Francesco is an award-winning documentary director. Animata resistenza (2014) is Francesco’s debut feature documentary, which he produced, shot, and directed with Alberto Girotto. The film premiered at the 71. Venice Film Festival and was awarded with the Venice Classics Award for the Best Documentary on Cinema. It was selected in more than 20 festivals worldwide and received 10 awards. It is distributed by SKY ARTE (Italy) and through the DVD box-set “Nuvole, mani”. Francesco’s second feature documentary BROTHERHOOD, a Czech-Italian production, premiered at 74 Locarno Film Festival and was awarded with the Pardo d’oro of Cineasti del presente.