{"id":7287,"date":"2019-04-13T22:50:47","date_gmt":"2019-04-13T22:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nyglamour.net\/?p=7287"},"modified":"2026-02-03T04:09:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T04:09:41","slug":"the-next-step-is-always-the-most-important-for-me-massimiliano-mauceri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nyglamour.net\/?p=7287","title":{"rendered":"\u201cThe next step is always the most important for me\u201d – Massimiliano Mauceri"},"content":{"rendered":"\n


Exclusive Interview with Filmmaker Massimiliano Mauceri<\/strong> <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Massimiliano Mauceri is a film director and\nscreenwriter, born in Florence, Italy, in 1974.<\/strong>\n<\/strong>In\n1994 he wrote and directed his first short film, which won 6 awards. In 2003 he\nwrote and directed a short film called “Once Upon a Time a King”,\nwhich won 41 awards (17 first places) and it was screened in 130 Film Festivals\naround the world. He realized, as director and screenwriter, nine short films and\none commercial video and he wrote three feature-length screenplays. He won 134\nawards (42 first places) around the world: 79 awards (26 first places) with his\nshort films and 55 awards (16 first places) with his feature-length\nscreenplays.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NY Glam: Congratulations on being\naccepted at the prestigious International Filmmaker Festival of New York. Can\nyou tell us about the film and the process of making it?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank you very much, it\u2019s a big honor to\nhave been selected at <\/em>International Filmmaker Festival of\nNew York<\/em>. I love New\nYork, and it\u2019s <\/em>very rewarding t<\/em>o have my film here. I made this short\nfilm as a thriller proof movie for my next first thriller feature film, not\nbecause the story is the same but because <\/em>I didn’t have a\nthriller genre on my past short films<\/em>, <\/em>so I wanted to face this genre before making the\nfeature film<\/em>. I made this\nfilm in only two days, one for <\/em>pre-light<\/em>, and one for shooting. It\u2019s a two\nminutes movie, no dialogues. But <\/em>D<\/em>ue to the\nnature of his idea<\/em>,<\/em> <\/em>the movie<\/em> required <\/em>many<\/em> <\/em>days of <\/em>study before <\/em>shooting<\/em>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NY Glam:<\/strong> How\ndid you go about casting for the film?<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I found the actor and the actress on my\nsocials, Instagram and Facebook. I asked to send me showreels and then a\nself-tape for specific scenes of my movie. <\/em>I am very satisfied with\nmy choice<\/em>, Carlotta\nGalmarini is a really great talent. The actor had a very little scene, but he\nhas been perfect.<\/em><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NY Glam:<\/strong> What is the story about and how did you achieve it\ncinematically?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A girl looks in the mirror and dreams\u2026 but\nreality is different.<\/em>\nThis is the logline, and the film is so short that I can\u2019t say more. T<\/em>he\nwhole film is focused on the mirror<\/em>.\nWe enter the mirror with camera and we go in another dimension, watching the\ndream of her. All that without visual effects. And that was the challenge. We\nused a double actress when the mirror was not there. And the second challenge\nwas <\/em>to shoot in<\/em>\nonly one-shot. We made 46 takes. As I said before, I studied deeply the scene\nto find and organize the better solution. I have to thanks my DOP Alessandro\nZonin, my production designer Margherita Citran, Niccol\u00f2 Gabbrielli for the\ndouble \u201cmirrored\u201d mak-up, and costume designer Veronica Di Pietrantonio. They\nmade a really great work. It\u2019s not easy to find a good crew for a short film.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NY Glam: Will you be attending the\nIFFNY festival in New York in May?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I would love to attend festival but I\nlive in Florence (Italy) and I don\u2019t think it will be easy.<\/em><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NY Glam:<\/strong> How long have you been making films and videos?<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I started to make movies at 20 years old. Now I am 44.\nMaking movies is what I love.<\/em><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NY Glam:<\/strong> What\nfilm was your directorial debut? <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFantasy is only a lie\u201d in 1994. A short\nfilm which won six awards in Italy, and in that period the short film festivals\nin Italy was about ten, so it was a great result.<\/em><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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NY Glam:<\/strong> What\nwas the most important lesson you had to learn that has had a positive effect\non your film? How did that lesson happen?<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The lesson I had to learn in the past years making movies, is that it\u2019s necessary to have always the control of set, of actors, of crew. You need each person to give you the best, so often the job of director is to be a psychologist. But most of all, it\u2019s important to understand that you can be the most good director of the world but without your crew you are nothing. Said that, I would like to tell you a curious lesson I learned in this last film. This movie, \u201cThe Mirror\u201d, has two endings, I mean that I made two movies with the same begin and two different endings. So now I have two short films, \u201cThe Mirror (ending 1)\u201d and \u201cThe Mirror (ending 2)\u201d. When I \u201cfound\u201d the first idea of this movie, I was thinking only about ending one, but I was not so sure about it. Until one day I had another great (I thought) idea for a different ending. Speaking with some screenwriter friends, all together they was agree that the second ending was better. But, since I still had doubts about the better ending, I chose to shoot both endings. And so I did. Now, after a lot of friends watched the film and they told me to prefer the ending one, I learned that maybe, often, the first genuine, spontaneous, instinctive idea, is the better solution. I don\u2019t deny the second ending because it has its \u201cfans\u201d, but maybe it was not necessary.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NY Glam:<\/strong> Is it harder to get\nstarted or to keep going? What was the particular thing that you had to conquer\nto do either?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think\nabsolutely is harder to keep going. Because it\u2019s a work that needs always money\nand money and money. And always you have to convince someone to invest on you.\nAbout starting, <\/em>the difficulty<\/em> is only the choice. But when you have a\nreal passion, you have not so many choices. Maybe the only secret is never\nnever never give up.<\/em><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NY Glam:<\/strong> How has your style\nevolved?<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s difficult to explain, but I can say\nthat I can\u2019t watch today my first short films, I feel bad when I try. Maybe one\nday I will can\u2019t watch this movie too. I love a short film when I make it, but\nyears later I find a lot of defects. I try always to do the best. But I want\nalways more. Maybe I will satisfy about this film until my next work. Y<\/em>ou must always ask more of yourself<\/em>. Y<\/em>ou must always aim for the highest point<\/em>.<\/em><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NY Glam:<\/strong> What\nhas been your personal key to success? <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Success\nis won day by day.<\/em> And the\nnext step is always the most important for me. My next step is to make my first\nfeature film \u201cWriting The End\u201d.<\/em><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NY Glam:<\/strong> What are you thinking about doing next?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As I said, I am waiting to make my first feature film. It\u2019s a thriller. I wrote it with the Italian writer Aisha Cerami, Academy Award winner Vincenzo Cerami’s daughter. I have already a producer and we are waiting to find total financing.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NY Glam: Where does your studio want to go\nfrom here? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not being aware of the\nfuture is the only thing that keeps us going. I work to dream of the future I\nwish.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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