About me

I'm an italian creative&film director/scenographer-visual artist, with almost two decades of international experiences among film productions, cultural events, Theatre/Opera House.

I believe in the connection between arts for creating emotional experience. INSPIRING STORIES OF INSPIRED LIVES THROUGH THE ART is my goal: It's not impossible, but it takes courage.

I've always pursued my artistic career on the multidisciplinary nature of the arts, signing and experimenting different projects as creative and film director.

"DIRECTOR, DESIGNER and WRITER, MONICA MANGANELLI's visually arresting work is usually known for the intersection of theater, opera and film production, for its cinematic elegance, abstract yet visceral staging, and a multidisciplinary merging of narrative heft, visual dramaturgy and design. MULTI and INTERDISCIPLINARITY are the center of her work. Her current projects as director, visual/video & set designer include new films, debuts and performing arts productions that continue to blur and explore the lines between film, visual art and music-opera."

Skills

Advertising, Animation, Art Direction, Creative Direction, Event Design, Exhibition Design, Film, Picture Research, Script Writing, Set Design, Teaching / Lecturing, Visual Effects

Sector Experience

Advertising, Animation, Arts, Audio / Visual, Branding, Cinema, Design, Fashion, Film (Feature), Film (Short / Documentary)

Awards

Academy Award-Long List, ACCORDI@DISACCORDI-Napoli/Palazzo delle Arti, 2019. WINNER: Best Documentary, FAIRY TALES/Queer Film Festival, Calgary, 2020 WINNER: Audience Favourite Award for BEST SHORT FILM, GRAND OFF Independents Short Film Awards-Warsaw, 2020, WINNER: BEST ANIMATED FILM, HILLTOP Film Festival of Diversity and Inclusion, 2020, Alabama, WINNER: BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM, HONG KONG Jewish Film Festival, 2020, WINNER: BEST SHORT FILM, Italian Academy Film Award- David Donatello, LIBERATION DOC FEST, Bangladesh 2020, WINNER: Youth Jury Award, LOBO FEST- Festival Internacional de Filmes, Brasilia, 2019, WINNER: Best International Film, Los Angeles Short Film Festival-Best Short, MERLINKA International Qeer Film Festival, Belgrade 2019, WINNER: Best Animated Film, Nastro d'Argento-Premio Critici italiani film, OGEECHEE History Film festival, Georgia Southern University, Usa, 2020 WINNER: Honorable Mention, Prize San Martino for artistic merit by the city of Noceto (PR), RIFF / Rome Independent Film Festival, 2019, WINNER: Special Mention/ Animation Section., SEDICI CORTO Int. Film Festival, Forlì-Italy, 2019, WINNER: Special Mention-Jury Prize, SHORT FILM AWARDS-Newark, 2019,WINNER: Best Short Documentary, Best writing in a Documentary Short (Monica Manganelli), SIDE by SIDE LGBT Int. Film Festival, S.Petersburg, 2020 WINNER: BEST ANIMATED FILM, STORIA IN CORTO/ Film festival,  Mentana 2019. WINNER: Best Short Film, TLVFest- Tel Aviv International LGBT Film Festival, Cinemateque Tel Aviv, 2019, WINNER: Honorable Mention., WEITERSTADT Queer FilmFest, 2019, WINNER: BEST MITTELLANGE Film, WEST SIDE MOUNTAINS DOC FEST Epirus/Greece, 2020,WINNER: GRAN PRIX for BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM, BEST DIRECTOR (Monica Manganelli),

Clients

Alexandra Film, Cinecittà Studios, Coccia Foundation-Theatre, EDI_VFX, Warner Bros. Entertainment Group of Companies