Francesco Clerici

Francesco Clerici graduated in Art History and Criticism from the Università Statale di Milano. He is an award-winning documentary director and a writer. Since 2009, he has been collaborating with the Confédération Internationale des Cinémas d'Art et d'Essai and with contemporary artist Velasco Vitali, as well as teaching courses and lessons for schools and universities (Università Bicocca di Milano, Università degli studi di Milano, Università degli studi di Parma). In 2012 he published his first book of short stories: 24 Fotogrammi: storia aneddotica del cinema (Secondavista Edizioni, 2012). Hand Gestures, his first feature film documentary, was presented at the 2015 Berlin Film Festival, in the FORUM section, where he won the International Critics' Award (FIPRESCI). His works have been presented at festivals all over the world (London Film Festival, Viennale, RIDM Montreal, Sarajevo Film Festival) and screened in locations such as the National Gallery of Art in Washington, the British Film Institute of London, the Irish Film Institute of Dublin, the Cineteca Nacional de Mexico of Mexico City, the Cinemateca Uruguaya de Montevideo, the Dundee Contemporary Art Museum, the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London, the Barbican, the MART of Trento and Rovereto, the Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci in Milan, and the Palazzo Reale in Milan.