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Alice Rohrwacher was born on 29 December 1981 in Fiesole, Tuscany, Italy. She is a director and writer, known for Happy as Lazzaro (2018), La Chimera (2023) and The Wonders (2014).- Writer
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Although born in Rome in 1965, Emanuele Crialese has Sicilian roots, to which he pays tribute in film after film. In 1991 he leaves for the USA where he studies film direction at New York University. After making several shorts, he directs his first feature-length movie Once We Were Strangers (1997), in New York. The year was 1997, the film was in English and was awarded several prizes, among which the Valenciennes International Film Festival Award. He then decided to return to his homeland and met international success (both in festivals and art houses) with his first Italian work Respiro (2002), shot on Lampedusa Island in Sicily in 2002, with Vincenzo Amato and Valeria Golino in her most ambitious part to-date. In 2006, his next film Golden Door (2006), once again with Vincenzo Amato but without Valeria Golino (Charlotte Gainsbourg was better suited to play an English-speaking emigrant), examined the question of emigration to the States at the beginning of the 20th century, more particularly from the perspective of poor Sicilian peasants.- Writer
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Damiano D'Innocenzo was born on 14 July 1988 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He is a writer and director, known for Bad Tales (2020), Boys Cry (2018) and America Latina (2021).- Writer
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Fabio D'Innocenzo was born on 14 July 1988 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He is a writer and director, known for Bad Tales (2020), Boys Cry (2018) and America Latina (2021).- Director
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Gianluca De Serio is known for Seven Acts of Mercy (2011), Zakaria (2005) and The Stonebreaker (2020).- Director
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Massimiliano De Serio is known for Seven Acts of Mercy (2011), Zakaria (2005) and The Stonebreaker (2020).- Writer
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Maurizio Braucci was born in 1966 in Naples, Campania, Italy. He is a writer and director, known for Gomorrah (2008), Piranhas (2019) and Black Souls (2014).- Cinematographer
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Alessandro Valenti was born in Naples on 29 December 1972. He lives in Palermo where he works as a director, teacher and independent producer. Son of art (his father is Pino Valenti, who for RAI TV was the production designer of Sherlock Holmes, Melissa, Resurrezione, Sacco and Vanzetti, La fine di un Regno and many other successes of the time) has lived his childhood in magical world of cinema and television volerene much to make a working reality beginning to study diction and dubbing with the great names of cinema and Italian television before, and directing, shooting techniques of television and film, photography and cinematography, then . After a period as a cameraman for the most 'important national television stations, decided to create, in Palermo, a reality' independent against everything and everyone always carries its project to develop young talent (especially if Sicilian) making these the protagonists of his productions. Valenti says: "If all the good people and talented are forced to go away from Sicily, will remain always and only exporters of talent with no possibility of growth. It 'on young people and their artistic force that we have to focus."
Cinema: He directed the short Horror "Stanza 17" written by Antonino La Corte He directed the short themed social "Un Viaggio" written by Salvatore Ventura Is producing his first film "Enygma" (a feature film set in Palermo a mysterious and rich in history) for which oversaw subject, script, direction and production and which he starred Alfredo Li Bassi (Mery per sempre - Ragazzi Fuori - Vite perdute - Il capo dei capi) and Ferdinando Gattuccio (Squadra Antimafia 6)
TV He directed and the production of music videos "innamorato e così Fragile", "la cura" (Franco Battiato), "Even Now" (Barry Manilow) Singer Gaspar Barresi (former soloist of Ennio Morricone) He directed the television musical "Valentine 's Secret" was staged in Terni and starring Antonella Bucci, Sergio Moses Musket, Barbara Giargiana, Jos Sforza, Gianni Neri, Giorgio Alexakis, Simone Mazzilli He directed television's "Fashion in Italy" held at the Teatro Politeama.- Actress
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- Marco Mancassola is known for Sicilian Ghost Story (2017), All'amore assente (2007) and L'uomo che amava il cinema (2012).
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Niccolò Ammaniti was born on 25 September 1966 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He is a writer and director, known for The Miracle (2018), I'm Not Scared (2003) and Me and You (2012). He has been married to Lorenza Indovina since 17 September 2005.- Writer
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Roberto Scarpetti is an Italian writer, graduated in script-writing at Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, and known for Giochi d'estate (2011), Dove non ho mai abitato (2017) and Quello che non sai di me (2019). He works mostly as a playwright, having also been resident playwright at Teatro di Roma - Teatro nazionale.- Actress
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Paolo Cognetti was born on 27 January 1978 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy. He is a writer and director, known for The Wrong Side of the Bridge (2006), Fiore Mio and The Eight Mountains (2022).- Writer
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Valerio Mieli was born on 27 January 1978 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. Valerio is a writer and director, known for Ricordi? (2018), Ten Winters (2009) and Les filles du temps.- Writer
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Paolo Genovese was born on 20 August 1966 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He is a writer and director, known for Perfect Strangers (2016), The Immature (2011) and The Place (2017).- Writer
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Passionate about cinema and literature. He graduated with Honors in 2007 with a Bachelor's Degree in Arts and Modern Literature. Then he graduated in Filmmaking at Rosebud International Film School in Rome in 2011 and in Screenwriting in New York Film Academy, in New York in 2014, thanks a schoolarship promoted by Italian Cultural Institute of New York won because of his First Feature Movie "The Way Back Home". In 2008 he started working frequently as assistant director on important Italian movies set. In 2010 he co-produced, directed and wrote his first feature movie "La strada verso casa" ("The way back home"). It was presented as International Premiere in International Festival of Rome and in San Paolo International Film Festival in the section "Young Discoveries". The movie was selected in beyond 40 International Festivals and it won 8 National Cinema Awards. In 2011 he founded a new Company Production, always called Echivisivi (www.echivisivi.it). In 2013 he produced and directed his first movie documentary, "La memoria degli ultimi" ("The Last Standing"), reaching a surprising criticism and audience success. The movie was sold in almost 20 countries in all world. In 2016 he produced and directed his second movie documentary "Indro. The man who wrote on the water", about the most important Italian journalist of 20th century, in co-production with Alkermes and in collaboration with Sky Arte. Actually he is post-producing is new movie documentary "Love Biography" and he is developing his new movie "GlassBoy", produced by Solaria Film & Echivisivi, selected by CineKid Junior Co-production Market, winning a Media Europe Fund and Mibact Italian Film Fund. In while he ve always been worked like filmmaker and audiovisual expert in the audiovisual commercial production and he worked for more ten years as like tutor and educator for kids.- Writer
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Massimo Gaudioso was born in 1958 in Naples, Campania, Italy. He is a writer and director, known for Gomorrah (2008), Dogman (2018) and Tale of Tales (2015).- Writer
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Umberto Contarello was born on 13 July 1958 in Padua, Veneto, Italy. He is a writer and actor, known for The Great Beauty (2013), This Must Be the Place (2011) and Marrakech Express (1989).- Writer
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Edoardo De Angelis was born on 31 August 1978 in Naples, Campania, Italy. He is a writer and director, known for Indivisible (2016), The Vice of Hope (2018) and Perez. (2014). He is married to Pina Turco. They have one child.- Writer
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Sandro Petraglia was born on 19 April 1947 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He is a writer and director, known for The Best of Youth (2003), The Girl by the Lake (2007) and The Stolen Children (1992).- Domenico Starnone was born on 15 February 1943 in Saviano, Campania, Italy. He is a writer and actor, known for Il posto dell'anima (2003), L'amore ritorna (2004) and La scuola (1995).
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Francesco Piccolo was born on 12 March 1964 in Caserta, Campania, Italy. He is a writer and director, known for Human Capital (2013), The Traitor (2019) and We Have a Pope (2011).- Writer
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Stefano Rulli was born on 3 October 1949 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He is a writer and director, known for The Best of Youth (2003), The Stolen Children (1992) and The Yes Man (1991). He was previously married to Clara Sereni.- Writer
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Francesco Bruni was born on 30 September 1961 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He is a writer and director, known for Easy! (2011), Tutto quello che vuoi (2017) and Human Capital (2013). He has been married to Raffaella Lebboroni since 19 September 1992. They have two children.- Writer
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Gian Alfonso Pacinotti was born on 12 December 1963 in Pisa, Tuscany, Italy. He is a writer and director, known for The Last Man on Earth (2011), Smettere di fumare fumando (2012) and Il ragazzo più felice del mondo (2018).- Writer
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Alessandro Baricco was born on 25 January 1958 in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. He is a writer and director, known for The Legend of 1900 (1998), Lezione 21 (2008) and The Belly of the Sea (2021). He has been married to Gloria Campaner since 16 December 2023. He was previously married to Barbara Frandino.- Writer
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Sofia Georgovassili was born in Patras, Greece. She grew up in Athens where she also finished her Acting studies in 2007. She now works as a director, writer and actress. She is known for her lead parts in Mikri Arktos (2015), and Black Field (2009), for which she won Best Actress Award at the European Film Festival in Seville, (2010).- Director
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Susanna Nicchiarelli was born on 6 May 1975 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She is a director and writer, known for Cosmonauta (2009), Nico, 1988 (2017) and Miss Marx (2020).- Director
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Laura Bispuri is a director and writer, known for _Sworn Virgin (2015)_ and _Daughter of Mine (2018)_ both presented in Competition at the Berlinale, in 2015 and 2018. She was awarded with the David di Donatello in 2010 for Best Short Film for _Passing Time (2010)_ and with Nastro d'Argento in 2011 for Most Promising director for her short _Biondina (2011)_.- Director
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Sergio Basso started as a theatre director, in Teatraz Drama Company, then he went on to the movie industry. He was Gianni Amelio's assistant director on his last production in China, "The missing star". He directed several documentaries as well as one feature film. His films got selected and won awarded in many major documentary-, animation- and short- international festivals (e.g. Locarno, Nyon, Annecy, Turin, Moscow). He graduated from the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, Direction Department, Rome (2006); from Jurij Alschitz and GITIS (Moscow) Theatre School (2002). He lived in China for a while, pursuing his academic studies in Oriental Art; he graduated from Venice University, Oriental Languages Department (1999); from Milan University, in Classics (2011). He is a member of the European Documentary Network. He taught at Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, Palermo branch, art-history documentary and held several workshops in documentary filmmaking abroad, i.e. at University of Auckland, New Zealand. He is one of the winners of 2009 Solinas Prize- Documentary for the Large Screen and of the Movin'Up Scholarship for Young Italian Artists. He co-worked with RAI & RAICinema, Telecom Italy, Save the Children, "Il Corriere della Sera", IlSole24ore publishing house, Skira publishing house, the MAAXI Museum in Rome, the Istituto dei Beni Culturali in Emilia Romagna. More recently he devoted himself to developing cross-media platforms for the Italian newspaper "Il Corriere della Sera" and experimenting the contribution of animation in documentary film-making, winning Annecy International Film Festival. "Elementary love" is his first feature film, released in 2014 in Italy, Russia, Switzerland, Canada. It is a children's film. It got selected at Moscow Film Festival and Giffoni Film Festival. A novel with the same title has been published by Salani Publishing House. In 2014 he has directed a documentary in Beijing for CCTV, the Chinese national television channel, in Chinese, for Chinese audience, about the Han dynasty. He has directed several children's cartoons, too.- Director
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Vincenzo Marra was born on 18 September 1972 in Naples, Campania, Italy. He is a director and writer, known for Tornando a casa (2001), Vento di terra (2004) and La prima luce (2015).- Writer
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Paolo Franchi was born in Bergamo. After completing an honors degree in Literature and Philosophy, specializing in psychoanalytic art criticism, he graduated as a film director from the renowned Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, Italy's national school of cinema. His graduation thesis is the only one to have been selected at the 1994 Venice Film Festival. He worked as an assistant to Nanni Loy, Francesco Maselli and Peter Del Monte, and attended select workshops by Mauro Bolognini, Giorgio Arlorio and Ermanno Olmi.
He made several short films including the docufiction "Frammenti di Sapienza" about the Italian writer Goliarda Sapienza, who featured as herself. The documentary competed at the 1995 Venice Film Festival and other major international cinema events, winning several awards.
In 2004, Franchi signed his feature-length debut film "La Spettatrice", the only Italian film to compete at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York, founded by Peter Scarlet and Robert De Niro. The film earned global critical acclaim, and participated in numerous festivals (from Montreal to the Edinburgh Film Festival, from the Chicago International Film Festival to the Tokyo Film Festival, from Paris Cinema to New York's Syracuse International Film Festival).
Overall, the film garnered 21 awards worldwide including:- Italian Golden Globe for best first feature
- Grolla d'Oro St. Vincent for artistic innovation
- Cicae Best Film Award at the Annecy Festival
- First prize from the jury at the Villerupt Festival
- Rosa Camuna best film award at the Bergamo Film Meeting 2004
- Fac 2004 Award for best European debut (Italian critics' union)
- Best Film Award and Best Screenplay at the Syracuse International Film Festival, New York
In 2007, Franchi signed his second feature film "Nessuna qualità agli eroi". The film was nominated best film of the year at the 64th Venice Film Festival, arousing controversial critical reaction coupled with great admiration from the international press (Variety, Screen International, and Positif to name a few). The film participated in numerous international festivals (from Villerupt to the Busan International Film Festival, from Annecy to Mons) and earned no less than four Italian Golden Globe nominations in 2008: best film, best actor (Elio Germano), best film script - and best director of the year to Paolo Franchi.
In 2012, he signed his third feature film "E la chiamano estate", causing a stir in the media. Amid dissension and applause, the film won two prizes at the Rome International Film Festival: the award for best actress to Isabella Ferrari and the Marc Aurelio Award for best direction to Paolo Franchi.
In 2017, Franchi made the film "Dove non ho mai abitato". The film was enthusiastically received by Italian and foreign critics and earned numerous awards including the Mario Gallo award, the Capri Hollywood award, the Ciak d'Oro best film award, the Italian Golden Globe for best soundtrack - and nomination for best film of the year. The film also received three Nastro d'Argento nominations, including best director of 2018. The film was the only Italian representative at the official Golden Goblet Awards of the Shanghai International Festival 2018 where it competed for best film.- Writer
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- Stefano Casi is known for All'amore assente (2007), Bitter Years (2019) and The Wind in the Evening (2004).
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Andrea Adriatico was born in 1966 in L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy. He is a director and writer, known for The Wind in the Evening (2004), Pugni e su di me si chiude un cielo (2002) and L'auto del silenzio (2002).- Director
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Piero Messina was born on 30 April 1981 in Caltagirone, Sicily, Italy. He is a director and writer, known for L'attesa (2015), Another End (2024) and This Must Be the Place (2011).- Writer
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Andrea Purgatori is an Italian journalist, screenwriter, essayist and actor, born Rome . He has been chief editor and correspondent for Il Corriere della Sera and he currently works for the Huffington Post Italia and Le Monde Diplomatique. For cinema, he wrote, among others, "Il muro di gomma", which won the Nastro d'argento award in 1992 as best screenplay, "Nel continente nero", "Il giudice ragazzino", which won the Globo d'oro award in 1994 as best screenplay, "Fortapàsc" and "L'industriale". Author and anchorman of several tv shows, he also wrote many series for television such as: "Vite blindate", "Iqbal", "L'attentatuni", "Un caso di coscienza", "Petrosino", "Caravaggio", "L'amore proibito", "Lo scandalo della Banca romana".- Writer
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Carlo Lucarelli was born on 26 October 1960 in Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. He is a writer and director, known for L'isola dell'angelo caduto (2012), The Red Door (2017) and Albakiara (2008).- Director
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Giacomo Abbruzzese was born on 3 June 1983 in Taranto, Apulia, Italy. He is a director and writer, known for Disco Boy (2023), Archipel (2010) and Fireworks (2011).- Giuseppe Genna was born on 12 December 1969 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy. He is a writer, known for The Legend of Kaspar Hauser (2012), Suor Jo (2005) and Last Mother (2016).
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Davide Manuli is known for The Legend of Kaspar Hauser (2012), Beket (2008) and Girotondo, giro attorno al mondo (1999).- Editor
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Silvano Agosti was born on 23 March 1938 in Brescia, Lombardy, Italy. He is an editor and director, known for Uova di garofano (1991), Quartiere (1987) and Fit to Be Untied (1975).- Director
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Franco Piavoli was born on 21 June 1933 in Pozzolengo, Lombardy, Italy. He is a director and writer, known for Al primo soffio di vento (2002), The Blue Planet (1982) and Voices Through Time (1996). He is married to Neria Poli. They have one child.- Writer
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Nicola Guaglianone was born on 5 May 1973 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He is a writer and actor, known for They Call Me Jeeg Robot (2015), Indivisible (2016) and L'ora legale (2017).- Director
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Daniele Gaglianone was born in 1966 in Ancona, Marche, Italy. He is a director and writer, known for My Class (2013), Nemmeno il destino (2004) and I nostri anni (2000).- Writer
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Stefano Collizzolli was born on 8 September 1978 in Padua, Veneto, Italy. Stefano is a writer and producer, known for I nostri anni migliori (2011), Il pane a vita (2013) and Fuori Classe (2016).- Writer
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Born in Rome, Italy, Alberto Taraglio studied at Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia where he graduated as a director with a 40-minute film entitled "You are different," starring Sergio Castellitto. He worked with director Gianni Amelio as screenwriter in RAI tv series "I ragazzi di via Panisperna", (1988) and feature films as "Così Ridevano" ("The Way they Laughed", 1998), winner of Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 1998, "La Tenerezza" ("Tenderness", 2017), nominated for the screenplay at the David di Donatello Aw. 2017, and "Hammamet" (2019). Taraglio is also creator and writer of some italian television series like "Codice Rosso" (2005), "Baciato dal sole" (2016) and the very popular "I Cesaroni".- Writer
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Marco Borromei was born on 20 April 1986 in Messina, Sicily, Italy. He is a writer and actor, known for Blocco 181 (2022), P.O.E. Poetry of Eerie (2011) and SKAM Italia (2018).- Writer
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Born in Cagliari in 1976. He's a italian director. After he graduated in directing and screenwriting at Accademia Internazionale dell'Immagine in L'Aquila, he moved to Rome where he started by directing few shorts movies among which "Provided it's buried" (2006), which garnered several awards in the international film festival circuit. In 2009 he presented his medium-length film "I know there's a man" at the 66th Venice Film Festival; a work of great expressive and stylistic maturity that strongly confirms him as one of the most interesting new Italian directors. His first feature film "Leaving no trace" (2016), starring Michele Riondino and Valentina Cervi, was well received by the public and critics.- Writer
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Monica Zapelli was born in 1966 in Pavia, Lombardy, Italy. Monica is a writer and director, known for One Hundred Steps (2000), L'Arminuta (2021) and Red Like the Sky (2006).- Edoardo Albinati was born on 11 October 1956 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He is a writer, known for Tale of Tales (2015), Sweet Dreams (2016) and Uno a me, uno a te e uno a Raffaele (1994).
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Silvia Scola is known for Concorrenza sleale (2001), La cena (1998) and The Story of a Poor Young Man (1995).- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Paola Scola is known for Ridendo e scherzando - Ritratto di un regista all'italiana (2015), How Strange to Be Named Federico (2013) and Gente di Roma (2003).- Script and Continuity Department
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Mariangela Barbanente is known for Sole (2000), Ferrhotel (2011) and Varichina-the true story of the fake life of Lorenzo de Santis (2017).- Writer
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Licia Eminenti is known for Intimisto (2001), A Street in Palermo (2013) and La petite fille (2003).- Writer
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Emma Dante was born on 6 April 1967 in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. She is a writer and director, known for A Street in Palermo (2013), The Macaluso Sisters (2020) and Misericordia (2023).- Writer
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Giuditta Tarantelli was born in Bordighera in 1975, she is the producer of Officina Film where she deals with the organization and budget for advertisements. Not only she is a film producer but also a screen player, in fact she collaborated with director Mirko Locatelli for the adaptation of Come prima (2004) and Crisalidi (2005). With Locatelli also created the web site about independent films: www.cinemaindipendente.it, she also produces journalistic films for RCS Editore Corriere on-line.- Director
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Mirko Locatelli was born in 1974 in Milan. He studied cinema at "University of Studies" in Milan and dropped out in 2000 to dedicate himself to journalism. He collaborated with a large variety of newspapers included "Il Corriere Della Sera", at the same time carried on his main interest: cinema. In the same year he opened the site "www.cinemaindipendente.it" with the aim of letting young filmmakers meet there, discussing independent movies. The website also propagates cinema culture, organizes screenings, cinema courses and production projects. Gathering people he met during his studies, in 2001, opened "Officina Film", a production company which deals with communications. With Officina films he directed his first advertisement and in 2003 directed a documentary on the set Fame chimica (2003) by Antonio Bocola e Paolo Vari, and a short film "Il Confine". In 2004 he directed Come prima (2004) an independent film. In 2005 he directed Crisalidi (2005), a documentary which was critically acclaimed.- Maurizio Careddu was born in 1965 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. Maurizio is a writer, known for Sottocasa (2006), Rocco Schiavone (2016) and The Sea Beyond (2020).
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- Edoardo Albinati was born on 11 October 1956 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He is a writer, known for Tale of Tales (2015), Sweet Dreams (2016) and Uno a me, uno a te e uno a Raffaele (1994).
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Ludovica Rampoldi was born on 23 January 1979 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She is a writer and assistant director, known for The Traitor (2019), The Invisible Boy (2014) and The Bad Guy (2022). She has been married to Nicola Giuliano since 14 September 2013.- Writer
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Fabio Bonifacci was born on 25 October 1962 in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. He is a writer and director, known for We Can Do That (2008), Diverso da chi? (2009) and Them Who? (2015).