filmmaker | film | television | london | uk | anton califano

Producing & Directing

Anton is a creative and multi-skilled filmmaker with over fifteen year's filmmaking experience.

"I am a freelance producer/director with a track record in making documentary and fiction films. I often self-shoot and edit, making it possible for me to be very portable and create intimate relationships between me and the subject."

Documentary

Producer/Director: Election Day, 40 minute documentary (in post-production)

Producer: For All The Tea In England - 13 minute documentary funded by Newham Film Fund

Selected for “Matter of Taste” competition Lago Filmfest Italy 2009, OneDotZero Film Festival, EMPAC New York 2009, CCA Glasgow 2009, BFI Southbank 2008, Rushes Soho Film Festival, 2007, Marbella Film Festival, Spain 2007, Cinema Verite Film Festival, Iran 2007, British Film Festival, Romania 2007 & BBC Film Network

Director: Welcome Julian, Short documentary UK Film Council funded

Producer/Director: BMX Escapism, Current TV - Winner 2nd Prize in Al Gore's Current TV Launch Contest

Producer/Director: The Seafront, 22 min documentary

Refuge In Films Festival, London BFI Southbank 2009, Document4 International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival UK 2006, Portsmouth Film Festival, 2006, "Seaside Heritage", A National Conference from English Heritage 2007, BBC Film Network

Producer: Azan - a call to prayer documentary, 9 mins, funded by Film London's PULSE scheme

Bombay Mix Film Festival, London 2007, Solar Cinema Experience at the Green Fair, Camden 2007, Filmfest Dresden Short Film Festival 2007, Jana International Film Festival for Children & Youth in Beirut, Lebanon 2007, Creative Exchange: Cesar Charlone Retrospective 2007, Tongues on Fire Asian Woman Film Festival 2007, Videotivoli Festival in Tampere, Finland 2007, Brighton & Hove International Women's Day 2007, New York Arab and South Asian Film Festival 2007, London Film Festival 2006, Bird’s Eye Film Festival 2006, Chilli film Festival 2006, CAN Leicester International Short Film Festival 2006 & BBC Film Network

Producer/Director: Journeys Across My City Buenos Aires, 2 x 5 min docs, funded by British Council

Selected for: VIDEOTIVOLI Festival inTampere, Finland Mar 2007, The Guardian/Avalon Film Festival Dec 2006, East End Film Festival May 2006, Redshift Film Festival, USA Feb 2006, Propeller TV, Jan 2006, Community Channel, Nov 2005, BBC Big Screen Birmingham, Nov 2005, Barcelona International Television Festival, Spain, Nov 2005, Lineout CAN Film Festival, Leicester UK, Oct 2005, UNESCO Web Platform, Oct 2005, Document3 Human Rights Int'l Film Festival, Glasgow UK, Oct 2005, Sept 2005 Auburn Film Festival for Children and Young Adults, Australia, Talent Circle Super Shorts Festival, UK, Sept 2005, Channel Four's Ideasfactory, Rolling Stock Film Festival, June 2005, July 2005 Gorilla Cinema, Films4Lives G8 Summit, Gleneagles, Scotland, Showcomotion Films4Lives Festival, Sheffield, June/July 2005, Metro Cinema Derby, series of screenings with 'Maria Full of Grace' May 2005

Director: Home, 19 minute film (16mm) funded by Arts Council England & Awards For All

Selected for:Tensdansa, Barcelona Oct 2006, Festival Iberoamericano de Cortos Imagenes Jovenes Buenos Aires, Nov 2004, Europa.Kino Cologne, May 2004, Tanzfilm Cologne, Jan 2004, Oh Art! Oxford House, London, Nov 2003, Muestra Videodanza, Gijon, October 2003, Cologne Short Film Festival, Sept 2003, Hamburg Int’l Short Film Festival, June 2003, Raindance East, London, UK, March 2003, Video Dansa Morca, Barcelona, Spain Feb 2003, New York, Dance Films Association, USA Jan 2003, Dance On Screen International Festival, London, Nov 2002, IMZ, Dancescreen Festival, Monaco, Dec 2002

Drama

Producer/Editor: To Anyone Who Can Hear Me, feature film

Winner Grand Prize For Best Feature Film & Winner International Press Jury Prize, Figueira da Foz International Festival of Cinema, Lisbon 1999
Special Honary Mention International Film Festival Famalição 2001
Taormina International Film Festival, Italy 1999 - in competition
Split Film Festival, Croatia 2000

Director: Flat, 15 min comedy selected for the Fujifilm Scholarships and screened at BAFTA

Winner of the First Director's Prize at the Birmingham International Film Festival 1994

Corporate

Director/Editor: Psoriasis: The Naked Truth, Corporate Film (Olgivy PR), shot in Gran Canaria

Director/Producer, Video Content, One World Media Awards, for BBC World

Director: Making a Difference, 7 short films for the London Development Agency

Director: Dignity in Dying, 4 corporate films for the internet

Anton also currently works as Executive Producer on the Eastern Edge Film Fund. Since 2006, he has worked on 18 short films funded through this Film London and local borough scheme.


Producing & Directing	antoncalifano.com
	Producing & Directing Anton is a creative and multi-skilled filmmaker with over fifteen year's filmmaking experience. "I am a freelance producer/director with a track record in making documentary and fiction films. I often self-shoot and edit, making it possible for me to be very portable and create intimate relationships between me and the subject." Documentary Producer/Director: Election Day, 40 minute documentary (in post-production) Producer: For All The Tea In England - 13 minute documentary funded by Newham Film Fund Selected for “Matter of Taste” competition Lago Filmfest Italy 2009, OneDotZero Film Festival, EMPAC New York 2009, CCA Glasgow 2009, BFI Southbank 2008, Rushes Soho Film Festival, 2007, Marbella Film Festival, Spain 2007, Cinema Verite Film Festival, Iran 2007, British Film Festival, Romania 2007 & BBC Film Network Director: Welcome Julian, Short documentary UK Film Council funded Producer/Director: BMX Escapism, Current TV - Winner 2nd Prize in Al Gore's Current TV Launch Contest Producer/Director: The Seafront, 22 min documentary Refuge In Films Festival, London BFI Southbank 2009, Document4 International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival UK 2006, Portsmouth Film Festival, 2006, "Seaside Heritage", A National Conference from English Heritage 2007, BBC Film Network Producer: Azan - a call to prayer documentary, 9 mins, funded by Film London's PULSE scheme Bombay Mix Film Festival, London 2007, Solar Cinema Experience at the Green Fair, Camden 2007, Filmfest Dresden Short Film Festival 2007, Jana International Film Festival for Children & Youth in Beirut, Lebanon 2007, Creative Exchange: Cesar Charlone Retrospective 2007, Tongues on Fire Asian Woman Film Festival 2007, Videotivoli Festival in Tampere, Finland 2007, Brighton & Hove International Women's Day 2007, New York Arab and South Asian Film Festival 2007, London Film Festival 2006, Bird’s Eye Film Festival 2006, Chilli film Festival 2006, CAN Leicester International Short Film Festival 2006 & BBC Film Network Producer/Director: Journeys Across My City Buenos Aires, 2 x 5 min docs, funded by British Council Selected for: VIDEOTIVOLI Festival inTampere, Finland Mar 2007, The Guardian/Avalon Film Festival Dec 2006, East End Film Festival May 2006, Redshift Film Festival, USA Feb 2006, Propeller TV, Jan 2006, Community Channel, Nov 2005, BBC Big Screen Birmingham, Nov 2005, Barcelona International Television Festival, Spain, Nov 2005, Lineout CAN Film Festival, Leicester UK, Oct 2005, UNESCO Web Platform, Oct 2005, Document3 Human Rights Int'l Film Festival, Glasgow UK, Oct 2005, Sept 2005 Auburn Film Festival for Children and Young Adults, Australia, Talent Circle Super Shorts Festival, UK, Sept 2005, Channel Four's Ideasfactory, Rolling Stock Film Festival, June 2005, July 2005 Gorilla Cinema, Films4Lives G8 Summit, Gleneagles, Scotland, Showcomotion Films4Lives Festival, Sheffield, June/July 2005, Metro Cinema Derby, series of screenings with 'Maria Full of Grace' May 2005 Director: Home, 19 minute film (16mm) funded by Arts Council England & Awards For All Selected for:Tensdansa, Barcelona Oct 2006, Festival Iberoamericano de Cortos Imagenes Jovenes Buenos Aires, Nov 2004, Europa.Kino Cologne, May 2004, Tanzfilm Cologne, Jan 2004, Oh Art! Oxford House, London, Nov 2003, Muestra Videodanza, Gijon, October 2003, Cologne Short Film Festival, Sept 2003, Hamburg Int’l Short Film Festival, June 2003, Raindance East, London, UK, March 2003, Video Dansa Morca, Barcelona, Spain Feb 2003, New York, Dance Films Association, USA Jan 2003, Dance On Screen International Festival, London, Nov 2002, IMZ, Dancescreen Festival, Monaco, Dec 2002 Drama Producer/Editor: To Anyone Who Can Hear Me, feature film Winner Grand Prize For Best Feature Film & Winner International Press Jury Prize, Figueira da Foz International Festival of Cinema, Lisbon 1999 Special Honary Mention International Film Festival Famalição 2001 Taormina International Film Festival, Italy 1999 - in competition Split Film Festival, Croatia 2000 Director: Flat, 15 min comedy selected for the Fujifilm Scholarships and screened at BAFTA Winner of the First Director's Prize at the Birmingham International Film Festival 1994 Corporate Director/Editor: Psoriasis: The Naked Truth, Corporate Film (Olgivy PR), shot in Gran Canaria Director/Producer, Video Content, One World Media Awards, for BBC World Director: Making a Difference, 7 short films for the London Development Agency Director: Dignity in Dying, 4 corporate films for the internet Anton also currently works as Executive Producer on the Eastern Edge Film Fund. Since 2006, he has worked on 18 short films funded through this Film London and local borough scheme.
Back to home page