Francisco Saia

He was born in Savona on September 18, 1998, from a Sicilian father and a Piedmontese mother. After graduating from high school of human sciences, in 2018 he graduated in film directing and screenwriting at the school of cinematographic art in Genoa. After studying film, he began working as a runner, assistant director and assistant director in various television events, short films, web series and feature films, including the award-winning British production film "Say Grace" directed by Netflix Phil Hawkins. In 2017 he will produce the short film "The Wolf of Germany" produced by FEDIC, which will be selected for the David di Donatello 2018 awards, and will also receive the Trash Prize at the nineteenth edition of the Brescia Intercomunale Festival. In the following year, Saia will write and direct the short film "Abraham", which will have a good success both nationally and internationally, obtaining several awards and nominations in various world film festivals, such as: the Lift-Off and the First-time filmmaker sessions of London, the Meet Film Festival of Rome, the Lantern Festival of Genoa and the Festival corti d'amore of Savona. In the following year Saia will also receive the nomination for Best Short Screenwriter at the Asian Film Festival in Hollywood for the film "The competition", thus becoming the first Italian filmmaker to receive a nomination for that festival. Also in 2019, the television production company Maia, as well as the record label, will hire him as director for various events, including the Boat Show and Ristorexpo, and as director for the Liguria Selection television program.