Carolina Cavalli is a writer-director from Milan working in the Italian and English language.
Her much acclaimed debut feature as writer-director, Amanda, with Elsinore Film, Wildside, Tenderstories in collaboration with Charades and I Wonder, premiered in the 79th Venice Film Festival and internationally at TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival) 2022. It is currently on theatrical release in Italy and was released in the UK by Curzon and in US by Oscilloscope.
Her first novel Metropolitania was published by Fandango Books in Autumn 2022
She is recipient of the San Francisco Film Society Rainin Filmaking Grant as co-writer of the feature film Fremont (director, Babak Jalali) which made its world premiere at Sundance Festival 2023 . Her film projects are being supported by Rai Cinema, Media, MiBACT, Torino Film Commission.
Carolina won the prestigious Premio Solinas Experimenta Serie prize with RAI for her original comedy-drama series Mi Hanno Sputato nel Milkshake (Rai Fiction, Premio Solinas, Tapeless Film), which she went on to co-direct. She has worked on several Italian television series for Netflix, Rai Play among others.
In Development
NOVA SCOTIA (We Are Paradise City/BBC Film)
Writer-Director
Amanda (2023)
Mi hanno sputato nel milkshake (2020)
Writer
Shake (2023)
FREMONT (2023)
Winner of the JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD at the 2024 Independent Spirit Awards
Zero (2021)