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"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"

martedì 30 marzo 2021

"Foreman Empire Productions International Film Festival": here the award

Today I'm very happy to show you the award that 'Lion' has won in the "Foreman Empire Productions International Film Festival" of Atlanta, Georgia (US).

Congratulations!!!

sabato 27 marzo 2021

'Deep Shock': Official Selection #61 in Rems (France)

'Deep Shock' goes back to France! Today I'm extremely thrilled to say that my new short film is an official selection at the "Red Movie Awards" of Reims.

Check out all the selected films here.

Nominees and winners will be announced soon.

Congratulations!!!

giovedì 25 marzo 2021

'The Puzzle': here the award

Today I'm very happy to show you the award that 'The Puzzle' has won in the "Foreman Empire Productions International Film Festival" of Atlanta, Georgia (US).

Congratulations!!!

martedì 23 marzo 2021

'Lion': Official Selection #203 in Dewas (India)

Today I'm pleased to announce that 'Lion' is an official selection at the "Kalakari Film Festival" of Dewas (India).

The winners will be announced in mid-May.

Congratulations!!!

sabato 20 marzo 2021

'Lion': Awards #400-408 in Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu (India)

Today we celebrate a huge milestone: 'Lion' has won over 400 awards worldwide! I'm super excited to announce that my short film has won 9 new awards at the "Uruvatti International Film Festival" of Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu (India).

- Best Horror Short;

- Best Director;

- Best Actor (Pedro Sánchez);

- Best Supporting Actor (Michael Segal);

- Best Supporting Actress (Tania Mercader);

- Best Cinematography (Juanma Postigo);

- Best Editor (Daniel Salinas);

- Best Original Score (Francesco Tresca);

- Best Sound Design (Christian Valente).

Check out all the winners here.

Congratulations!!!

giovedì 18 marzo 2021

'Deep Shock': Award #147 in Trenton, New Jersey (US)

This evening I'm very happy to announce that 'Deep Shock' has won the 'Best Horror' award at the "New Jersey Film Awards" of Trenton, New Jersey (US).

Check out all the winners here.

Congratulations!!!

martedì 16 marzo 2021

'Lion': Award #399 in Athens (Greece)

'Lion' wins for the first time in Greece! Today I'm proud to say that I have received the 'Best Director' award at the "Athens International Monthly Art Film Festival" of Athens.

Discover all the winners here.

Congratulations!!!

sabato 13 marzo 2021

'Deep Shock': Awards #145 and 146 in Los Angeles, California (US)

'Deep Shock' wins again in Hollywood! Tonight I'm extremely proud to announce that my short film has won 2 new awards at the famous "Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Awards" of Los Angeles, California (US):

- Best Horror;

- Best Director.

Check out all the winners here.

Congratulations!!!

giovedì 11 marzo 2021

'Lion': Official Selection #202 in Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu (India)

'Lion' goes back to India! Today I'm very happy to announce that my short film is an official selection at the "Uruvatti International Film Festival" of Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu.

'Lion' has received 9 nominations:

- Best Horror Short;

- Best Director;

- Best Actor (Pedro Sánchez);

- Best Supporting Actor (Michael Segal);

- Best Supporting Actress (Tania Mercader);

- Best Cinematography (Juanma Postigo);

- Best Editor (Daniel Salinas);

- Best Original Score (Francesco Tresca);

- Best Sound Design (Christian Valente).

The winners will be announced soon.

Congratulations!!!

martedì 9 marzo 2021

'Deep Shock' comes to Hollywood this summer!

After winning 8 awards in the prestigious "Independent Shorts Awards" of Los Angeles, my short film enters the annual event!

Today I'm extremely proud to announce that 'Deep Shock' has been nominated for 'Best Horror Short of the Year' at the 2020 Annual Awards.

My film was shortlisted from the pool of awards winners of 12 monthly rounds, between April 2019 and March 2020, chosen from more than 5000 submitted projects overall, and also from the top #150 finalists of the year.

Check out the full list of the 74 nominated projects here.

Live red carpet annual gala, with the screening of the nominated films, will be celebrated next August at the fantastic Raleigh Studios in Hollywood.

I will keep you posted on this.

Congratulations!!!

sabato 6 marzo 2021

'Lion': Official Selection #201 in Athens (Greece)

'Lion' goes back to the capital of Greece: Athens! This evening I'm very happy to announce that my short film is an official selection at the "Athens International Monthly Art Film Festival".

'Lion' has received 5 nominations:

- Best Short Film;

- Best Director;

- Best Acting (Pedro Sánchez, Michael Segal, Tania Mercader);

- Best VFX (Luca Visual FX);

- Best Original Score (Francesco Tresca).

The winners will be announced soon.

Congratulations!!!

giovedì 4 marzo 2021

'Deep Shock': Awards #141-144 in Atlanta, Georgia (US)

After 'The Puzzle' and 'Lion' another film of mine is awarded: I'm very happy to announce that 'Deep Shock' has won 4 new awards at the "Foreman Empire Productions International Film Festival" of Atlanta, Georgia (US):

- Best Short Picture;

- Best International Picture;

- Best Cinematography (Juanma Postigo);

- Best Production Design (Carlos J. López, Carlos B. Luise).

Check out all the winners here.

Congratulations!!!

martedì 2 marzo 2021

'The Puzzle' goes back to London (England)

Today I'm very happy to announce that my short film 'The Puzzle' is an official selection at the "Horror Lust Film Festival" of London (England).

Winners will be announced soon.

Congratulations!!!