BIO

Sandro Bocci (1978, San Benedetto del Tronto, IT) is an Italian filmmaker and new media artist, founder of Julia Set Lab, an artistic collective that creates documentaries, immersive works, and experimental films.

Driven by a deep fascination with the complexity and beauty of the natural world, he has developed a distinctive visual language that combines macro photography, astrophotography, optical experiments, and fluid dynamics. His work—created without CGI or AI manipulation—emerges from tangible physical phenomena, transforming chemical reactions, light, and microscopic details into immersive visual experiences.

Over the years, he has contributed footage to major international productions, including Voyage of Time and Song to Song by Terrence Malick, as well as to the documentary series One Strange Rock, produced by Darren Aronofsky. He has also collaborated on film projects such as Edge of Life and Heild, among others, and has worked with institutions including National Geographic and UNESCO.

His feature films Meta (2012) and Àpeiron (2021) were presented at international festivals and received recognition in documentary and experimental cinema contexts. Three of his short films—Meanwhile, Halo, and Titan—were each awarded the Vimeo Staff Pick, placing his work among the platform’s most distinguished selections.

Alongside his cinematic work, Bocci develops immersive cinema experiences and large-scale audiovisual environments, including fulldome films, projection mapping, and site-specific installations. His works are conceived to scale across different exhibition formats, from single large-screen installations to fully immersive environments, including fulldome projection.

His works have been presented internationally in museums, festivals, planetariums, and public spaces across Europe, Asia, and the United States.

His short film Respiro was selected for the 1minute Projection Mapping competition in Tokyo (2023). Other works have been presented in immersive and exhibition contexts including NHK Plus Cross Shibuya in Tokyo, MIT Engineering School, the Los Angeles Public Library, and international exhibitions such as The Blue Paradox: An Immersive Experience on the Ocean Plastic Crisis in London and Chicago.

His visual research has also been integrated into collaborative immersive projects, including Cogito in Space by Daniela de Paulis and audiovisual installations created in collaboration with the music project Iteration.

His immersive fulldome film Cosmonautica has been presented in festivals and planetariums worldwide, receiving the First Prize at the Light Year Awards (China, 2024) and selections at events including the Fulldome Festival Jena, Suwon International Film Festival, the Shanghai International Light Festival, and Symphoria at Planetarium BZ. The work was also presented at CERN during the Mapping Festival in 2024. His new fulldome film Fantomatyka has been selected for SAT Fest 2026 in Montreal.

In recent years, alongside his artistic practice, Bocci has created original visual content and crafted original footage for major international brands including Shiseido and Dom Pérignon, bringing his signature real-process aesthetic into the language of high-end advertising. Through his ongoing collaboration with Filmsupply, his works have been licensed for cinema, television, and commercial campaigns worldwide, with clients including HBO, Warner Bros., Google, IBM, Dell, Sony, Visa, Ford, Audi, Aston Martin, and Samsung.

SHORT BIO

Sandro Bocci (1978, San Benedetto del Tronto, IT) is an Italian filmmaker and new media artist, founder of Julia Set Lab, an artistic collective that creates documentaries, immersive works, and experimental films. Working without CGI or AI, he creates immersive visual works through macro photography, optical experiments, and fluid dynamics.

His footage has been featured in major productions including Voyage of Time and Song to Song by Terrence Malick and One Strange Rock produced by Darren Aronofsky, with collaborations spanning institutions such as National Geographic and UNESCO.

Three of his short films—Meanwhile, Halo, and Titan—were each awarded the Vimeo Staff Pick. His films Meta and Àpeiron have been presented internationally across festivals and experimental cinema contexts.

Bocci develops large-scale audiovisual installations, fulldome films, and immersive environments exhibited worldwide, including at CERN, MIT, and international festivals and planetariums.

Alongside his artistic practice, his work has been widely licensed for cinema, television, and global campaigns through Filmsupply, with clients including HBO, Warner Bros., Google, and Sony.

PORTFOLIO
photo Mario Catena

photo Mario Catena

Original Works

  • 2012 | Meta, feature film, documentary

  • 2015 | Meanwhile, short film | Vimeo Staff Picks

  • 2017 | Gargantua, short film

  • 2017 | Take One, music video/live visual

  • 2020 | Àpeiron VR, vr film

  • 2021 | Morfeo, short film

  • 2021 | Redshift, short film

  • 2021 | Flux Capacitor, short film

  • 2021 | Solaris, short film

  • 2021 | Le Antiche Vie Mulattiere, featurette

  • 2021 | Àpeiron, feature film

  • 2022 | Halo, short film

  • 2022 | Titan, short film

  • 2024 | Cosmonautica, immersive film

  • 2024 | Brillamento, live holographic visual

  • 2026 | Fantomatyka, immersive film

  • 2026 | Iridescent Dream, multi-format film

Exhibition / Audiovisual Installations

  • Cogito in Space, VR film with Daniela De Paulis, co-director (2018)

  • The Blue Paradox, Immersive Experience, additional footage, London, Chicago (2021+2023)

  • Halo @ Another World, Journey Through Technology NHK+, 8K screen, Tokyo (2022)

  • Halo @ SFO Museum, San Francisco (2022)

  • Halo @ Beyond Nature, The Bukhangang R Starbucks, Seoul (2022)

  • Respiro @1min. Projection Mapping, Tokyo (2023)

  • Titan @MIT - Engineering School and @ LA Public Library (2024)

  • Cosmonautica @Syllpse, 360° projection - Jardin des Nations - Geneva (2024)

  • Cosmonautica @Shanghai International Light Festival, 360° projection (2025)

  • Cosmonautica @Fulldome festival Jena (2025)

  • Cosmonautica @The 2nd Shangai International Light Festival (2025)

  • Network, Videomappig@Osaka Expo 2025

  • Fantomatyka, Fulldome, @SATFEST (2026)

Collaborations

  • Heild (2014), documentary by Petur Gudmundsson | Additional footage

  • Voyage of Time (2016), feature film by Terrence Malick | Additional footage

  • Song to Song (2017), feature film by Terrence Malick | Additional footage

  • One Strange Rock (2018), tv series produced by Darren Aronofsky | Additional footage

  • Cogito reportage (2018), reportage

  • Cogito in Space (2018), Interdisciplinary artistic project by Daniela De Paulis | Immersive film

  • A World of Calm (2020), tv series, HBO Max | Additional footage

  • Edge of Life (2025), feature documentary by Lynette Wallworth | Additional footage

  • Il Velo dei Sensi (2026), short film by Elisa Baccolo | Additional footage

  • Project Hail Mary (2026), feature film | Additional footage