I’m Still Ethan

Raffaello Degruttola (Londres, Reino Unido, 15/08/1972) es un actor, director y guionista italoinglés. Sus créditos como actor incluyen «The Hustle» (2019), «Saving Private Ryan» (1998) y «Quantum of Solace» (2008), entre otras. En 2010 escribió y dirigió su primer drama de 30 minutos, «The Other Side of My Sleep». Gracias a su éxito como corto de apertura del Boston Film Festival, Raffaello rodó su primer largometraje, «Flim: The Movie», que fue nominado al premio Moet British Independent después de sus selecciones en Raindance Film Festival y el NYC Independent Film Festival. Muy influido por el cine Dogma, el neorrealismo italiano y el cine neoyorkino de las décadas de los 70 y 80, dirigió su segundo largometraje «Transference: A Bipolar love Story» (2019), seleccionado en los festivales internacionales de Arizona y Buenos Aires, y premiado con el premio del jurado en el SRFF de Nueva York. Después de dirigir los cortos After «Tremor Cordis» (2017), «No Way Home: Stop the Traffick» (2017) y «Transference» (2018), «I’m Still Ethan» es su quinto cortometraje como director.

Raffaello Degruttola (London, United Kingdom, 08/15/1972) is an English Italian Actor-writer and director. His notable acting film credits include “The Hustle” (2019), “Saving Private Ryan” (1998) or “Quantum of Solace” (2008) among others. In 2010 he wrote and directed his first 30 min drama “The Other Side of My Sleep”. Following the film’s success in opening the Boston Film Festival, Raffaello went on to shoot his first feature film “Flim: The Movie”, which was nominated for a Moet British Independent Film Award following its selection for the Raindance Film Festival and The NYC Independent Film Festival. Heavily influenced by the Danish Dogme 95 rules of filmmaking, Italian Neo Realism and NY cinema of the 70’s & 80’s, Raffaello went on to write and direct his second feature film, “Transference: A Bipolar love Story” (2019), which was selected for the Arizona and Buenos Aires International Film Festivals and received the Jury Award at SRFF in NYC. After directing the shorts “Tremor Cordis” (2017), “No Way Home: Stop the Traffick” (2017) and “Transference” (2018), “I’m Still Ethan” is his fifth short film as a director.