Costanza Quatriglio (born 6 January 1973) is an Italian film director, documentarist and screenwriter.

Life and career

Born in

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, Quatriglio got a degree in law at the Palermo University and later enrolled at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, graduating in direction. After directing some shorts and documentaries, she made her feature film debut with ''The Island'', which premiered at the

2003 Cannes Film Festival The 56th Cannes Film Festival started on 14 May and ran until 25 May 2003. French opera and theatre director, filmmaker, actor and producer Patrice Chéreau was the President of the Jury. The Palme d'Or went to the American film ''Elephant'' by G ...

in the Directors' Fortnight section. Her 2012 documentary film ''

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'' premiered at the 69th Venice International Film Festival and was awarded a Nastro d'Argento for best documentary film. Her 2013 short film ''Con il fiato sospeso'' won the Gillo Pontecorvo Award at the 70th Venice International Film Festival. Her documentary ''My Human Heart'' was screened as Special Event at the 2009

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. In 2015, she won a second Nastro d'Argento for best documentary film with ''Triangle''. Her 2024 documentary film ''The Secret Drawer'' was screened in the Forum section at the

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Selected filmography

* ''The Island'' (''L'isola'', 2003) * ''Racconti per L'isola'' (2003) * ''Il mondo addosso'' (2006) * ''Art. 11'', segment of the film ''All Human Rights for All'' (2008) * ''My Human Heart'' (''Il mio cuore umano'', 2009) * ''

'' (2012) * ''Triangle'' (2014) * ''Girotondo'', segment of the film ''9x10 novanta'' (2014) * ''87 ore'' (2015) * ''Sembra mio figlio'' (2018) * ''Palermo sospesa'' (2020) * ''Trafficante di virus'' (2021) * ''The Secret Drawer'' (''Il cassetto segreto'', 2024)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Quatriglio, Costanza 1973 births Living people Italian film directors Italian screenwriters People from Palermo Italian documentary film directors Italian television directors University of Palermo alumni Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia alumni Nastro d'Argento winners