Cristian Scardigno is a director, screenwriter and producer. He directed several short films awarded at numerous international festivals. In 2013 he directed his first work, “Amoreodio”, selected at the Montreal World Film Festival (Canada), at the Festoia International Film Festival (Portugal) and winner of the award for best actress at Annecy Cinema Italien (France). Projected in Paris in the “De Rome à Paris” exhibition, “Amoreodio” was released in Italian cinemas in 2014. Since 2015, Scardigno is the artistic director of the Cisterna Film Festival – International Short Film Festival. In 2017 he founded the production company Esen Studios, with which he produces and directs the short film “Nel suo mondo”, selected at the Tirana International Film Festival (Albania) and at the WorldFest Houston (United States).