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Francesca Bennett

Italy

Biography

Francesca Bennett lives and works in Milano. After graduating in cinema studies from Università degli Studi Milano and in film production from Civica Scuola di Cinema, she worked for two years as production assistant in MIR cinematografica. There, she worked on several projects, including the documentary film “Liberami” directed by Federica Di Giacomo (IT, 2016), awarded in 73° Mostra del Cinema in Venezia as Best Film in Concorso Orizzonti; “L'ami- François d'Assise et ses frères” by Arnaud Louvet and Renaud Fely (IT/FR, 2016) and “Anna Piaggi, the fashion kaleidoscope” by Alina Marazzi (IT, 2016). Today Francesca works for Okta Film and, since she joined the team, she has been involved in many projects on different stages, an amazing opportunity to deal with every side of the production process. Among the other, “As it is On Earth” by Paolo Santolini (Italy, 2017) released in June 2018, “What You Gonna Do When The World’s On Fire?” by Roberto Minervini (IT/FR/USA, 2018) premiered at the 75th Venice International Film Festival.

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