Cecilia Zoppelletto

Cecilia Zoppelletto, is an Italian filmmaker.[1][2] She is most notable as the director of critically acclaimed Congolese documentary La Belle At The Movies.[3]

Cecilia Zoppelletto
Born
Cecilia Zoppelletto

Padua, Italy
NationalityItalian
Occupation(s)Director, producer, screenwriter, lecturer
Years active2014–present

Personal life

She was born and raised in Padua, Italy. Since 1994, she has been based in London.[1] She has a PhD in Film Studies from the University of Westminster.[4]

Career

As her research, she did Decolonisation through ‘Development Films’: Constructing and Re-Constructing the Zairian Spirit on Film. Through the research, she explores the archives of the Democratic Republic of Congo and the country's national film image of post-independence.[1][5]

She has worked as a news producer for the Italian national broadcasting company RAI. In the meantime, she worked as a TV host and writer for the Italian network 'Antenna Tre Nordest'. In 2015, she made the documentary La Belle At The Movies. The film gained critical acclaim and screened in the US, Belgium, UK and Democratic Republic of Congo.[6] Then in 2017, she made the experimental short film Falling.[1]

Filmography
YearFilmRoleGenreRef.
2016La Belle at the MoviesDirector, producer, writerDocumentary
2017FallingDirector, producerDocumentary short

See also

References
  1. "Cecilia Zoppelletto". African Filmny. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  2. "Cecilia Zoppelletto: DIRECTOR, SCREENWRITER, PRODUCER". MUBI. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  3. "Interviewing Cecilia Zoppelletto on 'La Belle at the Movies'". qmunicatemagazine. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  4. "Cecilia Zoppelletto: Westminster School of Arts". westminster. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  5. "Cecilia Zoppelletto, Director, Featured in GIFT 2016". georgiatoday. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  6. "La Belle at the Movies: Dir. Cecilia Zoppelletto –Documentary". congoinharlem. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
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