Annarita Zambrano is an

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film director. She graduated in Modern Literature from

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and in 2000 moved to

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to work on her doctoral thesis on the aesthetics of cinema. She has made a name for herself as a filmmaker after a series of successful short films that have screened at influential film festivals: ''La troisième fois'' (2006), ''Andante Mezzo Forte'' (2007), ''À la lune montante'' (2009), ''Tre ore'' (2010), ''Dans le coeur des grands'' (2012). ''Dans le coeur des grands'' won the Grand Prix at 2012 Conti Film Festival. In 2013, she filmed a documentary ''L'anima del Gattopardo'' about

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, made for

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and

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channels. In the same year her short film ''Ophelis'' was selected for the Short Film Competition in

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. Her debut feature '' After the War'' was screened in the

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section at the

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. Her sophomore feature, a dark comedy '' Rossosperanza'', was screened at the 76th

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. For ''Rossosperanza'', Zambrano was honoured with the Titrafilm Award at 2022

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Filmography

*''La troisième fois'' — short (2006) * ''Andante Mezzo Forte'' — short (2007) * ''À la lune montante'' — short (2009) * ''Three hours'' ('' it, Tre ore'') — short (2010) * ''Dans le coeur des grands'' — short (2012) * ''Ophelia'' — short (2013) * ''L'anima del Gattopardo'' — documentary (2015) * '' After the War'' (2017) * '' Rossosperanza'' (2023)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zambrano, Annarita Living people 1972 births Italian expatriates in France Italian film directors Italian women film directors Sapienza University of Rome alumni