Rob Ciano - Filmmaker
Rob on the set of "Shimmer" (2021) with DP Jon Mercer.
Rob Ciano is an award-winning filmmaker dedicated to crafting compelling and meaningful narratives. He has written and directed multiple feature films, exploring different genres and styles. He values collaboration and is always open to connecting with fellow creatives.
Notable Projects
Twenty-Nine
Shimmer
Ghosts [...]
"Ghosts (Girl In All My Songs)"
The Foes of Fern
Music Video (2020)
Story, Director, Editor, VFX
Hobdy Beer
Contest Entry (2024)
Producer, Writer, Director, Editor
In Development
Contact for more information on these films
"Wine Street"
Feature Film
Genre: Crime Comedy
Logline:
When a wine shop owner learns that a large percentage of his stock is counterfeit, on the eve of an important wine dinner hosted by a big client with wine-savvy guests, he realizes he must break into the client's house and switch the fake bottles for real ones, in order to save his business.
Think: "Sideways", plus amateur criminals.
"An American Girl In Italy"
Feature Film
Genre: Coming of Age Dramedy
Logline:
Hoping to revitalize an old pastry shop in a dying Italian-American downtown, go-getter Nicole enters a baking competition with a large cash prize… but does she know enough about baking, her Italian background, or even herself, to overcome the obstacles and save the neighborhood?
Think: The quiet girl next door is cast on The Great British Baking Show... what happens next?
"Pirates of the Suburban"
Feature Film
Genre: Parody Action/Comedy
Logline: When a quiet beach town's urban legend comes to life, and the ghost of a famous pirate begins to gather strength and build a ghostly pirate crew, the rag-tag group of twenty-somethings who set the chain of events in motion must become pirates themselves in order to stop Captain Jackie from taking over the town, and perhaps... the world.
Think: "Hocus Pocus", but with Pirates.
"Afterburn"
Feature Film
Genre: Sci-Fi/Action
Logline:
After being blackmailed into participating in a series of post-apocalyptic, high-speed hoverbike races, Jett Riley realizes the game is not only rigged against the racers, but is keeping society at large in an intentional state of stagnation, motivating him to survive the circuit, win the cup, and save not only his family, but society itself.
Think: Podracing, The Movie
"A Christmas Ghost Story"
Feature Film
Genre: Holiday Thriller
Longline:
When best friends Logan and Teek get in a car accident on Christmas Eve, leading to Teek's untimely death, they learn that the lines between life and the spirit world are blurred at Christmas, and there is a chance to save Teek's life... If they can escape the evil spirits that also come closer to life at this time.
"Blursday"
Feature Film
Genre: Stoner Comedy
Logline: In a mostly legalized USA, stoner culture has become diluted, which bothers hippie-wannabe Keith so much that he decides he wants to throw a cannabis-inspired music festival called "Blursday" - with no experience, no contacts, no funding, and all while living in his parents' basement (who don't know that he smokes weed).