Born in Lugo - Spain, she graduated in Journalism in Spain (1988) and in Film Studies in Italy (2004).

In Spain she collaborated as a journalist with the newspaper Faro de Vigo, the national tv channel TVE in Madrid, and the film magazine Fotogramas (Barcelona).

In 1999, she completed a post-graduate course of “Film History & Aesthetics” in Valladolid University (Spain) and received a grant from the EU to collaborate with the Torino Film Festival. She moved to Turin and during the following 6 years she worked in different film festivals: Torino Film Festival, Future Film Festival (Bologna), Turin Int’l GLBT Film Festival, imilleocchi – Festival internazionale del cinema e delle arti (Trieste).

From 2005 to 2008 she worked as a production manager in the music booking agency Concerti e Produzioni, and as a tour manager with artists such as Michael Bublè, Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Vinicio Capossela, Sergio Cammariere and Roberto Benigni.

She has been working for TorinoFilmLab since its creation in May 2008, and became Managing Director in 2016.

 

Born in Poland, Agata graduated in Italian Philology at Jagiellonian University in Cracow (Poland).

In 2005 she started working in Torino Film Festival Accreditation Office, becoming head of the Office in 2010. In 2008 she worked as a production assistant on the set of “Giallo” - directed by Dario Argento. From 2008 until 2012, Agata was in charge of the Torino GLBT Film Festival Accreditation Office.

She joined TorinoFilmLab in February 2011 as Project Manager for Script&Pitch, AdaptLab and Story Editing programmes. She is currently TFL Head of Operations.


 

Born in 1984 close to Milan. Graduated in Foreign Languages for Communication and Information at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan; in 2008 she obtains a Master in Cinema Communication and Promotion. In 2008 she works for EAVE in Milan and starts working for Film Commission Torino Piemonte, as International Events and Projects Coordinator. From 2011 she works as Office Manager for Filming Europe-EUFCN, the Association of the European Film Commissions. At the moment the association counts on 90 members, from 30 European Countries and it’s one of the most important reality involved in the promotion of European Cinema.

She joined TorinoFilmLab in 2016 as Project Manager.
 

Born in Como, Italy, in 1984, Letizia graduated in “Science of Cultural Heritage” at The University of Milan (Italy).

After a Master Course in “Communication and Promotion in Cinema” at the University Cattolica of Milan, in 2008 she served an internship at the Torino Film Festival Press Office and then she started working as Press Officer for other cinema organizations, film distributions (Piemonte Movie gLocal Film Festival, Lanterna Magica, Microcinema Distribution, iWonder Pictures…) and for the musical event Torino Jazz Festival.

She joined TorinoFilmLab in 2012; she works both as Hospitality Officer and – from 2016 – as Project Manager for the Audience Design Programme.

Martina was born in Sardinia in 1993.
She lived and studied between Padua, Lisbon, New York & Milan, where, in 2018, she earned a Master’s Degree in Communication and Media Management at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore.

During her studies, she mainly focused on writing, cultural journalism and social media management.

Before joining TorinoFilmLab in 2020, she collaborated with a cultural startup in Barcelona and with an NGO connected to the European Commission in Brussels.

Born in Turin, Italy. She graduated in Communication studies at Turin University in 2012. During university she starts collaborating with Torino Film Festival from 2008 to 2011. In 2011 she served an internship at Torino GLBT Film Festival, working at the Programming Office of the 26th edition of the Festival. In 2012 she attended a Master in Production Analysis and Cross-Media Communication in Turin.

She started collaborating with TorinoFilmLab in 2012 where she works on training programmes for emerging filmmakers, the international co-production Fund and the annual TFL Meeting Event Co-production Forum.

Born in Voghera, Italy, in 1993, Sofia graduated in DAMS (Drama, Art and Music Studies) at Turin University in 2016, then she moved to Winchester (UK) when she attended a couple of workshops at the London Film School and Robert McKee’s “Story” Seminar at Regent’s University (London). She also contributed to the organisation of Winchester Short Film Festival.

In 2017 Sofia lived in Rome for a year where she worked at a location agency (RomaLocations) as a Location Manager and Location Scout for films, commercials and events. In 2018 she moved to Turin where she started collaborating with Film Commission Torino Piemonte in the Production Office and as a Location Manager.

Since 2019 she has worked in film sets in Turin as a Production Coordinator and Production Secretary and was involved by Film Commission Torino Piemonte in the organisation of Torino Film Industry.

Sofia joined TorinoFilmLab in 2020 as Project Manager for ScriptLab.

I am currently attending a full-time specializing Master in Arts Management and Administration at SDA Bocconi (Milan). I graduated with full marks at Turin University in Modern Literature (Bachelor's degree) and I have a Master's degree in Business, Media and Organizational communication from Catholic University (Milan).
My studies allowed me to acquire skills and knowledge in several fields, such as literature and linguistics, but also marketing, communication, media studies, and management of the artistic and cultural sectors. During my University years, I enriched my international background with an exchange program at UCLA in Los Angeles. This experience gave me the opportunity to deal with projects and tasks in a multicultural and competitive environment (i.e. I developed an IMC plan to launch a new product on the market).
My most significant work experience is a curricular full-time internship at RAI Cultura editorial office in Milan, where I worked on the creation and production of several cultural television programs

Born in Turin in 1990, Costanza graduated in DAMS – History of Cinema at Turin University in 2013.

After a Master in Production Analysis and Cross-Media Communication in Turin, in 2014 she served an internship at TorinoFilmLab, supporting the Hospitality Office in the organization of the TFL Meeting Event.

Costanza’s other experiences in the sector include working as a Producer at the production company and advertising agency Duel:Film (based in Turin) from 2015 to 2016, or being a member of the jury “Venezia Classici” (Venice International Film Festival) in 2013 and of Sottodiciotto Film Festival in 2011.

From June 2016 to June 2019, Costanza worked as Executive Account at Phoenix ADV, an advertising agency based in Turin.

Now she’s working at TorinoFilmLab as Project Manager for the new programme “Red Sea Lodge”, launched in partnership with the Red Sea International Film Festival (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia).

Born close to Torino, Italy. Sara graduated in Communication and Management in Art and Culture’s Markets in 2008. After university she served an internship at the Italian Cultural Institute of New York. Back to Italy she started working as press officer and communication consultant in the field of Art and Culture. In the last four years she worked as communication assistant at Artissima – International Fair of Contemporary Art based in Torino.
Sara joined TorinoFilmLab in 2020 as Project Manager of Alpi Film Lab.

Born in Corsica, France.
She graduated in Diplomatic and Political Science and started working for the international grassroots organization Slow Food in Italy, specializing in development projects in Africa.
She then focused on cinema, working for Italian production companies and selecting and programming films and documentaries for various festivals, such as Torino Film Festival's documentary section TFFdoc.
Séverine joined TorinoFilmLab in 2021 with Green Film Lab.

After a master's degree in International Relations, she attended a master's degree in film production in Turin and began collaborating with various cultural organizations in the city. In 2016, she founded the Fish & Chips Film Festival, the first festival in Italy dedicated to eroticism and sexuality. In the same year, she joined the board of AIACE Torino - Associazione Italiana Amici Cinema d'Essai. Now she works as Meeting Event Head of Hospitality Office & Project Manager at TorinoFilmLab.

Born in Rome, she attended la Sapienza Università di Roma to obtain a Bachelor's degree in Literature, Music, and Performing Arts. She did a one-year Erasmus exchange in Paris at La Sorbonne, and then she obtained a MA in Arts Management at the University of Manchester.
She lived and worked in Brussels, London and Paris.

She is in love with all forms of art.

Among the different professional experiences, she did an internship in communication at the European Parliament historical museum, the House of European History, she worked for a theatre in Paris, and as curator and project manager for two independent film festivals, in Manchester and Paris.

Born near Lecce, Alessia moves to Turin where she gets a Master’s degree in Cinema and Media at University of Turin in 2018. Before that, she lives, works and studies between Florence, Bologna and London.
Over the years, she tries to know cinema industry from as many sides as possible, so she approaches critic writing as well as working on film set (Production), even if her major working field is Festivals. Her experiences include collaborations with Torino Film Festival, Lovers, and Venezia Classici.

She joined the TorinoFilmLab team in 2021 as Office Manager.