Simona Calo

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Screenwriter and Director

London, England

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About Simona

Simona Calo is a screenwriter and director captivated by the power of storytelling and film. Born in Italy and now living in England, her most recent work is the Oscar-qualifying animated short "The Good Dads", a poignant drama about a single mother's struggle to find a father figure for her autistic son after being abandoned by her husband.

Her upcoming docufilm, "Eyes Everywhere", features Christopher Lambert, Fortunato Cerlino, and Francesca Inaudi, and explores the future of Society 5.0, where technology helps bring humanity back to the center.

Simona's previous projects include "Connected: The New Post-Human Species", a feature docudrama available on Prime Video and Apple TV in 74 countries, which delves into the mysterious world of artificial intelligence.

She also directed "DAY 4", a short film examining the complex relationship between a mother and her son, conceived under traumatic circumstances.

Her documentary "Vicolo degli onesti" (Honest Men's Alley) sheds light on medical malpractice in Italy, with insights from Piero Chiambretti, Gherardo Colombo, and Antonello Soro.

During the pandemic, she directed "The New Normal", filmed entirely during lockdown. The actors, based in different countries, never met or talked to each other demonstrating how technology connects people across borders.

In 2019, she addressed the issue of youth violence and bullying with "Hasty Decisions" and in 2017, she directed "Ovunque ma non qui" (Anywhere but here), a story about violence against women. Her earlier work, "E poi la fine" (And Then the End Shall Be), focused on the Italian painter Dario Chiericallo.

Simona's work has been recognized internationally, with over 20 nominations and 15 wins at film festivals, including reaching the semi-finals at the 2018 Golden Plume competition in Cannes for the screenplay "The Dark Side of the Law".

Gender:
Female

Height:
5' 4"

Weight:
114

Body type:
Average

Hair:
Shoulder Length

Hair color:
Brown

Eyes:
Blue

Ethnicity:
Caucasian

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Vicolo degli Onesti (2021)
Short (Documentary) Director Three testimonies: from the world of television communication (Piero Chiambretti), from the world of justice (Gherardo Colombo) and from politics (Antonello Soro). All in support of the struggle that a doctor, Domenico De Felice, has fought and still fights to improve Italian health care. An excerpt that illustrates his proposals to "populate that alley" with honest people, with people who want to fight for the respect of the rules, taking the right responsibilities and passing them on to future generations. This docufilm is distributed worldwide by GuideDocTV and in Italy by ITsART.
The New Normal (2020)
Short (Sci-Fi) Director This movie was shot during the lockdown. The actors, based in different countries, never met or talked to each other. After a deadly virus ravages the Earth, it’s no longer possible to return to normality, because normality was the problem.
Hasty Decisions (2019)
Short (Drama) Director When an easy target teenager is bullied by two jocks, he decides to gun them down. But when he finds himself watching past scenes from his life on a strange cinema screen he realizes he may have a chance to be the better person.
Ovunque ma non qui (2017)
Film (Short and Drama) Director Unexpected twists and open ending for this short film denouncing violence against women.
E poi la fine (2016)
Film (Documentary and Short) Director The documentary shows the Master, Chiericallo in his everyday life. The damned painter, so named for his life cursed and unregulated, reveals through his diary, the secrets of his genius. From the deep solitude of his youth to the terrible nightmares that have profoundly inspired many of his major international works.