Our guest today is Sonia Gemmiti https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3557507/
Sonia has a distinguished decade-long career as a Set Designer, working on notable films such as Guillermo del Toro’s Crimson Peak and Suicide Squad. In 2016 She was nominated for the Art Directors Guild - Excellence in Design Award.
Sonia now adds director and producer to her list of accomplishments. In 2019, she received the Cayle Chernin Award for Media Production for her script Outside My Window. Receiving mentorship from Canadian Film Director Guy Maddin, Sonia went on to produce and direct, for the first time, a narrative short based on that script. As a result, she’s earned accolades from film festivals in North America and Europe, including the theme prize, Make Your Life a Masterpiece, at the 2021 Asolo Art Film Festival in Italy. If your listening to this podcast before Nov 28 2021, The film will be screening at the Amacort Film Festival- also in Italy- between November 23-28,
Outside my Window is an expressionistic exploration of agoraphobia (a condition Sonia lives with). In our discussion She was very open and honest with her experience directing for the first time and in her personal exploration as an artist.
