dimostra di avere talento da vendere" - "Chi mi segue da un pò sa tranquillamente che spesso mi diletto a sponsorizzare ottimi giovani registi italiani in fase di crescita, uno dei più promettenti è stato senza dubbio l'italo spagnolo Davide Melini" -"Eppure, di autori interessanti ce ne sono. Uno di questi è Davide Melini, sceneggiatore e regista di cortometraggi e assistente alla regia in diversi film" - "Il regista si impossessa della camera, regalando dinamici movimenti di macchina"
- Best Horror;
- Best Producers (Luca Vannella, Alexis Continente, Vincenzo Mastrantonio, Bobby Holland Hanton, Ferdinando Merolla, Roberto Paglialunga, Fabel Aguilera);
- Best Director;
- Best Actress (Muireann Bird);
- Best Actor (Francesc Pagés);
- Best Supporting Actor (George Bracebridge);
- Best Editing (Daniel Salinas);
- Best Original Score (Giulio De Gaetano);
- Best Original Screenplay;
- Best Poster (Nicola Roversi);
- Best Trailer.
Congratulations!!!
Today I'm pleased to announce that 'Extreme Love' has won 2 new awards at the "Filmi Craft Film Festival" of Barcelona (Spain):
- Best Actress (Michela Bruni);
- Best Original Screenplay.
Congratulations!!!
Today I'm very happy to announce that 'The Puzzle' has won 4 new awards at the "Cinema Paradiso Awards" of Naples (Italy):
- Best Thriller;
- Best Director;
- Best Actress (Cachito Noguera).
- Best Cinematography (Ezekiel Montes).
Congratulations!!!
'Deep Shock' goes back to Paris (France)! Tonight I'm proud to say that my short film is an official selection at the "Paris New Cinema Film Awards".
The winners will be announced soon.
Congratulations!!!
Today I'm pleased to announce that 'Lion' has won 7 new awards at the "Blue Moon Film Festival" of Lisbon (Portugal):
- Best Sci-Fi;
- Best Director;
- Best Young Actor (Pedro Sánchez);
- Best Actor (Michael Segal);
- Best Actress (Tania Mercader);
- Best VFX (Luca Visual FX);
-- Best Original Score (Francesco Tresca).
Congratulations!!!
Today I'm glad to announce that 'The Screenplay' has won the 'Best Horror' award at the "Golden Lights Film Awards". of Cairo (Egypt).
Congratulations!!!
"Melini did an amazing job playing with perception and what is real or imagined, never fully anchoring you with certainty. Just like other great giallo films the truth matters more than clean answers and danger introduces itself through intuition rather than logic".
Following the incredible review of 'Lion' ("This short film is a masterpiece that will haunt you long after you see it. Just stunning! It's an absolute must-see!" - read it here), I'm proud to announce that 'Deep Shock' also arrives today on the prestigious "PopHorror" website.
I'd like to invite you to read the new great review of my film, written by Alexandra Steele, here.
Thanks a lot!!!
2014 - Official Selection at the "Inferno - Muestra de Cine de Terror y Fantástico" (Mexico).
2014 - Best Film Award at the "Worcestershire Film Festival" (England).
2014 - Official Selection at the "Linares Fantástico: Muestra de Cine Fantástico y de Terror" (Mexico).
2014 - Official Selection at the "Terrorfest: Festival de Terror de Berga" (Spain).
2014 - Official Selection at the "Horror Online Art" (Spain).
2014 - Best Film Award at the "Underground Monster Carnival" (US).
2014 - Official Selection at the "Incarnate Night of Horror" (England).
2014 - Official Selection at the festival "Movie Days - The Dark Zone" (Germany).
2014 - Official Selection at the "Artfools Video Festival" (Greece).
2014 - Official Selection at the "Rome International Film Festival" (Italy).
2013 - Official Selection at the "Twisted Tails Film Festival" (US).
2013 - Official Selection at the festival "Fantástik Granollers" (Spain).
2013 - Official Selection at the festival "Algeciras Fantástika" (Spain).
2013 - Official Selection at the "Germany After Dark Horror Festival" (Germany).
2013 - Official Selection at the "Ko & Digital - Festival Internacional de Cine Solidario" (Spain).
2013 - Best Film Award at the "Barossa Film Festival" (Australia).
2013 - Official Selection at the festival "It Came From the Local" (US).
2013 - Official Selection at the "Jaxon Film Festival" (US).
2013 - Official Selection at the "Golfo dei Poeti Film Festival" (Italy).
2013 - Official Selection at the festival "Settimo Senso" (Italy).
2013 - Official Selection at "The Reign of Horror Short Movie Award" (Italy).
2013 - Official Selection at the "Operazione Paura - Rassegna Cinematografica" (Italy).
2013 - Audience Award at the "Once a Week Online Film Festival (US).
2013 - Official Selection at the "Art's Underground Movie Nights" (US).
2013 - Official Selection at the "Mad Monster Party Film Festival" (US).
2013 - 3rd Best Film Award at the "Concurso de Videos: Terror in The House" (Spain).
2012 - Official Selection at the "Cochise Film Festival" (England).
2012 - Official Selection at the "Interiora Horror Fest" (Italy).
2012 - Official Selection at the "Fantafestival - International Science Fiction and Fantasy Film Show" (Italy).
2011 - Official Selection at the "ToHorror Film Festival" (Italy).
2011 - Official Selection at the "Horror Quest Film Festival" (US).
2011 - 'Tiziano Berardinelli Special Award' at the festival "Pectoranum Movies" (Italy).
2011 - Official Selection at the "Epizephiry International Film Festival" (Italy).
2011 - Official Selection at the "Roma3 Film Teatro Festival" (Italy).
2011 - Official Selection at the "Kardiopalmo Thriller Horror Cine Festival" (Italy).
2011 - 3rd Best Film Award at the "1ª Muestra de Cine de Fuengirola" (Spain).
2011 - Official Selection at the "David di Donatello Award" (Italy).
2010 - 2nd Best Independent Film of the Year at the festival "Indie Horror" (Italy).
2010 - Official Selection at "The Independent Artists Film Festival" (US).
2010 - Official Selection at the festival "Jonio in Corto" (Italy).
2010 - Official Selection at the "South African Horrorfest" (South Africa).
2010 - Honorable Mention at the festival "Tabloid Witch Awards" (US).
2010 - Official Selection at the "Killer Film Festival" (US).
2010 - Official Selection at the "Certamen de Cortometrajes Comarca de la Axarquía" (Spain).
2010 - Official Selection at the "Cinemalaga Short Film Competition" (Spain).
2010 - Official Selection at the "Balticon 44 Sunday Night Short Film Festival" (US).
2010 - Best Photography Award at the festival "Cesur en Corto" (Spain).
2010 - Official Selection at the "Malaga Spanish Film Festival" (Spain).
