Casa di Famiglia (Family House)

Giulia Mello Ceresa was born in Biella, the 15th September 1995. She moves to Milan to study Communication, Media and Marketing at IULM University. Always a cinephile, while taking a creative writing class, she realizes she wants to be more than a spectator to movies and decides to learn how to write a script. For this reason, in 2018, she moves to Turin and is admitted to the Holden School for Direction, Screenplay and Film production.

Francesca Sofia was born in Lamezia Terme, the 20th February 1995. At the age of eighteen she moves to London, where she attends a course in museums and curating at the Sotheby’s Institute of Art. Then, she studies Visual Cultures at the Goldsmiths College and graduates with first-class honours at the Goldsmiths College of London. While studying, she collaborates with UAL’s photojournalism students, helping them with the artistic direction of their documentaries and curating the exhibition for their graduation. After five years living in London, she is admitted to the Holden School for Direction, Screenplay and Film production where she wants to pursue her passion for writing. She is enthusiastic about screenplay classes and she engages with the direction of various short films, putting to good use the study of image composition learnt from her previous education.

Giulia and Francesca meet at Holden School and, together with a group of colleagues, they write the screenplay of ‘Casa di Famiglia’, the short film with which they graduate. Together, they co-direct the movie, finding out they work with chemistry and great sinergy.