After graduating in Literature in Bologna and Paris, she studied dramaturgy and screenplay in Buenos Aires. With her documentaries she has won several prices in festivals all around the world and received a nomination at the David di Donatello Awards, as well as the Special Jury Mention of the Solinas Award, the most important Italian screenplay competition. Maternal (Hogar) her first feature film, premiered in Locarno, receiving four awards: the Special Mention of the Jury of the International Competition, the Europa Cinemas Label Prize for the best European film, the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury and the Second Prize of the Young Jury.
Festival de Cine de Sevilla