My Prize from “Il Paese delle Donne”!

It was sad for me to miss the award ceremony of my novel "Michelina Di Cesare, briganta" by Il Paese delle Donne. Luckily my wonderful publisher Luigi Lorusso Editore was there so I could watch it on video! 

https://fb.watch/oT-Sh64iMa/

Thank you Il Paese delle Donne and Luigi Lorusso ❤

“Just Looking” online on SFILM

 

 

 

I feel so happy that the Swedish Film Association (SFILM) has purchased the screening rights to the cinematic version of my installation about catcalling – “JUST LOOKING” – to broadcast it on their Vimeo channel!

It is going to be there for a limited time, hurry up if you want to see it at this link.

“Il Paese delle Donne” awards “Michelina Di Cesare, briganta”!


I am deeply grateful to the jury of the historic literary prize for female writers "Il Paese delle Donne" who have – in their twenty-fourth edition – awarded my novel "Michelina Di Cesare, briganta" published by Lorusso Editore with an Honorable Mention in the Fiction section. It is a prestigious recognition that honors me and makes me happy because it helps to spread the story of this special woman. Thank you to "Il Paese delle donne"!

 

Italian Cultural Ministry awards “Michelina Di Cesare, Briganta” with screenplay funds!

Please rejoice with me: my feature film project extracted from my novel about bandit Michelina Di Cesare was ranked FIRST among the 226 submitted so it is granted a fund of 20,000 Euro for the writing of the screenplay!

I am honored and moved with the recognition this story receives and I am hopeful the right producers will make me shoot the film once the screenplay is completed!

Coaching with Ellen Fiske!

I am totally proud and glad that I got a chance to discuss with Ellen Fiske about one of my documentary projects! She is not only a super talented directress but also wonderful woman ❤
She has given me a lot of strength and courage about my project and this is just what I needed! Thank you Ellen and thank you Sveriges Filmförbund ❤

“The Wedding Cake” at the Noite dos Museus, Porto Alegre!

The Wedding Cake was selected by the lovely Fantaspoa Film Festival of Porto Alegre (BR) in 2021. Unfortunately, the festival could only be held online back then, but luckily – during the coming Noite dos Museus (“Night of Museums”) that will take place on May 20th – “The Wedding Cake” will be exhibited at “Cinemateca Capitólio”, apparently the most beautiful movie theater in Porto Alegre! I am extremely glad that my short will be screened again in a real cinema in front of a flesh and blood audience!

“Gang Dance” at the Cinema São Jorge!

My VR360 short film “Gang Dance” ready for viewing in Lisbon as part of the Festa do Cinema Italiano from April 1 to 3 in staging at Cinema São Jorge! I am excited about this screening (details are here), and moved by the words of presentation written by the festival organizers: “A colossal project, premiered in Milan at the Filmmaker Festival. A dance performance that engages and oppresses, denying any form of escape. A symbolic journey into the universe of social networks, reflecting on the abuse of bodies and images, between exposure and sharing.”

A marvel! Go if you are in Lisbon, free entrance.

“The Wedding Cake” in Ulm again!

I am very happy that the fantastic women of the Sister’s Wild Cinema have asked me to screen The Wedding Cake  during a film event organized for the Equal Pay Day, tonight at 6:30 p.m. at M25, Münsterplatz 25, in Ulm, in collaboration with the Women’s Office of the City of Ulm and the Neu-Ulm District Equal Opportunity Office.