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Anna Marziano is a filmmaker whose films question the ongoing transformations of subjects and communities. Anna has a background in political sciences (University of Padua), philosophy (University of Verona) and cinema (Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, Rome). In 2009, thanks to a fellowship provided by Fondo Audiovisivo Friuli Venezia Giulia, Anna moved to France where she studied Direction at Ateliers Varan (Paris) and took part in Le Fresnoy – Studio National (Tourcoing); since then, she has been producing a consistent body of filmworks, experimenting with the documentary form and with collaborative practices. Her works are screened in festivals and art-spaces throughout the world: Toronto International Film Festival - Wavelenghts, Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, IFFR Rotterdam, FIC Valdivia, Cinéma du Réel, documenta 15 Kassel | lumbung, FIPA Biarritz, Les écrans documentaires, Ann Arbor Film Festival, Documenta Madrid, Media City Film Festival, Punto de Vista, L’alternativa, Fracto Film Festival, LABoral Centro de Arte Gijon, Palais de Tokyo, National Gallery of Art Washington DC, Wexner Center for the Arts, Museum of the Moving Image NYC, MAXXI Rome, Ji.hlava Film Festival, Kerala International Film Festival among others... In 2018, BEYOND THE ONE received the A. Mekas Award at Experimenta Film Festival, as well as the Special Mention at Cinéma du Réel. In 2020, AL LARGO received the Special Jury Award at Torino Film Festival. Her films are preserved by the archives Cineteca di Bologna and Bibliothèque nationale de France, in Paris. They are also visible through Collectif Jeune Cinéma (Paris), MUBI, DAfilms, Tënk. Retrospectives of her works were guested at Mostra del Cinema di Pesaro, Volksbühne Berlin, Wolf Kino Berlin... Anna’s films have been funded by Goethe-Institut, CNC Aide à l’Innovation Audiovisuelle Paris, Berliner Senat, DRAC Dunkerque. Her films have been co-produced by joonfilm (Ann Carolin Renninger, Germany), Bibliothèque nationale de France, Spectre Productions. She was jury member for Torino Film Festival (Italiana.doc) in 2018. As invited artist, she run courses at Srishti School of Art Bangalore and University of Göttingen. She was invited to the artistic residencies bangaloREsidency Max-Mueller / Bhavan, CLEA Artist in mission - Dunkerque, Utopiana (Génève) and Bibliothèque national de France - Villa Medici – Fondation Cino Del Duca. Since 2013, Anna Marziano lives in Padua and in Berlin.