Il Grande Giaffa Giaffa the Great
Directed by Marco SantiItaly 2026
Runtime 100'
Giacomo Falta is a man ignored by everyone, unable to find his place in the world. When he meets the charismatic Giason the Great, the man who embodies everything he has always wanted to be, he makes a dangerous decision, convinced that putting on a different face is all he needs to do to finally be seen. Thus begins a long night, in which the boundary between identity and illusion grows increasingly blurred, to the point where Giacomo’s very existence is put at risk.
Directed by
Marco Santi
Screenplay
Lorenzo Bagnatori, Eva De Prosperis, Marco Santi
Cinematography
Stefano Usberghi
Editing
Federico Palmerini
Music
Daniele De Virgilio
Sound
Marco Montano, Giorgio Borrelli, Marcello Sodano, Rainer Russo
Production Design
Sabina Angeloni
Costumes
Francesca Cibischino
Casting Direction
Armanzo Pizzuti
Cast
Edoardo Pesce, Carlotta Gamba, Barbara Chichiarelli, Roberto Zibetti, Stefano Abbati, Vincenzo Pirrotta, Dino Porzio, Alfonso Postiglione
Production
Guglielmo D’Avanzo, Francesca Andriani (10D Film), Filippo Montalto, Francesco Montalto (Andromeda Film), with the contribution of Piemonte Film Fund and Ministero della Cultura, Direzione Generale Cinema e Audiovisivo
Wednesday 02.09
9.00am Hall Perla
Press, Industry
Thursday 03.09
1.30pm Hall Perla
Public, All accreditations
Friday 04.09
7.30pm Hall Corinto
Public, All accreditations
Marco Santi (1990) is an Italian director working in film, advertising, and music video production. In his work, he often explores themes of identity, the inability to communicate, and the desire to belong, through a lens that hovers between realism, irony, and grotesque distortion. Il Grande Giaffa marks his feature film debut.
