Gianluca Matarrese

Gianluca is an Italian director based in Paris. He holds a degree in North American Cinema and is a graduate of the École de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq in Paris. He started in the French television industry, contributing to over 25 programs in fiction and entertainment. Over the past five years, he has directed nine films, touring international festivals including Mostra di Venezia, IDFA, Thessaloniki, CPH, Hot Docs, DMZ, Torino Film Festival, Visions du Réel, Festival dei Popoli, Cinéma du Réel, and others. He explores a variety of topics, including body manipulation, gender affirmation, economic decline, traces of unresolved traumas, the social meaning of sex practices, unemployment, debts, theatre, and the borders between reality and fiction. He has earned awards such as Best Italian Documentary at the Torino Film Festival and the Queer Lion in Venice. Gianluca is regularly supported by broadcasters like France Télévisions and Arte. His main titles include Everything Must Go, The Last Chapter, Fashion Babylon, A Steady Job, Les Beaux Parleurs, Pinned into a Dress, and The Zola Experience. He is working on his tenth feature-length film about a hospital in Milan specializing in gender transition and fertility disorders.