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Giulia Franchi is a British-Italian director whose work focuses on outdoor stories, social impact and fringe culture. She was selected as a recipient of the BFI Female Film Club scholarship and her debut documentary was Grierson shortlisted in 2017. She is currently directing a 16mm documentary about the Stonehenge Free festivals and writing her debut narrative feature exploring her family's stories and collective memory of 1960s working class Rome.
She has worked on projects globally, shooting the biggest festivals around the world including Glastonbury, Boomtown, the World Nomad Games in Kazakhstan and Cannes Film Festival. She has worked as a self-shooting DP for a range of documentary projects as well as Associate Producing doc-podcast series RESISTANCE: Stories From Ukraine, hosted by Nat Geo photojournalist Laurel Chor. As a location scout her credits include projects for the BBC, Amazon, Paramount+ and Sony Pictures TV.
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Her background and BA in Graphic Design has given her a fundamental understanding of how to build a story and communicate an idea in the most suitable medium. During her second year she pitched a winning idea for an NHS app which progressed to clinical trials in the South West of the UK. Shortly after, she interned at four graphic design studios across the country and pursued an MA in Film & Television at Falmouth University. During this time she self-shot and directed her debut documentary (Babies & Bellyboards, 2017) which premiered at IOMFF and saw her shortlisted in the top 8 student short documentaries in the country at the prestigious annual Grierson Awards. Later that year she was Longlisted for Best New Director at WSFF and was awarded The Emily Hobhouse award from Falmouth University which supported her initial work on a series of short stories shot across Lebanon. The first of which has been shortlisted for Ocean Film Festival's World tour (HIMA, 2020) as well as being selected to screen at Arab Women Film Festival in Denmark (2021) and WomenX (2021).
SCREENINGS & RECOGNITION
2020/21
// Official Selection WomenX Film Festival 2021 (HIMA, 2020)
// Official Selection S.O.F.A Film Festival 2021 (HIMA, 2020)
// World Tour shortlist Ocean Film Festival 2021 (HIMA, 2020)
// Official Selection Arab Women Film Festival 2021 (HIMA, 2020)
// Quarter Finalist for London Eco Film Festival 2020 (HIMA, 2020)
2017/18
// Official Selection Cornwall Film Fest 2018 (Babies & Bellyboards, 2018)
// Official Selection Isle of Man Film Fest 2018 (Carparks, 2018)
// ITV Best Student Doc shortlist at The Annual Grierson Awards 2017 (B&B, 2017)
// Winner of The Emily Hobhouse Award 2017
// Long List for Best New Director at Winchester Film Festival 2017 (B&B, 2017)
// Official Selection Isle of Man Film Fest 2018 (Babies & Bellyboards, 2017)
// Official Selection Bath Film Fest 2018 (Carparks, 2017)
// Official Selection Swindon Indie Film Fest 2018 (Carparks, 2017)
The Stones Are Ours - Director (Doc, UK 2024-Current)
Every Second Breath - Director (Doc, UK 2024)
Gone To See A Man - Director (Doc, UK 2020-Current)
Risking Happiness - 1st Ac/ B Cam/ Gaffer (Doc Hybrid - NHS, 2024)
BTS King Henry - DP/ Editor (It Gets Better UK, 2023)
Dive Project Cornwall - Dp/Editor (DPC Commercial Film, 2023)
Glastonbury Festival 2023 - Camera Operator (Glasto Latino Stage, 2023)
Alex Rider - Location Scout (Sony Pictures Television, 2022-2023)
Cannes Film Festival - Camera Operator (PA Media, 2022)
Brahm's Concert Series Promo - Director/ DP/ Editor (Outcry Ensemble, 2022)
Project Brazen Original Feature Doc - UK DP (Project Brazen, 2022)
40th Anniversary Film - Editor (Cranborne Chase AONB, 2022)
Lost My Mind (Official Music Video) - DP, Editor (Fritillaries, 2022)
Ukraine Voicenotes - Associate Producer, Editor (Project Brazen, 2022)
Diner En Blanc Toronto - Editor (Coveted Co, 2022)
Biodynamic Agricultural College - DP, Editor (Commercial film, UK 2022)
Fritillaries Live Lounge - DP, Editor (PR Live Performance, 2022-Current)
Flatshare - Location Assistant (Paramount+, UK 2022)
Celebration in Silk - Self-shooting PD (Cranborne Chase Charity Film, 2022)
Gentle, Angry Women - Self-shooting AP (Awen Productions, UK 2021)
Chloe - Location Scout (BBC/ Amazon Drama, UK, 2021)
EPK Chloe - Camera Assistant (BBC/Amazon UK, 2021)
We Are Like Waves - Long-Lens Shooter (Dailie for Jordyn Romero Films, LA Times Short Docs, Sri Lanka, 2021)
Hima - DP, Editor (Short doc, Lebanon, 2020)
Lost Boyz - DP, Editor (Short doc, Costa Rica, 2019)
What does it mean when you dream about carparks? - DOP (Short Drama, UK, 2017)
A Bad Penny - DOP (Micro-feature, UK, 2017)
Babies & Bellyboards - DOP, Editor (Short Doc, UK, 2017)