Martina Melilli
Martina Melilli (1987) got an MA degree in Visual Arts (IUAV) and deepened her studies in documentary and experimental cinema at Luca School of Arts (Brussels). Her short film The fourth day of school had its world premiere at the International Film Festival Rotterdam 2016, later traveling to many national and international festivals. In the same year she won the Quotidiana prize for the arts. She’s the winner of Artevisione 2017, a project promoting the young Italian video art, curated by Careof and Sky Arte, which produced her short film Mum, I’m Sorry. Her short film Italian-African rhyzome. A choreography for camera (+voice) was selected for the Prospettive competition at Filmmaker Film Festival 2017. My Home, in Libya is her first creative documentary film and it’s produced by Stefilm, ZDF/ARTE and RAI Cinema with the support of MiBACT, Italian National Film Institute, that also recognized it of being of national cultural interest. She’s currently based in Milan.

Filmografia (da regista):
2008 – Just Another Day on Earth
2008 – Senza titolo (Honey)
2009 – Two Times Shooting
2009 – Cristina
2011- Martina-gonia
2011 – Hands (or something around)
2015 – Il quarto giorno di scuola
2017 – Mum, I’m Sorry
2017 – Italian-African rhyzome. A choreography for camera (+voice)
2018 – My Home, in Libya