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Julien Paolini, born June 20, 1986, in Florence, is a Franco-Italian director and screenwriter.

Biography
Julien Paolini was born in Florence in Tuscany (Italy), the city of his father. At the age of eight his family moved to Paris, his mother's city. He grew up in the suburbs of Paris. He discovered theater and writing at a very young age and then obtained his first publications for literary short stories. He then entered the Cours Florent, where he returned to sit in the free class in 2016 alongside François Florent.

Between 2008 and 2015 he wrote and directed a series of short films shot between France, Africa and the United States. He directed actors such as Shiloh Fernandez, Hugo Becker, Bernie Bonvoisin and Christophe Salengro. The films are noticed at international festivals such as the Clermont Ferrand International Short Film Festival, Fespaco, the Rotterdam International Film Festival, Les Pépites du Cinéma or the Montreal World Film Festival and are bought and distributed by France Télévisions, Canal + and Orange Cinema Series.

He then signed the writing of a series for Arte on the sectarian universe and worked on the adaptation of the bestseller I will go spitting on your graves with the Boris Vian cohery.

His first feature film, Amare Amaro (Amare la terra amara) reconnects with his Italian origins. It explores the theme of multi-culture and multi-identity and recounts the struggle of a French baker who puts his life in danger by choosing humanity over the brutality of his Sicilian village. He directs Syrus Shahidi, Tony Sperandeo and Celeste Casciaro there. The western-tinged drama makes the rounds at festivals. The screenwriter-director represents Italy alongside Paolo Sorrentino and Matteo Garrone. Acclaimed by critics who bring the film closer to the gangster films of Martin Scorsese, Amare Amaro earned him the Grand Prix at the Polar festival in Cognac.

His second feature, Karmapolice, written in collaboration with Mano and Syrus Shahidi, is in post-production in 2022. He directs Syrus Shahidi, Alexis Manenti, Karidja Touré, Steve Tientcheu, Sabrina Ouzani.

Short films

 * 2009 : Awakening of a Sheep
 * 2010 : Don't rob banks with plastic forks
 * 2011 : Killing boredom
 * 2012 : African Race
 * 2015 : Bangs in my chest
 * 2015 : The Hitchhiker by Boris Vian

Feature films

 * 2019 : Amare Amaro
 * 2022[Lien à corriger] Catégorie:Article avec un lien à corriger : Karmapolice

Prices

 * 2011 : Critics' Prize at the Trouville Off-Courts Festival for Killing boredom.
 * 2018 : Grand Prix of the Cognac Polar Festival for Amare Amaro (Amare la terra amara).

Nominations

 * 2012 : Junior Prize for Best Screenplay at the Grand Prix for Best Screenwriter Sopadin for Conduite Nocturne.
 * 2018 : Grand Prize, Director's Prize, Audience Prize at the Saint-Jean-de-Luz International Film Festival for Amare Amaro (Amare la terra amara).
 * 2018 : Student Prize for the first work, Midi Libre Audience Prize at the Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival for Amare Amaro (Amare la terra amara).
 * 2019 : Best Film, Best Director at the 65th Taormina Film Festival for Amare Amaro (Amare la terra amara).
 * 2019 : BC Emerging Filmmaker Award at the Vancouver International Film Festival for Amare Amaro (Amare la terra amara).
 * 2019 : Critics' Prize at the Villerupt Italian Film Festival 2019 for Amare Amaro (Amare la terra amara)
 * 2020: Selection of the Creation competition at the Valencia International Screenwriters Festival for ROJ
 * 2021: Selection of the Creation competition at the Valence International Screenwriters Festival for ETHƎR.