Francesca Mazzoleni

Francesca Mazzoleni (1989) is an Italian director and screenwriter. She graduated from the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia of Rome in 2015. She has directed short films and documentaries that have won several awards, e.g. Nowhere, I Know You Can Hear Me, 1989. In 2018 she directed her first feature film, the coming of age "That's Life". Her latest film, the lyrical and political documentary "Punta Sacra", received the jury award for the best feature film at the Visions du Réel Documentary Film Festival in April 2020, obtained the David di Donatello nomination for Best Documentary 2021 and the Silver Ribbon "Valentina Pedicini" 2021.