Annarita Zambrano

{{Short description|Italian film director}}

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| name = Annarita Zambrano

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| nationality = Italian

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| occupation = Film director

| years_active = 1998—present

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| notable_works = After the War (2017)

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Annarita Zambrano is an Italian film director.{{cite web

| url =https://fcms.ca/films/9432-2/

| title =Annarita Zambrano

| publisher = Festival cinéma du monde de Sherbrooke

| access-date =2024-05-08}}

She graduated in Modern Literature from Sapienza and in 2000 moved to Paris to work on her doctoral thesis on the aesthetics of cinema.{{cite web

| url =https://www.mymovies.it/persone/annarita-zambrano/341863/

| title =Annarita Zambrano

| publisher = My Movies It

| access-date =2024-05-08}}

She has made a name for herself as a filmmaker after a series of successful short films that have screened at influential film festivals: La troisième fois (2006), Andante Mezzo Forte (2007), À la lune montante (2009), Tre ore (2010), Dans le coeur des grands (2012). Dans le coeur des grands won the Grand Prix at 2012 Conti Film Festival.{{sfn|Visioni Italiane|2013|p=80}}{{cite web

| url =https://www.bellariafilmfestival.org/film-archive/rossosperanza/

| title =Rossosperanza

| publisher = Bellaria Film Festival

| access-date =2024-05-08}}

In 2013, she filmed a documentary L'anima del Gattopardo about Luchino Visconti, made for Ciné+ and RAI channels.{{cite web

| url =https://filmitalia.org/it/film/78326/

| title =L'anima del Gattopardo

| publisher = Film Italia

| access-date =2024-05-08}} In the same year her short film Ophelis was selected for the Short Film Competition in Cannes.{{cite web

| url =https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/f/ophelia/

| title =Ophelia

| publisher =Cannes Film Festival

| access-date =2024-05-08}}{{cite web

| url =https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/2017/dopo-la-guerra-after-the-war-interview-with-annarita-zambrano/

| title =Dopo La Guerra (After The War), interview with Annarita Zambrano

| last =Khaldi

| first =Tarik

| date =2017-05-23

| publisher =Cannes Film Festival

| access-date =2024-05-08}}

Her debut feature After the War was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival.{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/infos-communiques/communique/articles/the-2017-official-selection |title=The 2017 Official Selection |work=Cannes |date=13 April 2017 |accessdate=13 April 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.indiewire.com/2017/04/cannes-2017-lineup-list-film-festival-schedule-1201804813/ |title=2017 Cannes Film Festival Announces Lineup: Todd Haynes, Sofia Coppola, 'Twin Peaks' and More |work=IndieWire |date=13 April 2017 |accessdate=13 April 2017}}

Her sophomore feature, a dark comedy Rossosperanza, was screened at the 76th Locarno Film Festival.{{cite web

| url =https://www.elle.com/it/showbiz/cinema/a44611484/italian-films-locarno-film-festival-2023/

| title =Italian actors and directors in the spotlight at Locarno Film Festival 2023

| last =Solari

| first =Ilaria

| date =2023-08-02

| publisher = Elle

| access-date =2024-05-08}} For Rossosperanza, Zambrano was honoured with the Titrafilm Award at 2022 Les Arcs Film Festival.{{cite web

| url =https://www.cinecircoloromano.it/2022/12/qui-cinema-dicembre-2022/annarita-zambrano-vince-il-titrafilm-award/

| title =Annarita Zambrano vince il TITRAFILM AWARD

| date =13 December 2022

| publisher = Cinecircolo Romano

| access-date =2024-05-08}}