ANTONIETTA DE LILLO

A Neapolitan director, producer, and photographer, she made her debut in 1985 with Una casa in bilico and has since created award-winning films, video portraits, and documentaries. In 2004, she won over audiences and critics alike with Il resto di niente, based on the novel by Enzo Striano and presented at the Venice Film Festival. Attentive to social issues and marginalised voices, with her production company Marechiarofilm she supports independent cinema, curates the Film Partecipato format and creates personal works such as the self-portrait L’Occhio della Gallina (2024), nominated for a David di Donatello award for best documentary.

BRUNO DI MARINO

A media historian and scholar of audiovisual experimentation, he holds the chair of Mass Media Theory and Method at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome, where he coordinates the School of Cinema, Photography, and Audiovisual Arts. Author of numerous studies and publications, he has written 11 books, edited over 70 catalogs, DVDs, and collective volumes, and authored approximately 110 essays and several encyclopedic entries. He has also made seven documentaries and curated more than sixty exhibitions, reviews, and retrospectives, participating as a speaker at international conferences and conventions.

MONICA MANGANELLI

Director, set designer, digital visual artist, author, and screenwriter with over twenty years of experience in the world of opera, cinema, theater, and visual arts at an international level. Her career, marked by a strong multidisciplinary approach, has led her to collaborate with leading Italian opera houses and international film productions, earning her recognition at more than fifty festivals around the world, including a Nastro d’Argento award, a David di Donatello nomination, and a longlist for the 2016 Oscars. Invited as a speaker by universities and cultural institutions in Italy and abroad, she has received numerous awards for her artistic qualities.