Beatrice Baldacci (born 1993) is an Italian screenwriter and filmmaker.

Biography

Baldacci was born in

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. She studied psychology at the

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before moving to Rome to study film at the

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where she studied under filmmakers

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and

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. She made her first short film, ''Corvus Corax'', in 2017. The film was screened at numerous festivals and won several awards. She graduated in 2017, having wrote her thesis on anthropomorphisation in cinema. In 2019, she won the Zavattini Prize for her autobiographical short film ''Supereroi senza Superpoteri.'' The film, entirely put together from

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footage, premiered at the

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in 2019, at the Orizzonti section, where it won a FEDIC Special Mention for best short film. In 2021, Baldacci directed her first feature film ''La Tana (The Den).'' It premiered at the

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and won a Raffaella Fioretta Award at the Alice nella Città section of the 16th Rome Film Festival.

Filmography

Short Films * 2017: ''Corvus Corax'' * 2019: ''Supereroi senza Superpoteri (Superheroes without Superpowers)'' Feature Films * 2021: ''La Tana (The Den)''

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Baldacci, Beatrice Living people 1993 births Italian screenwriters Italian film directors