Grado Mission

The film chronicles some military activities carried out by the Italian contingent in Herat and Bala Morghab, Afghanistan.The film features 9 chapters with an ink on paper aphorism design.

Director Carlo Christian Spano was born in Rome in 1973. Graduated in Law, he decided to follow his lifetime passion, photography. In combination with the three-year diploma in Photography and Video Editing at IED - European Institute of Design of Rome, in 2001 he begun his experience in film and digital holding, covering all the roles pertaining to the camera department. As a cameraman, crane operator, steadicam operator (SOA 2007 Steadicam Certificate of Completion), director of photography and photographer, he worked with italian channels, international channels, indipendent productions and institutions. An avid outdoorsman, Carlo specializes in filming numerous documentaries on nature and society, musicals, concerts, theatrical performances, performing arts, sport, architecture, industrial video, military operations and photographic reportages.

Best Documentary – Hollywood Sky Film Festival (USA)

Documentary Feature – Hollywood International Moving Pictures Film Festival, USA

Best Documentary Feature – 12Months Film Festival (Romania)

Silver Award Winner – Spotlight Film Awards (USA)

Documentary Feature Foreign – Hollywood International Independent Documentary Awards (USA)

Award of Excellence – The Impact DOCS Awards (USA)

Best Documentary Film Grant Award – Magwill International Film Festival (USA)

Platinum Award – International Independent Film Awards IIFA (USA)

Silver Award – FAME’US International Film Festival (USA)

Best Documentary Feature – International – Hollywood Verge Film Awards (USA)