Gianfrancesco Iacono was born in Palermo, Sicily, in 1986. Graduated in Modern Literature, he collaborates with the “Rivista del Cinematografo” (Rome) as a film critic and works as a consultant in the field of cinematography. He is the maker and director of two animated short films, "Night Shift" and "Marianna’s dive", that have both been selected by numerous international film festivals and, lately, of “Wasteland”, co-directed with Michele Scimè, a documentary short film about Sicily.