Biography

Giovanni Berardi was born in L'Aquila in 1994. He has been passionate about cinema since childhood and began his journey in the film industry by writing articles for blogs and online magazines. In 2017, as a self-taught filmmaker, he made his directorial debut with the short film “About You.” In 2018 he founded the cultural association “filmAQuì,” which aims to promote and showcase the beauty of the Aquilano region through cinema. The following year, in 2019, he directed his second horror short film, “Il Profumo dell’Abisso”, distributed by “Prem1ere Film. In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, he wrote, directed, and filmed “Isolesque,” a surreal and existential horror film that explores the socio-psychological issues stemming from the lockdown. In 2021, he began specialised studies in cinematography at the “IFA – Scuola di Cinema” in Pescara. In 2022, he worked with his course colleagues Simone Paggetti and Alessandro Marcheggiani to develop “Sacro | Urbano,” which he co-directed with Simone Paggetti in 2023. He completed the “Cinema” course and graduated from the IFA Scuola di Cinema Academy in the same year. In 2024, he earned a Master’s degree in “Film Directing” from the IFA Scuola di Cinema, during which he developed, wrote, and directed the short film “D(e)AD.”