Partner and programme manager at Ideazione srl and consultant on cultural projects, coach, tutor and trainer in various business creation and structuring projects. Founder of Associazione CRAFT ETS , a cultural organisation in Asti active in the field of contemporary theatre, cultural space management and local planning. Founder and project manager of Creativamente Roero, a network of artist residencies in the municipalities of Roero for cultural development.

Formerly contract professor in Project Management at the University of Valle d'Aosta and director of Turismo in Langa. Until 2017 coordinator of the Master in "Business for arts and culture" at IED Venice, currently lecturer in various courses on cultural design issues.

Coach and trainer at ILO International Training Centre on Masters in World Heritage (2006-16) and Management of Development (2020).

PHD in Cultural Heritage at Politecnico di Torino, degree in Communication Sciences and post-graduate degree in Cultural Projects for Development at ITC-ILO.

Francesco Dragone is a director, cinematographer, producer and video editor with more than 15 years of experience behind the camera. He has developed a deep knowledge of every sector of the audiovisual industry in both Europe and North America. His practical experience covers all production stages of an audiovisual product. Francis has directed international commercials, documentaries, short films, corporate and non-profit videos. Francesco's work has been recognized by universities, institutions and many industry professionals. Since 2021 he has been living and working in Turin where he collaborates with the cultural association elvira (founded by Beatrice Surano, Dunja Lavecchia and Morena Terranova) and is tutor of RUTA Summer Film School, the environmental-themed documentary school of which he has been an active organizer since the first edition.

Tommaso Santambrogio is an Italian filmmaker. He lived and studied in between Milano, Paris, Roma, Firenze and La Habana and he worked with several internationally acclaimed directors, like Werner Herzog and Lav Diaz. His first short movies (The Last Scene and The Oceans Are the Real Continents) both premiered at the Venice Film Festival and were screened in many other important festivals all over the world, winning several prizes. Closing Time, his last short movie (2021), was presented at the 36° Settimana della Critica of the Venice Film Festival, and was shortlisted at the 2022 David di Donatello prizes. Taxibol (2023), his medium-length artwork starring Lav Diaz, had recently its world premiere at Visions du Réel and its North-American premiere at Telluride Film Festival; Oceans Are the Real Continents (2023), his first feature film shot entirely in Cuba, was presented at the 80th Venice Film Festival opening the Venice Days program. Santambrogio’s cinema deals mainly with the themes of identity, separation and memory, often focusing on the effects of post-colonialism on our societies; his filming style is characterized by an essential and poetic approach.

since September 2017: Responsible for the creation and management of the regional network of Film Commission Torino Piemonte

October 2008/August 2015: Director of the Film Commission Torino Piemonte,

January 2012/February 2014: vice president of the National Coordination of Italian Film Commissions

September 2006/October 2008: secretary general of the Film Commission Torino Piemonte

January 2000/June 2006: Secretary General of the Torino Film Festival and Member of the Young Cinema Association

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Paola Dubini is Management professor at Università Bocconi, and coordinator of the advocacy

group “Culture for sustainable development” ASviS. Her research and professional interests focus

on the conditions of economic viability of cultural organizations, private, public and no profit, and

on culture led policies according to UN SDGs 2030. She sits in the board of several cultural

organizations Her most recent publications include Dubini “Con la cultura non si mangia. Falso!”

Laterza 2018. Bertoni, Dubini. Monti “Participatory Event Platforms in the Urban Context: The

Importance of Stakeholders’ Meaning of “Participation” in De Martini et al “Cultural Initiatives for

Sustainable Development” Springer 2021; Dubini, P., & Monti, A. (2022). Essere luoghi di

comunità. L’importanza del fan club per le biblioteche. In: (a cura di) Faggiolani C., Geografie

culturali - Le biblioteche nel “Sistema del benessere”. Uno sguardo nuovo, p. 91-114, Roma,

Editrice Bibliografica. P. Dubini, & Monti, A. (2022). An Exploratory Study of State-Owned Museum

Performance in Italy: The Interplay between Director’s Characteristics and Board Diversity. In Jung, Yuha,

Neville Vakharia, and Marilena Vecco (eds), The Oxford Handbook of Arts and Cultural Management OUP

An ex-corporate communicator and CSR manager who now uses creativity to promote social change. Sarah has lived in Italy since 1988. After 22 years with Citigroup, Sarah left the bank in 2008 and dedicated herself to developing filmmaking skills as a powerful tool for sharing ideas and motivating people to change. She believes our current societal paradigm is carrying mankind toward grave harm and she seeks to contribute to the emergence of a new narrative, respectful of life and all that sustains us, based on the conviction that together we can imagine, design and co-create a better future.

Steen Johannessen, a Danish senior filmeditor and co-director of Oscar nominated Sundance Grand Jury price winner Last Men in Aleppo. Steen has edited numerous Danish and international award-winning documentaries among other IDFA award winner Who We Were, DOC NYC grand jury award winner Motley's Law, Chinese DOC NYC special mention The Road, the Emmy award winning film Miners Shot Down, Sundance award winner Putins Kiss and Hotdocs award winner Warriors From The North.

He is a member of the US Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

He is a member of the board of the Fondazione Italia Patria della Bellezza, which supports the communication activities carried out by associations and cultural entities committed to the regeneration and enhancement of Italy's artistic heritage.

Zeb is an award-winning filmmaker who has worked on a range of fiction, documentary and experimental projects. He was recently awarded the Best Micro Short award at the BFI Future Film Festival for his film 36,000 Words for Love. He was recently the Festival Director for the 15th edition of Watersprite Film Festival, the world's largest student film festival.

Besides his film work, he is also pursuing a PhD in Computational Linguistics, using large language models to study how children acquire language.

Flora O’Neill has volunteered for the last two years as Head of Events for the Watersprite Film Festival, the world’s largest student film festival. Over her time at Watersprite she has led the exciting programme of public events for Watersprite 2023 and 2024, as well as delivering the first ever edition of Watersprite Hubs - an access scheme for filmmakers from underrepresented backgrounds. From June 2024, Flora will be joining the Watersprite team full-time as Festival Producer.

A BFI / ICO Emerging Producer (2023), Amber is the current Development Director of Watersprite Film Festival. Having worked as its Producer for 2 years, she oversaw a 10x increase in audience numbers and a doubling of funding from industry partners like Bray Film Studios and Amazon MGM Studios. Amber is also the Development Editor for the first female Chair of BAFTA, Hilary Bevan Jones. She is currently working alongside Hilary on a broad TV and film slate (including upcoming projects for the BBC).

Among her collaborations as script consultant and / or co-writer: DISCO BOY by Giacomo Abbruzzese Berlin Film Festival 2023 Silver Bear– LEGUA by Filipa Reis & Joao Muller Guerra

Directors Fortnight Cannes 2023- VIA CASTELLANA BANDIERA (Palermo) by Emma Dante (Coppa Volpi Venice Film Festival), IL 5 APRILE MI UCCIDO, by Sergio Canneto, (Short Competition Rotterdam FF) TOMBE’ DU CIEL by Wissam Charaf (ACID Cannes Festival), MEN DON’T CRY (Special Jury Prize, Europa Cinema Label in Karlovy Vary) RADIOGRAM by Rouzie Hassanova.

Previously she worked out as Sales Manager for Gemini Films and Project Manager for the European co-production Funds, Eurimages. She’s appointed as Head selection for the Project Market of the Red Sea Film Festival, and she works as consultant for the Residencies as Moulin d’Andé, Maison du Film, Civica Scuola di Cinema Luchino Visconti.

Licia wrote and directed three shorts INTIMISTO, LA PETITE FILLE, FRATERNITAS selected in Cannes, Venice and other Festivals, winning several awards