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FESTIVAL

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She is the founder and Artistic Director of the CineAtelier, Festival of First and Second Works, now in its sixth edition, held annually in June, as well as the associated film education program for schools, "Cinema Is Child's Play."

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As a jury member, she has served at numerous film festivals, including the Venice International Film Festival (2004, Lino Miccichè Award jury); Salento Finibus Terrae International Short Film Festival(jury member for the Corto Cortissimo Award in 2007 and 2010, and the Human Rights Award in 2009); Lucania Film Festival (2009); Lenola Film Festival (2010 and 2011); Corto d'Autore (2012); Prato Filmmakers Festival (2018); Jury President at the Florence Korea Film Fest (2019); jury member for the Florence Film Awards (2019–2020); New York Movie Awards (2019–2020); Hollywood Gold Awards(2019–2020); Venice Gold Awards (2019–2020); Jury President of Firenze Film Corti (2020–2021); jury member for Ortometraggi (2019); Berlin Indie Film Festival (2021); and many others.

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TRAINING AND EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS

Since 2007, she has been leading intensive acting workshops for film in both public and private schools, including CSC LAB – Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome.

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PHOTOGRAPHIC RESEARCH

Her photographic research project IS NOT MY SISTER was selected for publication in a special issue of Il Fotografomagazine dedicated to Street Photography.

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AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

As an Actress, Screenwriter and Director

2018 – Best Unproduced Screenplay for the feature film Between the Lines (Tra le Righe), co-written with Gaia Kim Bartolini - RIFF - Rome Independent Film Festival 

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As the First Time (Come la prima volta) (2018)

  • Montecatini International Short Film Festival – Best Short Film (FEDIC), Honorary Mention for Best Actress (Giusi Merli), International Road Show Award

  • Cinema e Donne International Film Festival (Florence) – Alida Valli Award

  • CortoCubo Festival (Ronciglione) – Best Short Film

  • Asti Film Festival – Best Short Film, Best Director

  • Asti Film Festival – Audience Award, Welfare Special Award, and LiberaMente Award presented by inmates of Asti Maximum Security Prison

  • Ferrara Film Festival – Best Short Film

  • Diorama International Film Festival (India) – Silver Sparrow Award for Best Short Film

  • 6th Torino Underground Cinefest – Best Original Score

  • David di Donatello Awards – Shortlisted

  • Castelbolognese Film Festival – Best Short Film and Audience Award

  • Nastri d'Argento 2019 – Official Selection

  • WorldFest–Houston International Film & Video Festival – Bronze Remi Award

  • Metricamente Corto Film Festival – Best Auteur Short Film

  • Visual Fest Roma Tre – Best Short Film and Audience Award

  • Festival Pontino del Cortometraggio – Audience Award

  • Festival Filoteo Alberini – Best Director Award

2018 – Excellence Award presented to Emanuela Mascherini.

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Offline (2016–2017)

  • Asti Film Festival – Young Jury Award

  • Prato FilmMakers Festival – Audience Award and Special Jury Mention

  • Schermi Irregolari 2017 – Special Mention

  • Nastri d'Argento 2017 – Official Selection

  • Castelbolognese Film Festival – Audience Award and Best Actress (Emanuela Mascherini)

  • Valdarno Cinema International Film Festival (FEDIC) – Best Short Film

  • Pietrasanta Film Festival – Special Jury Award

  • Malta International Film Festival – Best Actress Award (Emanuela Mascherini)

  • Cinema New York City – Special Jury Mention

  • Metricamente International Short & Feature Film Festival – Jury Award

  • European Independent Film Awards 2017 – Best Actress, Silver Award

  • Cortocinema Pistoia – Best Short Film by a Tuscan Filmmaker

2015 – Honorary Mention for Hot Blood, Cool Head (Sangue caldo, testa fredda), directed by Diego Monfredini.

2014 – Audience Award for Dynamite, a documentary on extreme poverty.

2005 – Finalist for the Tangram Award for stage actors.

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Previous Works

Nerofuori (2008), written by Emanuela Mascherini and Davide Bini:

  • I've Seen Films Award (Rutger Hauer, 2010)

  • Lenola Film Festival

  • Lucania Film Festival

  • Dove Festival

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2010 – Afrodite Award as Actress and Writer for Memorie del Cuscino (Pillow Memories).

Luna Semprestorta (2011), by Emanuela Mascherini and Silvia Maione:

  • Cinema e Donne Award (2011)

  • Best Actress, Asti Film Festival (2011)

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Se son rose… (2011), directed by Riccardo Banfi:

  • Best Actress, Piemonte Movie (2012)

  • Special Mention, Schermi Irregolari (2012)

 

AS A WRITER

2000 – The Fifth Millennium (Il Quinto Millennio), short story – Fantamaschera Award.

2005 – Big Fish… A Big, Big Fish, a Big, Big Story, a Big, Big Truth… One's Own, review – Microcosmo Cinema & Literature Award.

2008 – Glass Ceiling: Beyond the Glass Ceiling. Women's Professional Careers in Italian Cinema, a sociological study on women working across the Italian film industry – Città di Castello Award (2008) and Pari Opportunità Award (2009).

2009 – Memorie del Cuscino (Pillow Memories), novel published by Castelvecchi – Afrodite Award (2010) and Livio Paoli Award (2010) for published fiction.

2009 – A.A.A. Years for Auction (A.A.A. Anni all'Asta), short story – Finalist at MArteLive.

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