Beatrice Baldacci
{{Short description|Italian screenwriter and filmmaker}}
Beatrice Baldacci (born 1993) is an Italian screenwriter and filmmaker.{{Cite web|title=Beatrice Baldacci|url=https://cineuropa.org/en/filmography/408254/|access-date=2021-11-19|website=Cineuropa|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=2021-10-27|title=Rolling Talks… I nuovi autori del cinema italiano {{!}} Rolling Stone Italia|url=https://www.rollingstone.it/cinema/rolling-talks-i-nuovi-autori-del-cinema-italiano/592655/|access-date=2021-11-19|language=it-IT}}{{Cite web|title=The Directors|url=https://www.lightsonfilm.com/the-directors.html|access-date=2021-11-19|website=LIGHTS ON|language=it}}{{Cite web|title=Festival Scope|url=https://pro.festivalscope.com/director/beatrice-baldacci|access-date=2021-11-19|website=pro.festivalscope.com}}
Biography
Baldacci was born in Città di Castello. She studied psychology at the University of Padua before moving to Rome to study film at the Rome University of Fine Arts where she studied under filmmakers Daniele Ciprì and Claudio Cupellini. She made her first short film, Corvus Corax, in 2017. The film was screened at numerous festivals and won several awards.{{Cite web|date=2017-05-05|title=Cannes 2017, il ragazzo che diventò corvo: 'Corvus Corax' tra i corti selezionati|url=https://video.repubblica.it/spettacoli-e-cultura/cannes-2017-il-ragazzo-che-divento-corvo-corvus-corax-tra-i-corti-selezionati/274872/275411|access-date=2021-11-19|website=Repubblica TV - Repubblica|language=it}} 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 VHS footage, premiered at the 76th Venice International Film Festival in 2019, at the Orizzonti section, where it won a FEDIC Special Mention for best short film.{{Cite web|date=2019-09-09|title=Venice, special mention for Beatrice Baldacci at the Biennale|url=https://www.unirufa.it/2019/09/09/venezia-menzione-speciale-per-beatrice-baldacci-alla-biennale/|access-date=2021-11-19|website=RUFA - Rome University of Fine Arts|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|date=2019-09-07|title=Biennale Cinema 2019 {{!}} Collateral Awards of the 76th Venice Film Festival|url=https://www.labiennale.org/en/news/collateral-awards-76th-venice-film-festival|access-date=2021-11-19|website=La Biennale di Venezia|language=en}}
In 2021, Baldacci directed her first feature film La Tana (The Den). It premiered at the 78th Venice International Film Festival{{Cite web|date=2021-07-08|title=Biennale Cinema 2021 {{!}} La Tana|url=https://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/2021/lineup/biennale-college-cinema/la-tana|access-date=2021-11-19|website=La Biennale di Venezia|language=en}} and won a Raffaella Fioretta Award at the Alice nella Città section of the 16th Rome Film Festival.{{Cite web|date=2021-10-22|title=La tana vince il Premio Fioretta ad Alice nella città|url=https://metronews.it/2021/10/22/la-tana-vince-il-premio-fioretta-ad-alice-nella-citta/|access-date=2021-11-19|website=MetroNews|language=it-IT}}{{Cite web|title=Mediterraneo – The Law of the Sea triumphs at the 16th Rome Film Fest|url=https://www.cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/412228/|access-date=2021-11-19|website=Cineuropa|date=25 October 2021 |language=en}}
Filmography
Short Films
- 2017: Corvus Corax
- 2019: Supereroi senza Superpoteri (Superheroes without Superpowers){{Cite web|date=2019-07-17|title=Biennale Cinema 2019 {{!}} Supereroi senza superpoteri (Superheroes without Superpowers)|url=https://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/2019/orizzonti/supereroi-senza-superpoteri-superheroes-without-superpowers|access-date=2021-11-19|website=La Biennale di Venezia|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=2019-09-11|title=Premio Fedic al cortometraggio di Beatrice Baldacci|url=https://premiozavattini.it/premio-fedic-al-cortometraggio-di-beatrice-baldacci/|access-date=2021-11-19|website=premiozavattini|language=it-IT}}
Feature Films
- 2021: La Tana (The Den){{Cite web|date=2021-10-05|title=La Tana: scoperta e dolore nel film di Beatrice Baldacci [recensione]|url=http://www.anonimacinefili.it/2021/10/05/la-tana-baldacci-recensione/|access-date=2021-11-19|website=Anonima Cinefili|language=it-IT}}{{Cite web|title=LA TANA|url=https://www.lightsonfilm.com/latana.html|access-date=2021-11-19|website=LIGHTS ON|language=it}}
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