Francesca Conti

Expert in management of cultural projects, social innovation and participatory process, she is senior consultant at the Fondazione Sistema Toscana - Cinema Department and Toscana Film Commission in "Manifatture Digitali Cinema" (project in partnership with Mibact and Sensi Contemporanei Italian Agency for Cohesion) responsible for innovative projects in audiovisual training and audiovisual production (www.manifatturedigitalicinema.it). As an expert in cultural programs and policies she is consultant for the Italian Film Commissions Association to develop European projects. She produces and promotes documentaries as a tool for social awareness and local development and she is currently the executive producer for Jean Vigo Italia and VideoAstolfoSullaLuna in the documentary production "The Mountain Pact" (www.ilpattodellamontagna.it). Founder of ACTA (www.actanet.it) Association Culture Tourism and Environment - network of experts in design and management of complex programs, member of VOD Value of Differences - urban design network, member of Doc.it - Italian documentary network, and affiliated to the European cultural network Trans Europe Halles. Educated as architect and urban planner, in 2015, she attended the Audience Design Training Lab (by TorinoFilmLab) and in 2017, the Esodoc European Social Documentary (by Zelig).