Adonella
Marena
Films by Adonella Marena
Bio
A former history teacher, in the 80s she worked on theater and the dissemination of women's cinema in Italy with the "Gruppo Comunicazione Visiva." Since 89, she has been the author of short films and documentaries, directly inspired by the reality of her most significant social experiences, particularly those concerning women, interculturalism, memory, and ecology.
He participates in various national and international festivals, obtaining prizes and awards.
He has collaborated with Rai3, ZTF/Arte, La7, Videogruppo, Planete, Documè.
He is part of the 100autori association.
Main filmography
The megalith, 1989
Girls of Palestine, 1990,
The Color of Differences, 1992
Okoi and Pumpkin Seeds, 1994 (1st prize Spazio Torino at the Youth Cinema Festival)
Righibè in Turin, 1996
I used to make nugatine, 1996, (1st prize at Spazio Italia, Equal Opportunities Commissioner's Award, and Cipputi at the Torino Film Festival)
The little farmhouse, 1997
The Fighter, 1998
The Animal Factory, 1999 (selected for the UN Mediterranean Environmental Award)
City Souls, 2000 (2nd prize for short films at the Valsusafilmfest)
Mobilitebio: When the Land is for Sale, 2000
White Overalls, an Army of Dreamers, 2002 (1st Valsusafilmfest Documentary Award)
Without Breath? and From Door to Door, 2002 (collective films)
I liked living up there (M'agradavo vioure ilamoun) 2003 (selected for the UN Mediterranean Environmental Award)
NOTAV, the Indians of the Valley, 2005 (selected for the UN Mediterranean Environmental Award in 2006)
Low-Speed Chronicles (collective film), 2006
I won't give up, I won't give up!, 2006 (1st prize at the L. Bizzarri '06 festival on the Resistance)
I Don't Give Up, Rights, 2007
Il cartun d'le rebelun, 2008 (supported by the DocFilmFund)
Dragonflies, 2009 (2009 awards: Romedocscient Special Jury Prize; Marcarolo ff Popular Jury Prize; 2010: Careas Caravaggio Environment Prize; Imperia Film Festival Prize, Nature Section; Agrofilm Nitra Scientific Doc Prize, Czech Republic)
Italian Race, 2010 (for the collective film Walls and Borders)
The Landing, 2011, co-directed with Dario Ferraro (supported by GenovaLiguriaFilmComm)
