ABOUT ME

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All images copyright Gothamfotografia. All rights reserved.

 

Joseph Franciosa is an American artist and filmmaker currently based in Heidelberg, Germany. He focuses mainly on Dance related films grappling with societal issues like immigration, racism, gender equality and the environment. Recent projects have experimented with new video techniques such as 360 video, wearable cameras, interactive video, and aerial drone. 

Joseph Franciosa has produced numerous award winning films. His 2021 film “FoxKeeper”, a dance video about refugees and the perils faced when trying to find a better life in a strange country was selected and won honorable mention at 5 international film festivals and awarded best cinematography at Experimental, Dance, Music Film Festival in Los Angeles 2021. His 2022 film “Inferno” a dance video about trauma, exclusion and refugees was selected and awarded at the Los Angeles Film Awards 2022 for Best Experimental film, Silk Road Film Awards for Best Dance Film,  International Music Video Awards 2022 for Best Dance Music Video, and many others. “Manusz”, a dance video about the experiences of a Romani artist living in Germany received the Audience Choice award at the Ake Dikhea 6th International festival of Romani Film 2022. In 2021 He received the QuarryLife Award grant and produced the film “Restoration”: a dance video depicting the transitions of a rock quarry and how more companies need to address their transition out of the material extraction phase. It was awarded Honorable Mention at the Athens International Monthly art Film Festival and Official Selection at the Berlin Indie Film Festival 2023. His recent works include  the film "XE{zi}" a film about Gender Identity collaboration with Darja Reznikova SoBo Productions and "Diese Geschitchte, Die Ich Dir Erzahle" a collection of women stories. His current projects include "Dialogos" a dance video project showing the global connection and empathy between dancers around the world, and "Revelations" and dance video about trauma and recovery.

 
 

Awards and Recognition

Inferno Video 2022

projected at Heilig-Geist- Kirche Heidelberg April 14, 2023

FoxKeeper Video 2020

Premiered at Eintanhaus Mannheim Sept 2020

projected at Heilig-Geist- Kirche Heidelberg April 14, 2023

Los Angeles Experimental, Dance, Music Film Festival 2021 / Best Cinematography

Wildsound Award Podcast

London International Monthly Film Festival 2021- Honorable Mention

Athens International Monthly Art Film Festival 2021- Honorable Mention

London International Music Video Awards 2021 - Honorable Mention

Los Angeles Music Video Awards 2021 / Honorable Mention Dance Music Video

Los Angeles Film Awards 2021 / Official Selection

Mannheim Arts and Film Festival 2022 / Honorable Mention


Angelique et Medor 2020

London International Monthly Film Festival 2021- Honorable Mention

Athens International Monthly Art Film Festival 2021- Honorable Mention




Grants Awarded

Distanz- Solo 2021 Grant recipient - GEFÖRDERTE DER 3.

MWK 2021 Stipendium

MWK 2021 Stipendium

QuarryLife Award 2021

Photography Career Works

Martha Graham

Falcon Dance

Yin Yue Dance

Joshua Beamish

Offset Dance Festival 2019

Excognito 2017

Excognito 2016

Voice of Kathak at Alvin Ailey Citigroup Theater

Conversation & Rebirth: Martha Graham Dance Company; Peiju Chien Pott

Complexions Dance

Gallim Dance

Batsheva Dance Company/ The Young Ensemble

Ashley Bouder Project

MOVE THE COMPANY/ Joshua Beamish

Glia Symposium NYC 2018

Stereotomy 2.0 at Par excellence featuring Lapella design chair by AKT II & Zaha Hadid

Stereotomy 2.0 at NYIT

Tango Intoxication by Batt Johnson cover art

Feldenkrais Institute New York

New York Fashion Week 2015

New York Fashion Week 2016

Puerto Rico Tango Marathon

Buffalo Tango Marathon

Cleveland Tango Marathon

Yale Tango Festival

Maratonazo

El Destino

Video Career Works

XE{zi} : Sobo Productions

Blickfeld : Semilla Tanz

Restoration: QuarrylifeAward

Feeling Spaces

Fox Keeper Nostos TanzTheater 2020

EVOKE Dance Theater Heidelberg 2021

Frozen Heart Felina Areal Mannheim

Kantoj The World in One Voice

Angelique et Medor

Bailongo Montreal 2018:

Pablo Veron & Cecilia Capella

Aoniken Quiroga & Noelia Barsi

Pablo Pugliese & Noel Strazza

Dialogos : Peiju Chien Pott

Annabelle Lopez Ochoa

Cleveland Tango School

Yin Yue Dance

Tymoteusz Ley & Agnieszka Stach

Sebastian Jimenez & Juana Gomes

Daniela Roig & Hernan Prieto

Eugenia Parrilla & Yanick Wyler