Cristina Picchi
Writer / Director
Italy
Cristina Picchi is an award-winning Italian filmmaker, artist and writer.
She wrote, directed and edited short films, documentaries and video installations that were screened at festivals and galleries worldwide, winning numerous prizes such as the Silver Leopard in Locarno and a nomination for Best Short Film at the Italian Academy Awards and at the European Film Awards.
She is the recipient of the residency programs and fellowships of the Sundance Institute, La Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris, the Museumsquartier in Vienna and IASPIS in Stockholm, among others. Cristina is also an alumna of Berlinale Talents, Torino Film Lab, IDFAcademy, and the European Documentary Network.
After a degree and and MA in European Literature from the University of Pisa, she gained a master’s degree in Screen Documentary from Goldsmiths University of London.
Project
Wishlist
Giovanna, an Italian photographer who lives in in London, rekindle the relationship with her troubled family after the sudden death of her beloved brother. In the attempt of both coping with her loss and helping her elder mother Adele dealing with the grief, she asks her to make a list of things she always wanted to do. Adele puts together a surprising list of wishes that will take them into a series of bonding experiences – from visiting her grandchild in the squat where she lives, to hunting down her favourite singer in the South of Italy, up to Norway, to blissfully witness Northern lights.
When Adele gets diagnosed with Alzheimer, Giovanna will have to fulfill her last wish: spending the time she has left in her own place, not in an institution. This will turn her into an artist-carer who will use her own art to deal with the deflagration of those very memories she helped to create, sharing the last journey with her, into the unknown.
