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Cristina Picchi

Italy

Biography

Cristina Picchi is an award-winning Italian filmmaker, artist and writer based between Italy and London. She wrote, directed and edited short films, documentaries and video installations that were screened in festivals and galleries worldwide winning numerous prizes such as the Silver Leopard in Locarno and a nomination for Best Short Film at the Italian Academy Awards and at the European Film Awards. She is the recipient of the EMAN/EMARE residency program in Montreal, the Quartier21 residency program at the Museumsquartier in Vienna, and the IASPIS Swedish Arts Grants Committee's International Programme for Visual and Applied Artists. Cristina is a Berlinale Talents and a Torino Film Lab alumna, a Solinas screenwriting Prize finalist and a Sundance Institute grantee. She has a background as writer of award-winning books and short stories.

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