The Art of Italian Cinematography and Beyond

The Art of Italian Cinematography and Beyond

Cinematographers Sara Purgatorio CCS AMC and Andrea Benjamin Manenti CCS have been selected by the Zsigmond Vilmos International Film Festival in the feature film and short film categories, respectively

Lo Zsigmond Vilmos International Film Festival, manifestazione dedicata alla direzione della fotografia che si terrà dal 13 al 17 maggio 2026 a Szeged, in Ungheria, ha selezionato tra i 9 titoli in concorso per i lungometraggi La gloria (2025), regia di Joseph Todd Walker e fotografia di Sara Purgatorio CCS AMC. I titoli nel programma Films in Competition 2026 della 10ᵃ edizione del festival sono 9 sui 400 che hanno risposto alla call da tutto il mondo. La gloria figura accanto a titoli di Ildikó Enyedi e László Nemes Jeles. Among the 13 short films selected for competition is Primo sangue (2025), directed by Antonio La Camera with cinematography by Andrea Benjamin Manenti CCS.
We extend our warmest congratulations to both members, delighted to see their talent so clearly recognized.”

Here are the 9 feature films and the 13 short films in competition:

LUNGOMETRAGGI
LA GLORIA (USA, 2025)

director: Joseph Todd Walker
director of photography: Sara Purgatorio CCS AMC

DEAR SOBRIETY: YOU’RE KILLING ME (SOBRIEDAD ME ESTÁS MATANDO, Mexico, 2025)
director: Raúl Campos
director of photography: Daniel Anguiano

THE FATIGUED (Ukraine, 2025)
director: by Yuriy Dunay
director of photography: Volodymyr Ivanov

THE PLANET (PLANETA, Russia, 2025)
director: Mikhail Arkhipov
director of photography: Aleksandr Laneev

BLUE HERON (Canada-Hungary, 2025)
director: Sophy Romvari
director of photography: Maya Bankovic

FRAGMENTS FROM THE EAST (DOĞUDAN FRAGMANLAR, Spain-Turkey, 2025)
director: Erkan Yazici
director of photography: Vedat Oyan

HAPPINESS FOR TOMORROW (LE BONHEUR EST POUR DEMAIN, France, 2024)
director: Brigitte Sy
director of photography: Frédéric Serve

CSENDES BARÁT (SILENT FRIEND, France-Germany-Hungary, 2025)
director: Ildikó Enyedi
director of photography: Gergely Pálos

ÁRVA (ORPHAN, Hungary, 2025)
director: László Nemes Jeles
director of photography: Mátyás Erdély

 

SHORT FILMS
VOICES FROM THE ABYSS (LAS VOCES DEL DESPEÑADERO, Mexico, 2025)

director: Irving Serrano, Victor Rejón
director of photography: Eliott Reguera

CASA CHICA (Mexico, 2025)
director: Lau Charles
director of photography: Ángel Jara Taboada

WITHERED BLOSSOMS (Australia, 2024)
director: Lionel Seah
director of photography: T. Oxford

FOUR DAYS OF MATEUSZ WILCZEK (CZTERY DNI MATEUSZA WILCZKA, Poland, 2025)
director: Aleksandra Maciuszek
director of photography: Sebastian Weber

WITH ALL DUE HUMANITY (AVEC L’HUMANITÉ QUI CONVIENT, France, 2023)
director: Kacper Checinski
director of photography: Pascale Marin

BARLEBAS (Belgium-The Netherlands, 2024)
director: Malu Janssen
director of photography: Sam du Pon

FAMILY SUNDAY (DOMINGO FAMILIAR, Mexico, 2025)
director: Gerardo Del Razo
director of photography: Ángel Jara Taboada

BEFORE THE SEA FORGETS (Singapore, 2025)
director: Ngoc Duy Le
director of photography: Looi Wan Ping

PRIMO SANGUE (Italy, 2025)
director: Antonio La Camera
director of photography: Andrea Benjamin Manenti CCS

ASTRONAUTA (France-Guatemala-Italy-Mexico, 2025)
director: Giorgio Giampà
director of photography: Melissa Nocetti

I USED TO CALL THAT MAN HOME (Mexico, 2026)
director: Melissa Nocetti
director of photography: Melissa Nocetti

ARTURIA (Hungary, 2025)
director: Dániel Kőváry
director of photography: Máté Barna

MIRELIT (Hungary, 2025)
director: Dániel Pálfi
director of photography: Tamás Füzesi

La Gloria, Purgatorio
La Gloria (2025), cinematographer Sara Purgatorio CCS AMC
Primo sangue (2025), cinematographer Andrea Benjamin Manenti CCS
Sara Purgatorio CCS AMC sul set de La Gloria

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