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Livia Oya Proto
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Livia Oya Proto is an emerging director and screenwriter graduated from Rufa ( Rome University Of Fine Arts) born in Istanbul, Turkey in 2002. She is half Italian and half Turkish and she lives in Rome,Italy. Her first experimental short art movie entitled "And Again And Again And Again" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjUxwJpEZyk) made in 2017 was selected and screened in various movie festivals such as Lisbon Short-Film Rendezvous Festival, West Virginia Mountaineer Short Film Festival, International Rome Pathological Film Festival, Cefalù Film Festival, Mamma Roma Short Film Festival. In 2022, as her final university project she has written and directed " It appeared it disappeared" (https://youtu.be/GesEMFEsfzg) which was selected and screened in Tito Film Festival, Student World Impact Film Festival (New Jersey) where she did an interview with the festival director published on:Spotify(https://open.spotify.com/episode/1I376fXXITIDmKp0r8gPbw?si=OHQOupG2TxuHFFlC7Yu6cQ ), FESTIVAL ANGAELICA (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29623161/), Camera Zizanio (Greece https://camerazizanio.files.wordpress.com/2022/11/camerazizanio_2022_web.pdf). Her most recent work as a director, screenwriter and line producer is Echo (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8vDGuLf8z0&t=2s) which is selected as a monthly pick of July in Prisma "Rome Independent Film Awards"(https://www.romeprismafilmawards.com/july-2024-monthly-picks/), WEB SERIES FILM FESTIVAL in Lima,Peru 2024, St.Auggie Shorts Film Festival 2025. As a screenwriter with her new Anthological tv series "ephemeral" was selected as a finalist in the third edition of Z-PITCH created in collaboration with the Rome Film Fest, Naba, Civica Scuola di Cinema Luchino Visconti and the Academy of Fine Arts of Naples. (https://www.romacinemafest.it/it/z-pitch-contest-3ed-premiazione/?noamp=available ) and to the Social World Impact Film festival in Vico Equense to present it as a pitch (https://www.instagram.com/p/C6uCPsGN1qq/?img_index=1). I decided to become a filmmaker because cinema is an art form that combines every aspect of life. Without even travelling you find yourself in every kind of scenario. There aren't strict rules to follow, you can create the rules on your own. I am motivated by solving difficult tasks using creativity and curiosity. Like Achille Castiglioni said "If you are not curious, forget it ". Learning new skills, discovering new places, writing screenplays, attending and analysing movie festivals has always had a positive impact on me. At the moment she covers the 1st AD role, in a fan film about Rocky called 'Balboa' produced by the Mainboard Production.

Echo Pilot Episode


Echo, is an Italian and American production. The story is set in Rome, Miami and St. Augustine. Echo belongs to fantasy, mystery, action genre. During the 1550’s just before the spanish invaders arrive to St.Augustine, a shaman of the Timiucua indigen population does a spell which he encapsulated all of his powers in a medallion and it scatters all the spirits of its population into future generations predicting that they will be killed by the invaders. With him there is a young girl named Ela. After he does the spell they get killed.Luis a young man who lives in ST.Augustine, finds the medallion under the sand. He takes the medallion to Esmeralda, a psychic which does a spell to reactivate it and find the owner of it, in the meantime a girl named Deniz dreams the same scene simultaneously. The medallion arrives to Deniz, which is the reincarnation of a Timucuan spirit named Ela. She also hears the voice of her deceased grandmother, in which she tells to accept any gift that is given to her since her family origins had indigen spirits in their ancestors. When she wakes up her life enters into a mysterious alley. Deniz lives in rome and she is a painter. To see if the dream was true she finds the family tree in her house. She focuses specifically on a girl named Ela because she physically looks a lot like her.While Deniz takes a walk in a park in Rome, she starts hearing whispers of her name and following them finds the medallion near a water clock. When she takes the medallion she has a prediction of the future, where a friend of her is committing a suicide. She runs to save him. Going back home tries the medallion on and has another vision. She sees ELA and they start to communicate in a strange way with her. The medallion opens the gate between the past and present. Ela explaines to her that her spirit is in Deniz’s body.After one week, she travels to Miami to present her works at Art Basel in Miami exhibition. During the Art Basel the medallion activates and begins to control her. It leads her to Luis that was also present in her dream. In the meantime a group of treasure hunters want to stole the medallion from Deniz. Luis takes her to St.Augustine, he explains everything to her on their way. When they finally arrive to Esmeralda, she explaines to her that the medallion is very powerful and the Timicua are only the beginning of the reincarnation.When treasure hunters reach St.Augustine, Deniz with the medallion accomplishes to make a spell while having another vision to make them disappear. She finally feels ready to discover and use all the powers of the medallion, until when Luis reveals to be the enemy who wants to take it from her, since it has been activated.

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