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Early life and education

Delpero was born in Bolzano, Italy. After studying literature at University of Bologna and a brief period at Sorbonne University, she studied film at the Professional Training Center of SICA in Buenos Aires.

Career

Delpero's first two films, the documentaries ''Teachers'' (''Signori Professori'') and ''Nadia and Sveta'' (''Nadea e Sveta''), premiered at the Torino Film Festival in 2008 and 2012, respectively. For ''Nadia and Sveta'', Delpero was nominated in the Best Documentary Feature category at the 58th David di Donatello awards ceremony. In 2019, Delpero's feature film debut '' Maternal'' (''Hogar'') premiered at the

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, where it received a special mention in the ''Concorso Internazionale'' competition and was awarded the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury. The film was inspired by Delpero's own experiences as a teacher in Argentine "hogars", homes for teenage mothers often administered by nuns. Delpero was awarded the 2020 Women in Motion Young Talent Award, presented by Kering and the Cannes Film Festival. The following year, ''Maternal'' garnered Delpero a nomination for

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at the 66th David di Donatello award ceremony in 2021. In 2022, Delpero received the Coprocity Development award for her second feature film, the World War II drama ''The Mountain Bride''. Retitled ''

'', the film debuted at the

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in 2024, where it won the

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Filmography

Awards and nominations

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Delpero, Maura People from Bolzano Italian film directors Living people University of Bologna alumni 1975 births