About us

President of Ass. Fanatic About Festivals
Filippo Mazzucato

Founder and Honorary President of the Festival
Andrea Romeo

Artistic Directors
Massimo Benvegnù and Chiara Liberti

Economic and Financial Consultant
Emanuela Ceddia

Managing Director; Environmental Sustainability Officer
Riccardo Volpe

Programming Office Coordinator
Alessandro Di Pasquale

Senior Programmer Italian Selection and Artistic Direction Consultant
Caterina Mazzucato

Programming Office Collaborator
Francesco Carta

Partnerships Manager; Collaborator Tutta un’altra storia 2026
Teresa Sala

Artistic Selection Consultants
Chiara Seghetto and Simone Soranna

Biografilm Poesia Curators
Emanuela Ceddia, Franca Mancinelli

Biografilm Podcast Award Curator
Simone Soranna

Biografilm Podcast Award Consultant
Jadel Andreetto

Programming Office Interns
Yasmin Bensalem, Matilde Gasparotto, Alice Sola, Anna Zocchi

Production and Logistics Office Coordinator
Paola Di Natale

Production and Logistics Office Collaborators
Roberta Bolcato, Dunia De Giorgi, Rebecca Di Ponzio and Milana Zakarieva

Grants and Reporting Collaborator
Annalisa Sansone

Environmental Sustainability Plan Implementation Collaborator and Waste Management Officer
Nicola D’Auria

Production and Logistics Office Interns
Federica Chiriatti, Lara Galante, Aurelia La Rosa, Marta Monaco, Elena Trevisanello, Alessandro Viviani

Marketing and Communications Office Manager
Monica Ghisleri

Marketing Office Coordinators
Angela D’Addio and Benedetta Zambelli

Marketing Office Interns
Eleonora Della Balda, Alessia Melotto, Anna Milan, Piera Pinto

Communications Office Coordinator
Camilla Medori

Graphic Design
Ilaria Soranzio

Catalogue Graphic Design
Andrea Lindelli

Communications Office Interns
Ilaria Amadei, Giulia Bassi, Margherita Del Duca, Elisa Demattia, Noemi Fortunato, Stefania Sofia

Editorial Content, Press and Accessibility Manager; Educational Projects Coordinator
Elisa Palagi

Editorial Content Collaborator
Valentino Feltrin

Editorial Content and Catalogue Interns
Olmo Giovannini, Catalina Moisa, Margherita Del Duca

Social Media Manager
Giada Sartori

Social Media Communication Interns
Silvia Benedetti, Serena Bioddo, Matteo De Falco, Valeria Micaela Panora Yanza

Photography Department Coordinator
Daniele Zanolini

Video Department Coordinator
Filippo Lanzi for ADCOM

Photography Department Assistant
Eleonora Conti

Photo and Video Department Interns
Sofia Guicciardi, Camila Pirfo, Leonardo Saccani, Lin Shujun

Hospitality Office Manager
Morena Brunetti

Hospitality Office Coordinator
Ilaria Spillere

Hospitality Office Collaborator
Francesca Foresti

Hospitality Office Interns
Alessandro Avallone, Diletta Bigagli, Ekaterina Iashchuk, Carlotta Vivarelli

Audience Relationship Office Coordinator
Biagio Sorrentino

Audience Relationship Office Collaborators
Marta Mason, Marta Parretta

Ceremonies Manager
Chiara Bardella

Audience Relationship and Ceremonies Interns
Lavinia Bazzini, Dafne Caci, Laura Leone, Sara Pellacani, Federica Tafuto, Marianna Verdini

Educational Projects and Doc Around Europe Manager
Chiara Boschiero

Doc Around Europe Collaborator
Theodora Moisescu

Educational Projects Coordinator
Angelica Voluttoso

Educational Projects Interns
Chiara Beretta, Davide Delledonne

Biografilm Academy Tutor
Elena Tommasi

Biografilm Academy developed in collaboration with
ForModena

Guerrilla Staff Coordinator
Azzurra Manetti

Print Traffic Coordinators
Alessandra Beltrame and Vanessa Mangiavacca

Print Traffic Office Collaborator
Valentina Parrilli

Print Traffic Office Interns
Edoardo Sampaoli

Technical Venues Manager
Valentina Masper

Venue Coordinators
Paolo Michetti, Enzo Setteducati, Massimo Sterpi for Pop Up Cinema

Biografilm Box Office Manager
Eleonora Massa for Pop Up Cinema

Venue Staff
Corrado Agnello, Luigi Bonazzi, Hermes Conte, Marco Gardini, Alberto Ghezzi, Tiziano Martini, Hannah Peithner, Claudia Placuzzi, Nicol Savo, Valentina Spina

National Press Office
Lionella Bianca Fiorillo – Storyfinders with Virginia Eronico

Bologna and Emilia-Romagna Press Office
Francesca Rossini – Laboratorio delle Parole with Carlotta Acerbi and Fabio Astone

Interpreters
Serena Baroni, Michela Candi, Elisabetta Cova

Subtitles and Translations by
SudTitles srl

Subtitles and Translations Manager and Coordinator
Vittoria Stefani for SudTitles srl

Subtitlers
Alice Capitani, Enrico Giglia, Edoardo Greco, Francesca Marella, Iskra Monteventi, Francesca Niccolai, Giuliana Scolaro, Maria Concetta Spinosa

Video Processing and Post-Production by
Walter Cavatoi, Christian Dolci, Fatima Grippa, Corrado Iuvara, Luca Moriconi for KoreLab srl

Website Development
Digital Paths Srl

IT Consultant
Achille Fiorentini

Travel Agency
Petroniana Viaggi

Designer, Inspector, appointed Technical Officer, Safety Coordinator during execution
Eng. Alfredo Torsello

Acoustic Impact Assessment
2L Service – Progetto Silenzio

Runners
Tommaso Calcagnile, Samuel Di Berardino, Nicola Polita, Gabriele Vecchiet for Associazione Blue Soap

Set Design and Installation
Atyd Srl, Felsinea Eventi, Gescom, Gi.Ma Group, Leila Bologna – La Biblioteca degli oggetti APS, Paolo Boatto, Zetamedia Srl

Audiovisual Equipment
ADCOM srl and DCinema srl

Technical Supplies
Acqua Pura Bologna, Centro sociale Giorgio Costa, Consorzio G.I.S.A., Istituto di Vigilanza Coopservice, Nexus di Michael Tonelli, Noody Wi-Fi, Rekeep Spa, S.M.A Antincendio, Smalteria Emiliana sas, Nucci Renato, Onclusive Media srl

Catering Service
Dantes srl, Ristorante Franco Rossi and Good Vibes srl, 56 Soc. Coop.

Administration and Finance
Gian Francesco Bastiglia, Matteo Corneli, Giovanni Gagliano, Barbara Gagliardelli, Rosmery Motolese, Michela Paolucci and Ferdinando Virdia

Human Resources
Fabio Capra and Alessandra Sisti

Screening Venues
Biografilm Hera Theatre | Pop Up Cinema Arlecchino, Cinema Lumière, Cinema Modernissimo, Chiostro del Complesso di Santa Cristina “Della Fondazza”, Biografilm Hera Virtual Theatre

Biografilm Hera Virtual Theatre on Mymovies ONE Platform
Enzo Bevar, Carlo Brunelli, Filippo Gini, Gianluca Guzzo, Raffaele Paolantoni, Chiara Pinzauti, Martina Ponziani and Luca Volpe for Mymovies.it

Website
www.biografilm.it

Official Image 2026 by
Mariagiulia Pedrotti

Festival Title Sequence created by
Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna for the Biografilm Creative Hub project

Trainers for the Tutta un’altra storia 2026 project
Alberto De Michele, Elsje Keijzer, Sanam Naderi

Collaboration for the Tutta un’altra storia 2026 educational project
Centro per la Giustizia Minorile e di Comunità per l’Emilia-Romagna e Marche, Istituto Penale per Minorenni Pietro Siciliani di Bologna

Trainers for the Nuovo Cinema Coraggioso project
Martina Tormena, Lucia Pornaro

Special thanks for their support and collaboration:
Marco Boffi, Dario Bonazelli, Sara Brioni, Alvise Cadorin, Fabrizio Caravona, Elisa Camassi, Benedetta Caponi, Nicolas Chiappucci, Maria Chironi, Andrea Console, Marianna D’Augello, Nicoletta De Vecchi, Alessandro Diele, Bryan Dumapay, Francesco Fantoni, Giorgia Fassiano, Ana Fella, Davide Fioravanti, Elena Frassineti, Tommaso Galvano, Dario Grisanti, Francesca Grusvaldi, Francesco Gugliotta, Sadia Islam, Silvia Langiano, Giorgio Mariani, Ludovica Marinelli, Edoardo Mazzini, Massimo Mezzetti, Giulia Moretti, Rosmery Motolese, Federica Pacifici, Francesco Pasquinelli, Marco Pisciotta, Roberto Pisoni, Badal Rahman, Adriano Sforzi, Gaia Stella Sangiovanni, Akther Sharmin, Francesco Tocci, Andrea Tomasello, Chiara Varricchio, Rita Viceconte