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I was born in Locarno, Switzerland, in 1992. After earning a master’s degree in art history and social anthropology at the University of Bern, I pursued a master’s in film directing at ECAL/HEAD, graduating in 2022. My work explores memory, place, and social change through experimental and documentary forms. My first short Mountain Flesh premiered at IDFA in 2022. In 2024 I contributed to the TV project Futura! – Vol. II, presented early 2025 on PlaySuisse and at the Solothurn Film Festival. My short Rösli was nominated for the Swiss Film Award in 2026.…I was born in Locarno, Switzerland, in 1992. After earning a master’s degree in art history and social anthropology at the University of Bern, I pursued a master’s in film directing at ECAL/HEAD, graduating in 2022. My work explores memory, place, and social change through experimental and documentary forms. My first short Mountain Flesh premiered at IDFA in 2022. In 2024 I contributed to the TV project Futura! – Vol. II, presented early 2025 on PlaySuisse and at the Solothurn Film Festival. My short Rösli was nominated for the Swiss Film Award in 2026.

Valentina Shasivari

Film Director, Filmmaker, Screenwriter, +2

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I was born in Locarno, Switzerland, in 1992. After earning a master’s degree in art history and social anthropology at the University of Bern, I pursued a master’s in film directing at ECAL/HEAD, graduating in 2022. My work explores memory, place, and social change through experimental and documentary forms. My first short Mountain Flesh premiered at IDFA in 2022. In 2024 I contributed to the TV project Futura! – Vol. II, presented early 2025 on PlaySuisse and at the Solothurn Film Festival. My short Rösli was nominated for the Swiss Film Award in 2026.…I was born in Locarno, Switzerland, in 1992. After earning a master’s degree in art history and social anthropology at the University of Bern, I pursued a master’s in film directing at ECAL/HEAD, graduating in 2022. My work explores memory, place, and social change through experimental and documentary forms. My first short Mountain Flesh premiered at IDFA in 2022. In 2024 I contributed to the TV project Futura! – Vol. II, presented early 2025 on PlaySuisse and at the Solothurn Film Festival. My short Rösli was nominated for the Swiss Film Award in 2026.

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I was born in Locarno, Switzerland, in 1992. After earning a master’s degree in art history and social anthropology at the University of Bern, I pursued a master’s in film directing at ECAL/HEAD, graduating in 2022. My work explores memory, place, and social change through experimental and documentary forms.

My first short Mountain Flesh premiered at IDFA in 2022. In 2024 I contributed to the TV project Futura! – Vol. II, presented early 2025 on PlaySuisse and at the Solothurn Film Festival. My short Rösli was nominated for the Swiss Film Award in 2026.