It takes a look back at home, while we are moving forward.
It takes a look at the world to aim for the horizon,
yet it takes a look inside not to get lost during the journey.
It takes a South to indicate the route.
We need to look at a different South for a new story to tell.
Castellaneta Film Fest – Sights from a different South
Illustration by Virginia Mori
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Biografia - Virginia Mori

Virginia Mori
Virginia Mori was born in 1981. She lives and works in Pesaro and Milan. She graduates in Illustration and Animation at the National Art Institute of Urbino, improving her artistic imaginery and starting the realization of traditional animation shortcuts and Illustrations. The techniques she uses the most in her works are black bic pen on paper and pencil on paper. She takes part to various artistical events in Italy and abroad. In 2008 wins the “SRG SSR idee suisse” prize at Annecy Call for Project (France), managing to realize the award-winning animation short-cut called “The Play of Silence”, and the prize “Abbaye de Fontevraud” , which allows her to work on her next movie , “Haircut”, in the homonymous cultural centre in October 2011.The film is just finished and it has been selected in competition at Annecy Intarnational animated festival 2015.
In 2013 started to collaborate with Withstand Production , she realizes the illustrations for “WaltGrace’s submarine test”, John Mayer’s video directed by Virgilio Villoresi.
Awards:
– With “Il gioco del silenzio (“the game of silence”): prize ‘SRG SSR idee suisse’ at Annecy International Project Competition 2008; prize ‘best experimental film’ at FlipFestival (England 2010); two special mentions to Animateka (Ljubljana 2010). Third-place-award at Oscar Signorini Prize (Milan 2010); prize ‘best animation’ at ‘Filmmakers al chiostro’ (cinemazero-Pordenone).
– With “haircut-project”: Abbaye de Fontevraud Award (Annecy call for project 2011).
– With “Rachele” music video for ‘Verderame’: Fnac prize, best music video at Montecatini FilmVideo2011; first prize Nickelclip, Turin 2011.