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Roccati's latest film "Lucania, Land Blood and Magic" produced in collaboration with Rai Cinema and the Italian Ministry of Culture, won numerous awards since its premiere in Los Angeles. The film received three Gran Jury Remi Awards as Best Foreign Film, Best Actress, Best Editing at 52° Houston International Film Festival and Best Actor, Best Editing and Best Film at Social World Film Festival, as well as the Hero and Time Award in Russia. It was also nominated among the 10 Best Italian Films of 2019 by Coming Soon Television and received extraordinary press and critics, released in theaters, home video, and by Sky, RAI, and Amazon Prime.
Roccati's feature debut "Babylon Sisters" was a co-production between Italy and Croatia, supported by both Ministries of Culture. The film screened in over thirty International Festivals, including Rome, Paris, Mumbai, Pune, Pula, Milan, Cine Sans Frontiers, and Cairo, becoming the image poster of the BFI London Film Festival at the British Film Institute. It was distributed in the UK by Picture House and won two Audience Awards and twice Best First Film.
Roccati is a graduate of the London Film School, where he studied with Mike Leigh and Michael Mann. He holds a Masters Degree from London Metropolitan University. His super-16mm graduation short film "Chloe Travels Time" won the "Universal Studios Master Award," which included an internship at Universal Studios and Focus Feature L.A. The film was also selected by the American Cinematheque and Cinecittà Holding.
Roccati directed four "Pluriel Shorts" produced by Citroen & Filmmaster, which were presented at the Venice Film Festival. He is a Berlinale Talents Campus Alumni and worked with Vivo Film, where his screenplay "Beirut, I Love You," an adaptation of Zena El Khalil's memoir, won both Torino Film Lab Jury & Audience Awards.
As a director, Roccati has worked on documentaries in China, Mongolia, Russia, Afghanistan, the United States, South America, Nigeria, and Lebanon, including "Three Masters of Photography," "Living Utopia" with Judith Malina and The Living Theatre, and "The Working Class Goes to Hell" produced by Greed and RAI television. His feature doc "The Road to Kabul" was awarded by RAI TV and the Italian Ministry of Defence as Best War Doc of Italian Television 2013, which led him to have his first photography book published by Magnum Contrasto Ed.
Roccati believes that collective history is a lens to navigate the future and that resilient beauty can be found in war-torn countries. His docs, films, and music videos, produced around the world, tackle social, political, and gender issues through pop culture. In 2018, he created Ardita Film to support new developments and innovative productions. His films are available on Sky, Rai, and Amazon Prime.
