ABOUT ME – Elena Beatrice

ABOUT ME, long short story

Elena Beatrice è illustratrice e regista. Ha realizzato diversi film brevi e documentari che hanno viaggiato in molti festival. Come illustratrice lavora su commissione e porta avanti progetti legati al carnet de voyage e allo sketchbook come spazio di ricerca artistica e come strumento di relazione con il mondo che la circonda. Ama scoprire nuove cose, camminare in luoghi brulicanti di vita e ascoltare il silenzio.

Elena Beatrice is an illustrator and filmmaker. She has made several short films and documentaries that have toured many festivals. As an illustrator, she works on commission and runs projects related to travel journals and sketchbooks as a space for artistic research and as a way to connect her with the world. She loves discovering new things, walking in places buzzing with life, and listening to the silence.

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Elena Beatrice is a film director, illustrator, and author. She believes that stories can change the world and her goal is to find the best way to tell them. As an illustrator, she has worked on books, editorial illustrations, graphic reportages, and travel journals. As a filmmaker, since 2016 she has worked with Daniele Lince as director/screenwriter duo. Their works have been selected by several festivals, including Nastri d’Argento, Visioni Italiane, and ShorTS International Film Festival. They directed branded movies for Parmigiano Reggiano, Blåkläder Workwear, and Antrax IT Design. Among her short films, there are “Verdiana“, a comedy about an unusual couples therapy, a special plant, and a female Zen Master played by Angela Finocchiaro, “Monster Sitter“, a mockumentary about the daily life of the caretaker of a lake monster, and “reVirgination“, an Italian-Albanian co-production about love, women’s rights and old traditions. In 2018 she produced and directed “Get Big“, a feature documentary about Ultimate Frisbee. In 2021 she wrote and directed “Post-Scriptum- Uno sguardo ottimista dalla fine del mondo” (eng. title: “Post Scriptum – An Optimistic Look at the End of the World”), a docu-series in 4 episodes, available on Infinity+. In 2022 she wrote and directed a segment of the anthology film “Femminile singolare” (eng. title: “Female Singular”). The film is distributed in theatres by Artex Film. Seven episodes, seven stories of women that make up a mosaic of a multifaceted reality: her segment is titled “Revirgination”, a black comedy about love, women’s rights, and patriarchy.

Elena Beatrice è regista, sceneggiatrice e illustratrice. È convinta che le storie possano cambiare il mondo e la sua missione è trovare il modo migliore per raccontarle. Lavora come illustratrice per progetti editoriali e commerciali. Come filmmaker dal 2016 forma un duo con Daniele Lince con cui condivide spesso la regia e le fasi di lavorazione dei loro progetti. I loro lavori sono stati selezionati da diversi festival, tra cui Nastri d’Argento, Visioni Italiane e Giffoni International Film Festival. Tra i suoi cortometraggi troviamo “Verdiana“, una commedia che ruota intorno ad una terapia di coppia, una piantina un po’ speciale e una Maestra Zen interpretata da Angela Finocchiaro, “Monster Sitter“, un mockumentary sulla vita quotidiana del guardiano di un mostro lacustre e “reVirgination“, una co-produzione italo-albanese che parla di amore, diritti delle donne e vecchie tradizioni. Nel 2018 produce e dirige il documentario “Get Big”, il primo film italiano sull’Ultimate Frisbee. Nel 2021 scrive e dirige “Post-Scriptum- Uno sguardo ottimista dalla fine del mondo”, una docu-serie in 4 episodi, disponibile su Infinity+. Nel 2022 esce nei cinema il film a episodi “Femminile singolare“, sette storie di donne che compongono un mosaico di una realtà difficile e sfaccettata: l’episodio scritto e diretto da lei si intitola “Revirgination”, una commedia nera che parla di amore, diritti delle donne e patriarcato.

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INTERVIEWS & ARTICLES WITH/ABOUT ME

I Carnet de Voyage di Elena Beatrice – rubrica a cura di Ivana Mulatero per Fondazione Peano
Registe (a Torino): Elena Beatrice – agendacinematorino.it
L’equilibrio perfetto: intervista ai filmakers Elena Beatrice e Daniele Lince – La città immaginaria
Le tante vite di Elena Beatrice: illustrazioni, film e medicina. Un passo alla volta
Donne di Torino
Visioni Italiane 25°, Cineteca di Bologna, tutti i vincitori – cinemaitaliano.info
Dal 6 al 10 febbraio appuntamento a Torino con TOO SHORT TO WAIT – torinoggi.it
Cinema e sport: finalmente disponibile Get Big, il film che racconta per la prima volta l’Ultimate Frisbee in Italia – Torino Sportiva
Il film sull’ultimate frisbee italiano approda su iTunes – Itadisc

FILMOGRAPHY

TRA GLI ALBERI
(English Title: “Among The Trees”)
Short Film, 2023
Director/Writer/Editor
(written and directed with Daniele Lince)

UNA PASSIONE DIROMPENTE
Documentary Film, 2023
Director/Editor/DoP
(directed and edited with Elena Beatrice)

FEMMINILE SINGOLARE
Anthology Feature Film, 2022
Director/Writer (with Daniele Lince) of the Episode “Revirgination”
in theatres May 11th, 2022

POST SCRIPTUM – UNO SGUARDO OTTIMISTA DALLA FINE DEL MONDO
Docu-Series, 2021
Director/Writer/Editor
(directed with Daniele Lince)

VERDIANA
Short Film, 2020
Director/Writer
(directed with Daniele Lince)

MONSTER SITTER
Short Film, 2019
Director/Writer/Producer
(directed with Daniele Lince)

UN CASO DI COSCIENZA
(English Title: “A Case Of Conscience”)
Short Film, 2019
Director/Writer/Editor/Producer/Storyboard Artist
(directed with Daniele Lince)

FULMINI E SAETTE
(English Title: “Thunderbolts and Lightning Strikes”)
Short Film, 2019
Storyboard artist/Production Assistant/Illustrator

IL RAGAZZO CHE SMISE DI RESPIRARE
(English Title: “The Boy Who Stopped Breathing”)
Short Film, 2019
Producer/1st Assistant Director/Storyboard Artist/Art Director

GET BIG
Feature Film – Documentary, 2018
Director/Producer
(directed with Daniele Lince)

WATCH THE TEMPO
Short Film – Documentary, 2018
Director
(directed with Daniele Lince)

THE SCIENTIST OF SOUND
Short Film – Documentary, 2017
Director/Producer/Editor
(directed with Daniele Lince)

Elena Beatrice & Daniele Lince - on set 3

AWARDS & HONORS

2024 Member of the Jury at the Punti di sVista – il Bandolo
2023 Winner Best Directing for Tra gli alberi at the Asti International Film festival
2023 Vice Artistic Director (with Daniele Lince) for the project Piemonte Factory (Artistic Director Daniele Gaglianone)
2023 Member of the Jury at the SeeYouSound International Music Film Festival
2022 Finalista Biennale for Verdiana at the MArteLive
2022 Winner Audience Award for Verdiana at the Punti di sVista, ilBandolo
2022 Winner Primo Premio Lab di Scrittura “Dall’idea al soggetto” at the Job Film Days
2022 Winner Best Directing for Femminile Singolare at the Villammare Film Festival
2022 Winner Best Screenplay for Verdiana at the Garofano Rosso Film Festival (2021)
2021 Winner Best Screenplay for Verdiana at the AmiCorti Movie Awards (President of the Jury Paul Haggis)
2021 Winner Popular Jury Award for Verdiana at the AmiCorti Movie Awards
2021 Winner Best Film for Verdiana at the CORTeggiando Vimodrone
2021 Special Mention for Verdiana at the Festival Internacional Cine de las Yungas (Argentina)
2021 Winner Best Narrative Short Film for Verdiana at the FIAfest International Audiovisual Festival (Colombia)
2021 Winner Young Jury Award fo Verdiana at the Francigena Film Festival
2021 Vice Artistic Director (with Daniele Lince) for the project Piemonte Factory (Artistic Director Daniele Gaglianone)
2021 Member of the Jury at the “Corto e Fieno” – Rural Film Festival
2021 Winner Best Screenplay for Verdiana at the Aprilia Film Festival
2021 Winner Aprilia Award for Verdiana at the Aprilia Film Festival
2021 Winner Troisi Award for Verdiana at the Videocorto Nettuno
2021 Special Mention for The Mourners – Il metodo Marcy (Script for Feature Film) at the Concorso Letterario Tre Colori (Festival Inventa un Film – Lenola)
2021 Winner Stella d’Argento – Scaglie Award for Verdiana at the Festival del Cinema Italiano
2021 Winner Best Movie for TV (RAI Award) for Verdiana at the Festival Tulipani di Seta Nera
2021 Winner Young Jury Award for Verdiana at the Asti Film Festival
2021 Member of the Jury at the TOHorror Fantastic Film Festival
2021 Winner Best Short Film Award for Verdiana at the Italian Film Festival USA
2021 Winner Best Short Film for reVirgination at the SEE Online Film Festival by Cinesquare
2021 Official Selection for Fulmini e Saette at the Italian Film Festival USA
2021 Official Selection for Verdiana at the Cortinametraggio
2021 Official Selection for Monster Sitter at the Giffoni Film Festival – School Experience
2021 Winner for Un caso di coscienza at the LTUE Film Festival (Utah, USA)
2021 Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Market 2021 – Italian Distributor Pick by ShortsFit for Italian Short Film Center for Verdiana
2020 Winner Creatività in Corto (Audience Award) for Fulmini e Saette at the Corti da Sogni “Antonio Ricci”
2020 Special Mention for Verdiana at the Festival Internazionale del Cinema di Salerno (World Premiere)
2020 Nastri d’Argento – Selezione Finalista for Fulmini e Saette
2020 Winner Ronzinanti Award for Fulmini e Saette at the Cortisonici International Film Festival Varese 2020
2020 Official Selection for Fulmini e Saette at the Giffoni Film Festival – Winter Edition
2020 Winner Best Message & Best Original Idea for reVirgination at the Top Indie Film Awards, Spring Edition (Japan)
2020 Selected by Suncine Festival Il ragazzo che smise di respirare for the school program “El Aula en Casa 2020” (Spain)
2020 Winner Best Women Filmmaker’s Film for reVirgination at the Cine Fern Film Award, March Edition
2020 Winner Audience Award for Monster Sitter at the LTUE Festival (Utah, Usa)
2019/2020 Special Mention Italian Short Film for Il ragazzo che smise di respirare at the Geo Film Festival
2019 Winner Best Directing for Monster Sitter at the Festival Corto Corrente
2019 Winner Best Short Film “Occhi Sul Lago” for Monster Sitter at the Festival cortoLovere
2019 Winner Best Film & Best Student Film for Fulmini e Saette at the Festival cortoLovere
2019 Winner “The Man and Society” Award for Il ragazzo che smise di respirare at the T-Film International Film Festival
2019 Winner Young Audience Award for Il ragazzo che smise di respirare at the Fuoricampo Cinema Giovane FilmFest
2019 Winner Audience Award for Il ragazzo che smise di respirare at the gLocal Film Festival
2019 Winner Visioni Ambientali for Il ragazzo che smise di respirare at the Visioni Italiane, Cineteca di Bologna
2019 Finalist Best Italian Documentary for Watch The Tempo at the Roma Cinema Doc
2019 Selected by the Italian Short Film Center Il ragazzo che smise di respirare for the school program “Corti a scuola 2019″
2018 Winner Special Prize for Get Big at the Sport Film Festival
2018 Winner Pindaro Award for Get Big at the Overtime Film Festival
2017 Nominee Best Documentary for The Scientist of Sound at the Feel the Reel International Film Festival, January