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Roberta Palmieri

Name Roberta Palmieri
Professional Area Author
Company Halibut Film Halibut Film is an audiovisual production company founded in 2023 and based in Rome. Young but highly ambitious, it achieved its first successes with the short films Mercato Libero, awarded an Honorable Mention at the Nastri d’Argento 2025, and Marta Vuole Giocare, winner at the 2025 Giffoni Film Festival in the Elements +10 category, also receiving the prestigious Lete Special Award.
Country Italy
Accreditation BIO TO B | DOC

Born in Chieti in 1994, she studied at DAMS in Bologna and at the Bottega Finzioni writing school. In 2020, she wrote Capitan Didier, directed by Margherita Ferri and produced by Groenlandia, Rai Cinema, and Emergency, which received a Special Mention at the Nastri d’Argento awards. She was later selected for the Becoming Maestre mentoring program promoted by Netflix Italia and David di Donatello, where she developed the mockumentary Goodbye Pig. In 2024, she made her directorial debut with the short film Dieci Secondi, which premiered at the Torino Film Festival. Co-founder of the production company Sette E Mezzo Studio, she also co-directed the documentary Devotee. In 2025, she co-directed the animated short Ziki with Olga Sargenti, shortlisted for the Nastri d’Argento awards, while continuing to work across screenwriting and assistant directing for film and documentary projects.