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Born in Turin on December 15, 1978, twins Gianluca and Massimiliano De Serio have been collaborating since 1999, creating films, documentaries, and installations. Over the years, their work has been featured at national and international film festivals and exhibitions, earning them numerous awards and recognitions. In 2007, L'Esami di Xhodi won the Special Jury Prize at the Torino Film Festival and was screened at festivals such as Cinéma du Réel in Paris, the Montevideo Film Festival, and the Rome Film Fest.
Their first feature film, Sette opere di misericordia, premiered in competition at the Locarno Film Festival in 2011, where it won the Don Quixote Prize and the Youth Jury's second prize. In 2015, they presented I ricordi del fiume, a documentary that debuted at the Venice Film Festival, later competing at the prestigious Visions du Réel in Nyon and hitting Italian theaters in 2016.
Their most recent work, Spaccapietre, was the only Italian production selected for the 2020 Giornate degli Autori competition at the Venice Film Festival. Since 2006, the De Serio brothers have collaborated closely with the Turin-based production company La Sarraz Pictures.