About Sandro Bocci

Sandro Bocci is an Italian filmmaker and new media artist exploring the invisible through real processes.

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 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.

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.

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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), one of the leading international events dedicated to projection mapping and architectural audiovisual art. 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.

Short bio

Sandro Bocci is an Italian filmmaker and new media artist whose work explores invisible natural processes through real physical phenomena. Using macro photography, astrophotography, optical experiments, and fluid dynamics, he creates immersive visual works without CGI or AI manipulation.

His films Meta (2012) and Àpeiron (2021) were presented at international festivals, and his footage has been featured in major productions including Voyage of Time and One Strange Rock. Alongside cinema, he develops immersive cinema and large-scale audiovisual installations, including fulldome films and projection mapping. His works have been presented internationally in museums, planetariums, and media art festivals.

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Feature/Short/Doc:

2012 | Meta, feature film, documentary
2015 | Meanwhile, short film | Vimeo Staff Picks
2017 | Gargantua, short film
2017 | Take One, music video/live visual
2018 | Cogito reportage, reportage
2018 | Cogito in Space, VR film
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 | Vimeo Staff Picks
2022 | Titan, short film | Vimeo Staff Picks
2024 | Cosmonautica, short film
2024 | Iridescent Dream, short film
2024 | Brillamento, live visual
2026 | Fantomatyka, short film

Immersive cinema / large-scale 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)