Cinematography: Mo Scarpelli

The best movies, series, and documentaries with cinematography by Mo Scarpelli. Explore visually stunning titles that highlight an exceptional filmmaking.


Frame by Frame

2015 · Documentary · 85 min. · Afghanistan

Direction Alexandria Bombach · Mo Scarpelli

Cast Massoud Hossaini · Wakil Kohsar · Najibullah Musafer · Farzana Wahidy

Plot When the Taliban ruled Afghanistan, taking a photo was a crime. After the regime fell from power in 2001, a fledgling free press emerged and a photography revolution was born....

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El Father Plays Himself

2020 · Documentary · 105 min. · Venezuela

Direction Mo Scarpelli

Cast Jorge Thielen Hedderich · Jorge Thielen Armand · Rodrigo Michelangeli · Carlos Luis Betancourt

Plot A father and son return to the Amazon jungle to shoot a deeply personal film. Fiction and reality clash as father plays himself.

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Groomed

2021 · Documentary · min. · United States

Direction Gwen van de Pas

Cast Gwen van de Pas

Plot Gwen van de Pas returns to her hometown in search of answers about the man who sexually abused her as a child.

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Anbessa

2019 · Movie · 85 min. · Italy

Direction Mo Scarpelli

Cast Biruk Aderi · Misgan Assefa Lulie · Alem Sebisibe Ayitenfsu · Meron Getnet

Plot Through a coming-of-age story, this drama captures one boy taking on modernization on his own terms, revealing a unique and magical perspective on the myth of "progress" that entraps us...

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Speaking Is Difficult (S)

2016 · Documentary · 12 min. · United States

Direction AJ Schnack

Plot This film always begins in the present day. A scene of tragedy unfolds, accompanied by fear, chaos, and disbelief. As it rewinds into the past, retracing our memories, it tells...

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