The Brambles Empire

Curriculum vitae
by Paola Fabiani
Paola Fabiani was born on 13 December 1974 in Manciano, in the Grosseto Maremma, Tuscany, where she lives and works today.
She has always loved music, literature, cinema, theater and any other form of artistic expression. She is a doctor and writer.
At the age of 9 he began studying the piano and in 1988 he obtained the Theory and Solfeggio license -instrumentalist branch- at the Istituto Musicale “P. Mascagni” in Livorno.
In 1993 he obtained her classical high school diploma at the Liceo Ginnasio Carducci-Ricasoli in Grosseto.
In 2001 he graduated with honors in Medicine and Surgery at the University of Siena. In 2006 he specialized with honors in Dermatology and Venereology at the University of Siena. In 2010 he obtained a further specialization, graduating with honors in Medical Hydrology at the University of Milan.
As a doctor, in addition to various work experiences in both the private and public sectors, she has also carried out humanitarian missions that have brought her into contact with difficult realities.
As a writer, she is the author of fairy tales, short stories, novels and screenplays. She is registered with the SIAE and on PATAMU platform.
In 2010 she wrote her first fairy tales and, shortly after, she also began to compose musical pieces in text and music.
She is the author of theatrical monologues: WHISPERS FROM THE AFTERLIFE (2021) and THE FAREWELL (2024)
In 2014, with the Le Brumaie publishing house, five of his fairy tales were published: "The camel out of tune", "The Eugene's web", "The curious clouds", "The lynx's shadow" and "Vanessa vain".
In September 2018, the Casa Editrice Stampa Alternativa published his historical-surreal mystery novel entitled "Full moon on the Stachilagi fortress".
In February 2019, her collection of fairy tales and stories entitled "The jar of fairy tales" was released with Helicon Editions with which he received the Particular Report of the Jury at the 44th edition of the Casentino Literary Prize 2019 - Giuseppe Frunzi Section - Editi.
In the same year, she ranks 2nd in the 18th edition of the National Children's Literature Competition "Once upon a time .." of Monterchi with the fable entitled "Piccolo e Semplice", which is then published in a volume anthological together with the others classified.
In March 2020, her trilogy of stories in the historical yellow genre entitled "Tales from the Loire" was released with Helicon Editions, with which he obtained:
- "Honorable mention" at the 45th edition of the Casentino Literary Prize 2020 - Giuseppe Frunzi Section - Editi.
- "Honorable mention with commendation" at the 5th edition of the "Florence in Literature 2020" award with motivation: BEST HISTORICAL SETTING TEXT
and it is "selected" for the City of Como Literary Prize 2020.
She is a finalist at the 7th Firenze Filmcorti Festival 2020 with the screenplay for the feature film "Full moon on the Stachilagi fortress", then named "Lunimetarius", based on the novel of the same name. The same screenplay is also "selected" for the 2nd edition of the Tre Colori 2020 Literary Competition. The same screenplay is also "selected" for the 2nd edition of the Tre Colori 2020 Literary Competition;
In january 2023, the screenplay Lunimetarius is selected also at Golden Giraffe International Film Festival, at 8 & Halfilm Awards and at FRANCE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL;
in february 2023, it is selected at Oxford Script Awards.
In 2021, he is a finalist in the 2nd Edition of the A story for cinema competition with the novel "Full moon on the Stachilagi fortress".
In June 2021, his thriller novel entitled "THE CHRONICLES OF DORA MATTEI - The crimson red rose" comes out with Helicon Editions with which in the same year he received the HONORABLE MENTION WITH COMMENDATION FOR BEST YELLOW at the 6th Edition of the Florence Prize in Literature.
Also in 2021, his screenplay "The witches of Ancenis", taken from her trilogy "TALKS OF THE LOIRE", was a FINALIST at the 8th Firenze Filmcorti Festival.
The same script "The witches of Ancenis" received the JURY MENTION at the third edition of the A story for cinema competition in 2022.
In the same year, her short story "Poldo" was published in an anthology.
Again in 2022, with the mystery novel "THE CHRONICLES OF DORA MATTEI - The crimson red rose", already presented in May at the Turin Book Fair, he won the SPECIAL JURY AWARD at the 47th Edition of the CASENTINO AWARD.
In the same year, her new historical novel entitled "Forlèna" was published by Edizioni Helicon and was awarded the Silver Florin at the Premio Firenze 2022 with the following motivation:
“The author, with an excellent flowing, descriptive and imaginative pen, has proposed a cross-section, between the historical and the fantastic, of the Casentino area within the context of the turbulent glimpse of the XIII century linked to the battle of Campaldino where, Guelphs and Ghibellines fiercely clashed for the supremacy of the territory. From reading the book it emerges how, in the tragic context of a war, a pure feeling can arise and develop between two young people despite the various events contrary to their happiness. We like to safely consider the author the direct heir of Emma Perodi.

The screenplay L'impero dei rovi, in its English version "The Brambles Empire", taken from the story of the same name published in the collection The Jar of fairy tales, was:
- a semifinalist at the Austin International Art Festival In January 2023;
-a semifinalist at Santa Monica Film Awards in April 2023
In March 2023 her screenplay Lunimetarius was selected at Hollywood Gold Awards and won the Best Adapted Screenplay Award of the Zagreb International Film Festival Winter Session.
In the same month, her screenplay "The secrets of Chauvigny", based on "Tales of the Loire", was selected at the Fellini Film Festival.
In march 2023, the screenplay Lunimetarius won Best Adapted Screenplay Award of Barcelona Indie Awards and was semifinalist at Hong Kong Indie Film Festival
and selected at Star International Film Festival
In April 2023, the same screenplay won:
- Best Screenplay Writer at Dona Paula International Film Awards
-Best Adapted Screenplay at Tokyo International Short Film Festival
-Silver Award: Feature script at New York Movie Awards
-Best Feature Script at London Movie Awards
-Gold Award: FEature Script at Paris Film Awards
-Honorable Mention at Snow Leopard International Film Festival
-Best Thriller Screenplay at Prague International Film Awards
-Selected at Hercules Independent Film Festival
-Best Adapted Screenplay at Your Way International Film Festival
-Selected at Liber Films International Festival
The screenplay The Brambles Empire was selected in may 2023 at Berlin International Screenwriting Festival.
In June 2023, the LUNIMETARIUS screenplay is a semi-finalist at the San Diego International Film Awards and the Vancouver Movie Awards. In the same month, it is selected at the Lotus International Film Festival and at the Red Movie Awards.
In July 2023, his historical novel "Forlèna" received the "Between history and narrative invention - Middle Ages in Casentino" award at the 48th Edition of the Casentino Prize.
In August 2023, the screenplay LUNIMETARIUS was Nominee and finalist at the Planet cinema Festival as "BEST DRAMA"”, and in September won the DIAMOND AWARD at WALLACHIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL.
In october 2023, the script THE SECRETS OF CHAUVIGNY won HONORABLE MENTION at Paris Film Awards and the award Best Thriller Screenplay of the season at Filmfare, and was semifinalist at Paris Lady MovieMakers Festival.
In the same month, the screenplay LUNIMETARIUS won as BEST FEATURE SCRIPT at Sydney Worl Fest 2023-2024 and as Best Adapted Screenplay at Edinburgh Film Awards.
In october, the screenplay The Brambles Empire was finalist nominee at FilmHaus in Berlin.
In november, the same screenplay was selected at East London Film Festival, and the screenplay The secrets of Chauvigny won the Gold Award -Feature script at Milan Gold Awards.
In December 2023, the novel LE CHRONACHE DI DORA MATTEI-I leoni di Kari was published, then proposed for the 2024 STREGA AWARD by Ignazio Marino.
In March 2024, the screenplay THE SECRETS OF CHAUVIGNY received the Honorable Mention at the Swiss Screenwriting and Cinematic Summit and, the following April, was selected at the Vienna Film Stories.
At the 2024 edition of the Casentino Prize, her novel THE CHRONICLES OF DORA MATTEI - I leoni di Kari receives the "La favola nera delitto" prize.
In September 2024, the English version of Forlèna will be released by Edizioni Helicon.
In the same month, again with Edizioni Helicon, his novel Corallium, of the historical noir genre, was published.