Blessed are the Pure In Heart
Italian title: Beati i Puri di Core
Director: Matteo Giampetruzzi
Producer: Camilla Ricci
Italy, 2022 14 min.
Texas Premiere
It's Serena's wedding day. The girl is worried about the absence of Nicola, her brother. She doesn't know that this day, which is so important to her, is not so joyful for Nicola.
BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART had its Italian Premiere at the Vision Italiane, its World Premiere at the Nordic Youth Film Festival and has been seen at numerous worldwide festivals including Serbia’s International Festival of Student Film and The Nassau and Student World Impact Festivals in the United States.
Matteo Giampetruzzi was born on June 6th 1999 in, Italy. He studied Film Directing in Sculoa D'Arte Cinematografica Gian Maria Volonté in Rome. He took part in Odense Talent Camp, the Documentary Summer School at Locarno FIlm Festival and the youth jury of the San Sebastian
Film Festival. He also works as programmer for the festival Giornate of Queer Cinema in Rome.
Writers: Matteo Giampetruzzi, Lorenzo Romanelli
Principal cast: Andrea Palma, Georgia Russo