Emiliano Battista

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Part city symphony part visual poem, 'The Solitary Life of Cranes' explores the invisible life of a city, its patterns and hidden secrets, seen through the eyes of crane drivers working high above its streets.

What emerges is a lyrical mediation about how our existence is shaped through the environment we inhabit, both for the drivers high up in the sky and the people on the ground they are watching.

Made with the support of the Channel 4 British Documentary Film Foundation, Â‘The Solitary Life of CranesÂ’ was selected as one of the top five films of the year 2008 by critic Nick Bradshaw in Sight & Sound magazineÂ’s annual film review.

Â“graceful and revealingÂ…once seen, wonÂ’t be forgottenÂ” The Observer

Â“Very simply, the film did what art should do: it opened your eyes.Â”The Guardian

Award for Best Short Documentary, Britdoc Film Festival 2008

Award for Best Documentary, Go Short Â– International Short Film Festival Nijmeden 2009

Anthony Minghella Award for Best UK Short, Glimmer Â– Hull International Short Film Festival 2009

Best Short, Oxdox International Documentary Film Festival 2009

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Emiliano Battista is known for Gazza (2022), Unrest (2017) and Jin tian de yu zen me yang? (2006).

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Awards
- 2 wins & 2 nominations total

Known for

Gazza (2022)

7.3

Editor

2022

Jennifer Brea in Unrest (2017)

7.5

Editor

2017

Jin tian de yu zen me yang? (2006)

Jin tian de yu zen me yang?

6.2

Editor

2006

Elvis Pelvis (2007)

7.3

Editor

2007

Credits

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- 2024
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- 2023
The Fire That Took Her
7.7
- Editor
- 2022
Fortuna Granda
- supervising editor
- 2022
Gazza
7.3
- Editor
- 2022
Hymn from the Hive
- Editor
- 2021
The Return
Short
- Editor
- 2021
The Uncertain Kingdom
7.5
- Editor
- 2020
Busby
7.3
- Editor
- 2019
Into the Fire
9.3
Short
- Editor
- 2019
Marghe e Giulia, crescere in diretta
7.0
- lead editor
- 2019
The Waiting Room
5.4
Video
- Editor
- 2019
H Is for Harry
7.1
- Editor
- 2018

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