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I grew up in a small town near Italy’s largest airport. Perhaps seeing so many planes inspired my desire to explore beyond my hometown. For me, films have always been a way to travel without moving. 

I graduated from IULM University with a degree in Media Communication and Advertising which gave me a strong foundation teaching me how to look at storytelling from different perspectives.

 

After that, I decided to pursue a career in film and spent three transformative months in Florence studying filmmaking at the New York Film Academy. That experience changed my life: I found out I love the magic of film set, its sometimes chaotic, sometimes overly organized nature, the teamwork, the structure, the rhythm. After completing the program, I stayed at the school to work as an assistant teacher, an experience that helped me stay in touch with the set world. 

 

Later, I decided to continue my studies and moved to Berlin, a city I had never seen before, to study MA Directing at MET Film school. Berlin gave me the possibility to get in touch with different realities, artists and places that inspired me deeply. After a year full of school projects and creative challenges, I graduated with a film that means the world to me and that I am currently sending to festivals.

 

I deeply believe that cinema is something we perceive with our bodies rather than our minds. Through my work, I want to create stories that are visceral, stories you don’t just understand but truly feel, in cinema, in advertising, and in everything I do.

ilaria.tonetti01@gmail.com — @mollyppolly — Berlin, Germany —

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