ASCUNTAMI

Rossella Schillaci

Rossella Schillaci (Turin, Italy, 1973) received her master’s degree in 2000 in
visual anthropology from the University of Manchester. She later followed directing courses with Daniele Segre and Abbas Kiarostami and worked as assistant director on RAI and Mediaset productions. In 2006, her mediumlength film Pratica e Maestria won the Bartok prize at the Bilan du film
etnographique in Paris and the following year won first prize at the Warsaw
Film Festival. In 2007 she also made the documentary Viesh/Canto, which
screened at the Torino Film Festival and won various prizes, including the Prix
Jean Rouch in Paris. Her preceding film, La Fiuma - Incontri sul Po e dintorni,
won a Special Mention at Torino’s Festival CinemAmbiente. She is now working as a director and writer for television programs and documentaries
with the production company Azul.

FILMOGRAFIA

filmografia essenziale/
essential filmography
Pratica e Maestria (mm, doc., 2005), Vjesh/Canto (mm, doc., 2007),
La Fiuma - Incontri sul Po e dintorni (doc., 2008), Solo questo mare
(cm, doc., 2009).