Yuri Ancarani (b. Ravenna, 1972) is an Italian video artist and filmmaker. His works have been shown at numerous national and international exhibitions and museums, including Kunstverein Hannover (Germany); Castello di Rivoli (Rivoli Turin, Italy); Manifesta 12 (Palermo, Italy); Kunsthalle Basel (Basel, Switzerland); Art Basel Unlimited (Basel, Switzerland); 16th Quadriennale d’Arte Altri tempi, altri miti, Palazzo delle Esposizioni (Rome); 55th Esposizione d'Arte Internazionale, Il Palazzo Enciclopedico, Venice Biennial (Italy); Beursschouwburg (Brussels, Belgium); CAC, Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève (Geneva, Switzerland); Centre Pompidou (Paris, France); Fondazione Sandretto, Re Rebaudengo (Turin); Hammer Museum (Los Angeles, California); AMACI, Museo del Novecento (Milan); MAXXI, Museo Nazionale delle Arti del XXI secolo (Rome); R. Solomon Guggenheim Museum (New York, USA); Palais de Tokyo (Paris, France); RaebervonStenglin (Zurich, Switzerland); Stiftung Insel Hombroich (Neuss, Germany).
He has participated in many Festivals, including: New York Film Festival (New York City, USA); Camden International Film Festival (Maine, USA); New Directors/New Films, MoMA (New York, USA); Desert Exhibition of Art (Palm Spring, California); True/False Film Festival (Columbia, Missouri); SXSW South by Southwest (Houston, Texas); Ann Arbor Film Festival (Michigan, USA); Hot Docs (Toronto, Canada); TIFF Toronto International Film Festival (Toronto, Canada); BIM Biennale dell’Immagine in Movimento, Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève (Geneva, Switzerland); Locarno Film Festival (Locarno, Switzerland); Viennale (Vienna, Austria); 67th and 68th Venice Film Festival (Venice Biennial, Italy); IFFR International Film Festival Rotterdam (Rotterdam, the Netherlands); 23rd IDFA International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (Amsterdam, the Netherlands); Cinéma du Réel (Centre Pompidou, Paris, France); CPH:DOX (Copenhagen, Denmark); Festival International du Film de La Roche sur Yon (La Roche sur Yon, France); Beat Film Festival (Moscow, Russia); Taipei Film Festival (Taipei, Taiwan).
He has also received many prizes and awards, including: “Special jury prize CINÉ+” Cineasti del presente, 69th Locarno Film Festival (Locarno, Switzerland); five nominations at Cinema Eye Honors, Museum of Moving Image (New York, USA); “Grand Prix in Lab Competition,” Clermont Ferrand Film Festival (Clermont Ferrand, France).