Waiting Time - TEMPO D'ATTESA

Born in Naples in 1985, she graduated in Communication. She began her studies in documentary filmmaking in 2009 at Act Multimedia in Rome, where she produced the short film “Marcello.” She continued to develop her skills through various workshops and residencies, learning from renewed artists such as Pietro Marcello, Sara Fgaier, Marco Pasquini, and Tarek Ben Abdallah. In 2014, she directed her first documentary film, “La Malattia del Desiderio” (57’), which won the Audience Award at the SalinaDocFest. That same year, she participated in the Filmap project, an Atelier of Cinema del Reale in Ponticelli, coordinated by L.Di Costanzo, where she created the short film “L’Altalena”. She also contributed to the shooting and editing of the film “Aperti al Pubblico” by S. Bellotti, which won the Audience Award at the Festival dei Popoli. In 2019, she presented her second feature-length film, “La Villa,” in the “Alice nella Città” section of the Rome Film Festival. This film was developed through the In Progress workshop organized by Milano Film Network and co-produced by Videomante, a Friulian company, and Rai Cinema. “Tempo d’Attesa” is her third documentary. She also works as an assistant director and casting assistant for both fiction features and documentaries (“L’intrusa,”“Rosa,Pietra e Stella,”“Nopoli,”“La Paranza Dei Bambini”) and is involved in educational activities at schools, workshops, and short courses. She served as a tutor at the Procida Film Atelier directed by L.Di Costanzo and coordinated by Società Parallelo 41, which led to the creation of the film “Procida.” This film was edited in collaboration with Lea Dicursi and presented out of competition at the 2023 Locarno Film Festival, where it received a special mention for the Ricola Prize 2023.