Giovanni Basso

Giovanni Basso (27 February 1984) is an Italo-Australian film director, screenwriter and producer. He is best known for directing the 2022 film Mindemic.

Biography Basso was born in Ferrara, Northern Italy, and graduated from the Liceo Classico Ludovico Ariosto in 2003. He moved to Australia in 2010, later becoming a naturalized Australian.

Career In 2013, he wrote, directed, and produced the Australian short film The Swimmer, which competed in over fifty film festivals and at the 2013 Hollywood Film Awards. In 2014, he wrote, directed, and produced Terra Continens, a short film presented in 2015 as a special event during the Venice Film Festival. In 2018, he wrote and directed Il Grande Presidente, a short film starring Lorenzo Balducci and Giorgio Colangeli, shot on 35mm film, with support from the MiC - Ministry of Culture, the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, and SIAE.

In 2022, he wrote and directed his debut feature film, Mindemic, starring Giorgio Colangeli. The film, shot entirely with an iPhone, received several nominations at the 2023 Ciak d'oro awards. On the 19th of September 2022, it was included in the list of twelve Italian films to possibly represent Italy as a foreign language film at the 2023 Academy Awards.

Filmography Short film

Feature film

Awards and nominations