Vincenzo Marra (b. 1972, Naples) graduated in law from the University of Rome and specialized in human rights in Argentina (cases of Italians who disappeared under the military junta) and in Northern Ireland. Since his youth he also worked as a photojournalist in sports. In 1994 he taught screenwriting in Palestine. In 1998 he shot his first short film Una rosa prego. His feature debut, Sailing Home (Tornando a casa, 2001), set in the world of Neapolitan fishermen, won several secondary awards at the 2001 Venice IFF and was screened at Karlovy Vary in 2002. His second feature, Land Wind (Vento di terra, 2004), took the FIPRESCI Prize and others at Venice in 2004. The writer-director also made the short documentary La vestizione (1998), a feature-length documentary about Neapolitan football fans, Estranei alla massa (2001) and the documentary Paesaggio a Sud (2003).
MFF Karlovy Vary
