FRANCESCO CLERICI

Graduated in History and Art Critic at the State University of Milan, he joins the activity of documentary director teaching in some Italian universities (University of Milan and Politecnico di Milano, IULM, Raffles, ETH Zurich). Il GESTO DELLE MANI, his first work, won the Fipresci prize at the Berlin Film Festival in 2015. His works have been presented in festivals around the world and screened at  the National Gallery of Art in Washington, BFI London, Cineteca Nacional de Mexico, ICA London, Barbican, MAXXI Rome, Palazzo Reale in Milan, MART, Documentary Film Center in Moscow. In 2018, the Cinemateque de Grenoble dedicated a retrospective to his work. In 2022, his last two documentary films La paz del futuro and Enrico Cattaneo. Rumore Bianco were presented at the Rome Film Festival.

TOMMASO BARBARO

Graduated from the course of Audio Video Technician at Civica Scuola di Cinema Luchino Visconti. Sound editor and sound designer in the cinema field for productions presented at several international festivals. He has worked with directors such as: Soldini, Parenti/D’Anolfi, Venier, Marazzi, Testi, Diritti, Lucini. In 2019, the documentary “The disappearance of my mother” by Beniamino Barrese, whose sound and mix he edited, was presented in international competition at the Sundance Film Festival. In 2020 he received a nomination for Best Use of Sound & Music at the Berlin Commerical for the film “Rumori” by SÄMEN with Matilda De Angelis. In parallel to the cinema, he is involved in sound design for advertising for production companies and television programs. From 2016 to 2021 he directed “The Huddle”, his first documentary distributed on Amazon Prime UK and USA. He works as a tutor and teacher with several film schools such as: Civic School of Cinema Luchino Visconti, Experimental Center of Cinematography in Lombardy, ZeLIG documentary school, CISA in Locarno.