biography

Francesco Giai Via is a festival director, programmer and film critic based in Turin, Italy.

He is festival director of Annecy Cinéma Italien (France) and Carbonia Film Festival in Sardinia (Italy), as well as programming consultant of the Venice Film Festival and collaborator of the Venice Production Bridge.

He started his collaboration with TorinoFilmLab in 2015 as a scout, trainer, reader, and member of the selection committee.