Programming/ Workshops/Focus/ Jury

Programming | Workshops | Focus | Jury

A thorough knowledge of the subject and the sector has allowed Laura to specialize in programming, becoming a consultant for the films of the Arabian Gulf area and organizing and contributing as a speaker in workshops related to cinema. Thanks to these experiences Laura has also been invited to take part as a jury member in some International Film Festivals.

Following are some of the most significant film events Laura curated and where she was part of the jury:

Jury

Agorà Film Festival, Fes, Morocco | Jury member international long feature competition 2024

Agora' Film Festival with Festival Director Aziz Hadadi, jury member Nina Dreyer and the Mayor of Fes

Agora' Film Festival with jury members Giusy Buemi, Khalid Ahaji and Marwan Trabelsi

Dhaka Film Festival, Dhaka, Bangladesh | Jury member Women Filmmaker Section 2024

Dhaka Film Festival, with jury member Anuradha Kadagoda and Festival Director Ahmed Muztaba Zamal

Dhaka Film Festival, jury women filmmaker section with Katerina Khramova, Anuradha Kadagoda and Filipa Cardoso

Edera Film Festival, Treviso, Italy | Jury member international long feature competition 2022

Edera Film Festival with Arianna Cattarin and Marco Zuin

Andaras Traveling Film Festival, Fluminimaggiore (SU), Italy | Jury member “Traveling” Film Competition 2022

Andaras Traveling Film Festival with (from the left) Saverio Pesapane, Monica Nappo, Lorenzo Richelmy and the Director Joe Juan Piras

Ca’ Foscari Short Film Festival, Venezia, Italy | Jury member international competition 2021

Ca' Foscari Short Film Festival with Tony Grillo and Philippe Claudel

COVID-19 World Student Film Festival, Sparta, Michigan, USA | Jury member international competition 2021

OtherMovie Film Festival, Lugano, Switzerland | Jury member international competition and Swiss shorts 2020

Ischia Film Festival, Ischia (NA), Italy | Jury member “Location negata” Film Competition 2019

The Great Feast Film Festival, Pozzuoli (NA), Italy | Jury member Short Film Competition 2018

The Smalls Film Festival, London, UK | Jury member drama short film competition 2018

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River Film Festival, Padoa, Italy | Jury member Short Film Competition 2018

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Tasmanian BOFA Film Festival, Launceston, Australia

Jury member Aussie Short Film Competition 2016 and programming consultant, curator of the section “Foodie BOFA”

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Art Film Festival, Trenciaske Teplice, Slovakia | Jury member Long Feature Film Main Competition 2015

Copyright Radovan Stoklasa

Programming | Workshops | Focus

Middle East Now Film Festival, Florence, Italy | Arabic speaking areas of the Gulf Region film consultant and curator of dedicated focus

Focus Gulf Homes Inside Out 2022

Copyright Alice Calamandrei

Focus Gulf Brush Strokes 2021

Copyright Kali Swaid

Focus Whispered Voices Saudi Arabia 2020

Copyright Luca Morgantini

Focus on Fairy Tales from the Gulf 2019

Copyright Reza Aalaeifar

Focus on Kuwait 2018

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Focus on Oman 2017

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Focus on Bahrain 2016

Copyright Luca Morgantini

Focus on the United Arab Emirates 2015

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Focus on Qatar 2014

River Film Festival, Padoa, Italy | Preview Curator, long feature films 2018

River Film Festival La notte non fa più paura

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Tipoteca, Cornuda (TV), Italy

Concept and speaker at the conference “A cinematographic walk through the Venice you do not expect” 2017

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Tampere Film Festival, Tampere, Finlandia | Programming consultant for the focus “Other Arabia” 2017

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Art Film Festival, Trenciaske Teplice, Slovakia | Curator of Focus on Qatar 2015

Copyright Radovan Stoklasa

Madeira Film Festival, Madeira Island, Portugal | workshop organizer and speaker: “Slow Motion, Slow Food”, the relationship between food and cinema and the Slow Food movement in Portugal