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Emiliano Battista

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Part city symphony part visual poem, 'The Solitary Life of Cranes' explores the invisible life of a city, its patterns and hidden secrets, seen through the eyes of crane drivers working high above its streets. What emerges is a lyrical mediation about how our existence is shaped through the environment we inhabit, both for the drivers high up in the sky and the people on the ground they are watching. Made with the support of the Channel 4 British Documentary Film Foundation, ‘The Solitary Life of Cranes’ was selected as one of the top five films of the year 2008 by critic Nick Bradshaw in Sight & Sound magazine’s annual film review. “graceful and revealing…once seen, won’t be forgotten” The Observer “Very simply, the film did what art should do: it opened your eyes.”The Guardian Award for Best Short Documentary, Britdoc Film Festival 2008 Award for Best Documentary, Go Short – International Short Film Festival Nijmeden 2009 Anthony Minghella Award for Best UK Short, Glimmer – Hull International Short Film Festival 2009 Best Short, Oxdox International Documentary Film Festival 2009
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The Solitary Life of Cranes (2008)
Emiliano Battista is known for Gazza (2022), Unrest (2017) and How Is Your Fish Today? (2006).
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    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 2 nominations total

    Known for

    Gazza (2022)
    Gazza
    7.3
    • Editor
    • 2022
    Jennifer Brea in Unrest (2017)
    Unrest
    7.5
    • Editor
    • 2017
    How Is Your Fish Today? (2006)
    How Is Your Fish Today?
    6.1
    • Editor
    • 2006
    Elvis Pelvis (2007)
    Elvis Pelvis
    7.3
    • Editor
    • 2007

    Credits

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    Editor

    • Sul filo (2026)
      Sul filo
      • Editor
      • 2026
    • #Skyking (2026)
      #Skyking
      7.3
      • editor
      • 2026
    • Ivy Blackshaw in Molly vs the Machines (2026)
      Molly vs the Machines
      6.2
      • Editor
      • 2026
    • Vivi (2024)
      Vivi
      • supervising editor
      • 2024
    • Defiant (2023)
      Defiant
      8.5
      • Editor
      • 2023
    • Phantom Parrot (2023)
      Phantom Parrot
      6.5
      • Editor
      • 2023
    • The Fire That Took Her (2022)
      The Fire That Took Her
      7.7
      • Editor
      • 2022
    • Fortuna Granda (2022)
      Fortuna Granda
      • supervising editor
      • 2022
    • Gazza (2022)
      Gazza
      7.3
      • Editor
      • 2022
    • Hymn from the Hive (2021)
      Hymn from the Hive
      • Editor
      • 2021
    • American 965 (2021)
      American 965
      9.5
      • supervising editor
      • 2021
    • The Return
      Short
      • Editor
      • 2021
    • The Uncertain Kingdom (2020)
      The Uncertain Kingdom
      7.5
      • Editor
      • 2020
    • Busby (2019)
      Busby
      7.3
      • Editor
      • 2019
    • Tristan Loraine in Everybody Flies (2019)
      Everybody Flies
      8.6
      • supervising editor
      • 2019

    Editorial Department

    • Revert (2025)
      Revert
      Short
      • edit & story consultant
      • 2025
    • The Secrets We Bury (2025)
      The Secrets We Bury
      6.4
      • additional editor
      • 2025
    • What's the Film About? (2024)
      What's the Film About?
      Short
      • consulting editor
      • 2024
    • Victoria Mapplebeck in Motherboard (2024)
      Motherboard
      7.2
      • edit consultant
      • 2024
    • Clean (2022)
      Clean
      8.6
      Short
      • edit consultant
      • 2022
    • Article 12 (2010)
      Article 12
      6.6
      • assistant editor
      • 2010

    Director

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      • Director
      • 1996
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