Federico Ferrone

Federico Ferrone studied History at the University of Bologna and Political Science in Paris As an assistant director he was involved in the TV documentary series HISTOIRES EN MEDITERRANEE 2005 produced in Tunisia He codirected the awardwinning documentaries BANLIYÖ BANLIEUE 2004 MERICA 2007 and THE ENEMY WITHIN 2009 His film THE TRAIN TO MOSCOW 2013 was selected among others in the main competition at the Torino Film Festival and the documentary competition of Karlovy Vary IFF He also coproduced the film ANITA by Luca Magi 2012 selected at the Torino Film Festival and Doclisboa In 2011 he has been awarded by UNESCO the title of Young Artist for Intercultural Dialogue between Arab and Western Worlds for his films on immigration suburbs and the contribution of immigrant communities to a countrys culture He is currently working on the preproduction of his first feature length film THE BEST REWARD produced by Apapaja and on the postproduction of IL VARCO a film produced by Kiné and CinecittàLuce