Afioco Gnecco

INFORMATION

AFIOCO GNECCO is an Italian-Chilean director, producer, and screenwriter who explores all kinds of artistic expression in the audiovisual medium. After attending film school, his creative curiosity led him to also delve into disciplines such as photography and video art.

In 2017, together with the NGO Apoyo Positivo, he created the series Indetectables, a fiction that helps raise awareness of the issue of HIV in society. The series is currently in pre-production for its fifth season.

In 2023, he premiered the short film La acampada at the Malaga Film Festival, where it won the Biznaga de Plata – Audience Award.

In 2024, he was selected for the Film Academy Residencies, where he is developing his first feature film.

That same year, he co-directed the short film Ciao Bambina with Carolina Yuste, which won the Biznaga de Plata for Best Documentary Short Film at the Malaga Film Festival and was recently nominated for a Goya Award in the same category.

In 2025, he made his debut as a screenwriter in fiction series with Sense Filtres, produced by 3CAT.

He is currently finishing his feature-length documentary Este cuerpo mío (This Body of Mine), winner of the Abycine Lanza and the Madrid forum Ventana CineMad, which is scheduled to premiere in 2026.

“ESTE CUERPO MÍO”. Documentary. 2025 (filming)
– Abycine Lanza Award. 2023

“CIAO BAMBINA.” Short documentary. 2024
– Nominated for the Goya Award for Best Documentary Short Film – 2025
– Biznaga de Plata Award for Best Documentary Short Film 2024

“LA ACAMPADA” (THE CAMP). Short film. 2022.
– Biznaga de Plata Audience Award at the Malaga Film Festival. 2022

“TRANSVERSALES”. Documentary. 2019
– Zinegoak.Bilbao. Special Award 2019.
– Mostra La Ploma . Valencia. Best Educational Perspective Award 2020.

“DIVERSXS”. Documentary short film. 2016
– Special Mention from the Jury at LESGAICINEMAD 2016.
– Radio Televisión de Andalucía Award for Best Audiovisual Creation at the Córdoba Film Festival.
– Best Documentary Short Film Award at the “nahia 2016: sex, gender, and eroticism” International Short Film Festival.
– Best Documentary Short Film Award at CinHomo LGBT Film Festival in Valladolid.
– Best Documentary Short Film Award at Castilla-La Mancha International Social Film Festival “FECISO.”
– Best Documentary Short Film Award at Venezuelan Diversity Film Festival- FESTDIVQ.

REEL

"CIAO BAMBINA" TRAILER

POSTERS