Film director
Tommaso Santambrogio is an artist and film director with international experience
Tommaso Santambrogio is a young Italian director; he has lived between Milan, Paris, Rome,
Florence, and Havana, and has collaborated with several internationally renowned filmmakers,
such as Werner Herzog and Lav Diaz. His first short films (Escena Final and Los Océanos Son Los
Verdaderos Continentes) were both screened in 2019 at the Venice Film Festival and were then
selected in many festivals around the world. L’Ultimo Spegne la Luce (2021), his latest short film,
was screened in official competition at the 36th Venice Film Festival's Settimana della Critica, and
then made it into the shortlist at the 2022 David di Donatello Awards. Taxibol (2023), his new
docu-film, recently premiered at Visions du Réel. Oceans Are the Real Continents is his first feature
film and will have its world premiere in competition at Venice Days during the 80th Venice Film
Festival.