Valentina Cicogna works as screenwriter, editor, and director. The films she worked on have frequently been selected and awarded at major film festivals, such as the feature-length documentary 'The Disappearance of My Mother' by Beniamino Barrese, selected at Sundance 2019, or 'Brotherhood' by Francesco Montagner, that won the Cineasti del Presente category at the 2021 Locarno Film Festival. Her directorial debut, Pure Unknown, was awarded at Visions du Réel 2023. It was also awarded at many other international festivals, including DMZ, Al Jazeera Balkan Docs and BIDF 2024. She is a regular teacher at CISA, the Locarno Film School.
