Freelance filmmaker and video editor
"I love experimenting and being inspired by the expressive potential of audiovisual language.
I find my raison d'être in the creation of content with a documentary slant"
I find my raison d'être in the creation of content with a documentary slant"
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Paolo La Naia was born in Milan in 1997.
In 2017 he enrolled in a three-year degree course in Communication, Media and Advertising at IULM University and he graduated in 2020 with a thesis on the filmography of Swedish director Ruben Östlund.
He continued his studies at IULM University, obtaining a Master's Degree in Cinema and New Media, graduating in 2023 with a thesis on sound in the cinema of Paul Thomas Anderson. During those years Paolo developed a strong passion for shooting and video editing. Among the various works realised during his university years figure Dario (52‘, 2023), a documentary that won the “Best Drama” category at the Reale Film Festival 2023; the short film Isole (18’, 2023), finalist at the Milano Short Film Fest 2023 and selected for the Rome Prisma Awards 2023 and the Metropolis Film Fest 2023; Il cammino dell'acqua (25', 2023), a corporate documentary produced by IULM Movie Lab.
In 2023 he starts working in Milan as a filmmaker and after finishing his studies he collaborates on the making of the docufilm L'ultimo miglio (45', 2023), produced by IULM Movie Lab.
In July 2023 he was selected as one of 20 participants of the International Filmmaking Academy in Bologna, where he attended the directing workshop by Ruben Östlund.
In October 2024 he was selected for the contest "Visioni Future" during the BAFF 2024.
In January 2025 he was selectet for the five-weeks "35mm Cinematography Workshop" in Madrid, run by ESCAC.
In October 2024 he was selected for the contest "Visioni Future" during the BAFF 2024.
In January 2025 he was selectet for the five-weeks "35mm Cinematography Workshop" in Madrid, run by ESCAC.
Since September 2023 he is in the comunication and production team of ANPI Londa Film Festival.
He currently works with several production companies and associations in Milan with which he shoot corporate, social and TV content. He also maintains a more authorial approach by collaborating on short films and narrative documentaries. Among the various projects he has collaborated on are: Vorrei andarmente ma non me ne andrei mai, a short documentary shot for Argot APS with the support of Fondazione Cariplo; I bambini del pane bianco a short film by Davide Casarotti and the students of IC F.lli Casetti of Varzo (honorable mention - Raccontare la storia 2024 contest); L'eco delle campane d'inverno, a documentary by Davide Casarotti (winner - Marateale Film Festival 24, finalist - Nebrodi Cine Doc, official selection - Eho Mountain Film Festival and Bansko Film Fest and currently in festival distribution with PREMIERE FILM); Né ombra Né luce, a documentary by Andrea Caccia, (premiered at the Filmmaker Festival 2024).
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