Monica

Affatato

Monica Affatato was born in Turin. She studied opera singing at the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory of Music in Turin.

Since 96 he has been working in the world of cinema and audiovisual, participating in several film productions as an assistant director and producer. These include "Il tempo dell'amore" (1997) by Giacomo Campiotti, "Così ridevano" (1998) by Gianni Amelio, "Nemmeno il destino" (2004) by Daniele Gaglianone.

He works on the creation of soundtracks, including that of "I nostri anni" (Locarno Film Festival 2000) by Daniele Gaglianone and of the documentary film "Storie di Lotta e Deportazione" (2002), produced by the ANCR and in collaboration with the Shoah Foundation.

She began working as an author in the documentary film industry with "Il reduce" (selected at the 1999 Turin Film Festival) and "Tutti mi chiede da dove vengo nessuno vuole sapere chi sono" (selected at the Arcipelago Festival 2000). This journey culminated with the film "La Voce Stratos" (2009), co-directed with Luciano d'Onofrio, which was distributed in cinemas as part of Feltrinelli's Real Cinema series and broadcast by Rai Storia and RTSI. The musical film represents, within her career, the link between two of her great passions: cinema and music.