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Riccardo Suriano

Film Director
@riksuriano
From Rome to California 📍🗺️ I tell stories where reality breaks. Horror, Surrealism, Human darkness 🎬 @thehollowchurchfilm
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  • Following 4.9K
  • Followers 27.1K
  • Engagement 0.57%
  • Avg comments 25

About Riccardo Suriano

Riccardo Suriano (@riksuriano) is a Film Director creator on Instagram, also filed under Entertainment. The account has 27,149 followers and 1,605 published posts. Recent posts average 142 likes and 25 comments, an engagement rate of 0.57%.

With 27.1K followers, Riccardo Suriano is a micro creator by the common 10,000 to 100,000 definition. Riccardo Suriano follows 4,920 accounts, so the audience is roughly 5.5 times the size of the list followed. Riccardo Suriano carries Instagram's verified badge and uses an Instagram professional account. Flinque files Riccardo Suriano under Film Director, with Entertainment as a secondary category.

The Instagram bio for Riccardo Suriano runs to 15 words across 4 lines. The bio mentions @thehollowchurchfilm. The latest activity Flinque has on record for Riccardo Suriano dates from May 2026.

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1,605 Posts

Of the 10 most recent posts shown for Riccardo Suriano, 8 are single images and 2 are carousels. That mix leans toward single images. Riccardo Suriano has built a substantial archive of 1,605 posts. Against the audience, that is roughly 17 followers for each post published. Riccardo Suriano also keeps 8 story highlights on the profile. All 10 carry captions, averaging 145 words each. The captions are written mainly in English. Words that recur across them include thehollowchurch, impossible, life, hollowed and something. The captions tag #thehollowchurch, #filmmaking, #indiefilm, #psychologicalhorror and #featurefilm.

Before anyone sees a single frame, the world of the film has to exist.

The stone.
The silence.
The haze.
The way a location starts to feel less like a place and more like something waiting.

That was one of the most important parts of making this film: not just shooting scenes, but building a feeling strong enough to follow the characters even when nothing is moving.

Just traces of the world we created for

Currently in post-production.

📸 by

#hollow #thehollowchurch #filmmaking #indiefilm #featurefilm
Directing is a strange thing.

You spend months seeing a film in your head, hearing the rhythm of scenes before they exist, feeling the atmosphere before anyone else can see it.

Then one day you’re standing in front of a camera, in the middle of nowhere, using your hands, your whole body, and probably a very questionable amount of caffeine, trying to pull that invisible thing out of your mind and make it real for everyone else.

That’s the part I love most.

The translation of vision into image.
The chaos.
The obsession.
The tiny moments where everyone finally sees what you’ve been carrying alone.

This was day two of

Now please help me with the most important part:

Give this photo a title.

Best meme title wins eternal glory in the church of The Hollow One 🕯️

📸 by

#thehollowchurch #filmdirector #filmmaking #gothichorror #pshycologicalthriller
POV: you spend months making an atmospheric psychological gothic horror film in remote Italian mountains… and the hardest part ends up being posing for for a random merch photo for 🕯️😂

A few months ago this film felt impossible.

Now there are actual shirts.

Life is weird.

#thehollowchurch #indiefilmmaking #filmmakerslife #filmdirectorُ #pshycologicalhorror
Twenty years ago, when I moved to the United States from Rome, I had absolutely no idea what I wanted to do with my life.

I just kept trying things. Failing. Learning. Starting over. Chasing instincts that didn’t always make sense at the time.

And somehow, every wrong turn, every weird job, every risk, every setback… slowly led me here.

Directing my first feature film in the mountains of Italy.

Still surreal to even type that.

Also, I have no idea why this behind-the-scenes photo makes me look like I’m about to announce the next billion-dollar Hollywood franchise instead of trying to survive an indie horror shoot held together by coffee, stress, and pure stubbornness. 😂

But honestly… I’m grateful for all of it.

To every person who believed in me, supported me, worked beside me, and pushed me forward when things felt impossible… thank you.
you know I’m talking about you 😀

And honestly, thank you also to the people who didn’t believe in me. The ones who doubted me, underestimated me, or thought this dream was unrealistic.

You helped shape me too.

Life is strange.
Sometimes the path only makes sense once you finally stop and look back at it.

And after all these years… I genuinely feel like I’m only getting started. 🕯️

📸

#filmmaking #director #featurefilm #thehollowchurch #behindthescenes
There are moments in life that don’t fully feel real even while you’re living them.

Making Hollowed was one of those moments.

For weeks, surrounded by the mountains of Italy, we lived inside this film together. Freezing mornings in the wilderness, endless days inside an ancient church and a centuries-old palace that slowly became part of the soul of the story itself.

Watching Michael Maggi, James Faulkner, Magda Apanowicz, Kellan Rhude, Alexandra Boulas and this incredible cast disappear into these characters every day was honestly surreal.

And behind every frame was a crew that gave absolutely everything they had. People pushing through exhaustion, cold, pressure, impossible schedules, and constant challenges with passion, resilience, and belief in what we were creating together.

And there were moments where I would stop in the middle of set, look around at the cameras moving through candlelit corridors, the actors standing in costume inside these ancient locations… and genuinely struggle to believe this was real.

A few months ago, someone told me making this film the way we envisioned it would have been objectively impossible.

Guess who was wrong.

This is my first feature film, and I could not be more grateful to every single person who believed in this vision and helped bring it to life.

A huge thank you to the people of Civita d’Antino for welcoming us and allowing us to turn such a beautiful and historic place into the world of Hollowed.

And finally, thank you to my wife for believing in me even during the moments where everything felt impossible.

I will never forget this experience.

Hollowed is coming. 🕯️

📸

#thehollowchurch #filmmaking #director #featurefilm #behindthescenes🎬
Some actors don’t just enter a story.
They grow with it.

It is an absolute honor to announce that Alexandra Boulas will be joining Hollowed

Alexandra is someone I’ve had the privilege of working with for years, going all the way back to Along Came Ruby and Dreadstone: The Beginning. In many ways, we started this journey together.

Since then, I’ve seen her evolve into an incredibly instinctive and grounded performer, someone who doesn’t chase moments, but lets them find her.

You’ll also see her in films like What’s Wrong Wendy? and What I Remember.

Some roles are meant to be discovered, not explained.
And this is one of them.

There is something deeply honest about Alexandra’s presence, raw, emotional, and impossible to ignore once it’s there.

The kind of performance that doesn’t ask for attention… but quietly takes it.

Bringing her into this world feels like a full circle moment.

And I truly can’t wait for you to see what she does in this film.

Welcome to Hollowed, Alexandra.

I couldn’t ask for a better cast.

👇
Drop a comment and show her some love.

#thehollowchurch #indiefilm #psychologicalhorror #castingannouncement
Some actors don’t need to raise their voice.
They hold everything beneath the surface… and make you feel it anyway.

It is an absolute honor to announce that Magda Apanowicz will be joining Hollowed as Magda.

You’ve seen her in powerful performances across film and television including
You, The Flash, The Green Inferno, Continuum, Caprica, and more.

Now she steps into a role that lives in silence.

Magda is not simply a presence within the church.
She is devotion.
She is control.
And something far more unsettling beneath it.

There is a quiet intensity to Magda’s work that makes her impossible to look away from… and this character demands exactly that.

Watching her bring this role to life is going to be something truly special.

Welcome to Hollowed, Magda.

I couldn’t ask for a better cast.

👇
Drop a comment and tell us what your favorite Magda Apanowicz performance is.

#thehollowchurch #magdaapanowicz #indiefilm #psychologicalhorror #castingannouncement
Some actors don’t just play characters.
They carry entire worlds in their eyes.

It is an absolute honor to announce that James Faulkner will be joining Hollowed as Father Severi.

You’ve seen him in unforgettable performances across cinema and television including
Game of Thrones, Downton Abbey, Wake Up Dead Man, Da Vinci’s Demons, Atomic Blonde, and many more.

Now he steps into a role that sits at the very heart of this story.

Father Severi is not simply a priest.
He is a guide.
A witness.
A man who understands the terrible weight of guilt and the impossible cost of redemption.

Watching an actor of James’s caliber bring this character to life is going to be something truly special.

Welcome to Hollowed, James.

I couldn’t ask for a better cast.

👇
Drop a comment and tell us what your favorite James Faulkner role is.

#thehollowchurch #jamesfaulkner #gameofthrones #indiefilm #psychologicalhorror
The next soul entering.

We’re incredibly excited to announce that Kellan Rhude will be joining the cast of Hollowed as Daniels.

Daniels is a man shaped by war and by a memory that refuses to stay buried. His presence in the story is haunting, powerful, and impossible to escape.

Many of you may recognize Kellan from his work in The Killer, Dexter: New Blood, and The Black Phone, where he has proven his ability to bring intensity, depth, and authenticity to the screen.

Daniels carries some of the most striking and emotionally charged moments in the film, and Kellan is the perfect actor to bring this character to life.

This cast continues to grow into something truly special.

Welcome to Hollowed, Kellan.

More announcements coming soon.

#TheHollowChurch #KellanRhude #CastAnnouncement #PsychologicalHorror
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Riccardo Suriano's engagement

Riccardo Suriano's engagement rate on Instagram is 0.57%, under 1%, fewer than 1 like or comment per 100 followers. On a typical post that comes to about 1 like or comment for every 175 followers. Comments stay close to likes on Riccardo Suriano's posts, at 142 likes and 25 comments on average, about 5.7 likes per comment.

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Who is Riccardo Suriano?

Riccardo Suriano (@riksuriano) is a Film Director creator on Instagram, also filed under Entertainment. Riccardo Suriano carries Instagram's verified badge and uses an Instagram professional account. The Instagram bio for Riccardo Suriano runs to 15 words across 4 lines.

How many followers does Riccardo Suriano have?

Riccardo Suriano has 27,149 followers on Instagram (27.1K). Riccardo Suriano follows 4,920 accounts, so the audience is roughly 5.5 times the size of the list followed. Riccardo Suriano has built a substantial archive of 1,605 posts.

What is Riccardo Suriano's engagement rate?

Riccardo Suriano's engagement rate on Instagram is 0.57%, under 1%, fewer than 1 like or comment per 100 followers. On a typical post that comes to about 1 like or comment for every 175 followers. Comments stay close to likes on Riccardo Suriano's posts, at 142 likes and 25 comments on average, about 5.7 likes per comment.

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Flinque files Riccardo Suriano under Film Director, with Entertainment as a secondary category. Of the 10 most recent posts shown for Riccardo Suriano, 8 are single images and 2 are carousels. The 10 recent Instagram captions Flinque holds for Riccardo Suriano repeatedly use the words thehollowchurch, impossible, life, hollowed and something. Riccardo Suriano's captions carry hashtags such as #thehollowchurch, #filmmaking and #indiefilm. Riccardo Suriano writes those captions mainly in English. Riccardo Suriano keeps 8 story highlights, which open with a free Flinque account.

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