Programmers and critics: Reviewer biography

Tiziana Finzi

Tiziana Finzi was born in Trieste, Italy. She studied Architecture in Venice and History of Cinema in Trieste, where she prepared a thesis on American film director Robert Kramer.
After her studies she started to co-operate with film magazines in Italy and abroad.
In 1994 she began her co-operation with the Biennale in Venice for the Venice Film Festival , where in the Programmation Office she had the opportunity to work in the field of independent cinema, debut feature films and documentaries.
She has been working for the Venice Film Festival until 1998, when she became the director film festival assistant.
She has been a consultant for several international film festivals and institutions , such as Pesaro Film Festival, Italy; Taormina Arte Film Festival, Italy; Italia Cinema – Italian Film Promotion Agency , Italy; Alpe Adria Cinema – Trieste Film Festival, Italy.
Due to her experience of film researcher in the domain of independent cinema and to her interest in film experimentation and visual communication, since 1999 she has been working for Locarno Film Festival, Switzerland, where she works as chief of programmer of the sections “Cinéastes du présent” and “Compétition Vidéo”and “In Progress”.
In the main time since 2000 she had collaboration with some important museums and institutions of contemporary arts.

January 2005 art coordinator and consultant for video /installation “Notte 266” by Masbedo, produced by C P Company /Stone island for Pitti Immagine, Firenze.

Lives and works "around" for several institutions and magazines about contemporary culture.

Since a August 2005 Tiziana Finzi is deputy director of Locano International Film Festival,.Switzerland.