Three perspectives for the section dedicated to cinema that narrates and reinvents urban space.
Leandro Picarella is a Sicilian director and author. His first feature film, Triokala (CSC Production, 2015), received widespread acclaim in Italy and abroad. He subsequently wrote and directed Epicentro (Playmaker, 2018), which premiered at the 75th Mostra del Cinema di Venezia – Settimana della Critica, and Divinazioni (Qoomoon with Rai Cinema, Les Films D’Ici), which had its world premiere at IDFA in 2020 and was released in theaters in 2021. Segnali di vita (Qoomoon with Rai Cinema) was presented at the Rome Film Fest in 2023 and released in theaters in 2024. Sciatunostro is his fourth feature film.
Giulio Sangiorgio (Lecco, 1984) is a film critic, programmer, and lecturer. He is the editor of the weekly magazine Film Tv and of the historic quarterly journal of the CSC, Bianco e nero. In the festival world, he is the director of I mille occhi in Trieste and the BA Film Festival in Busto Arsizio. He is a programmer for the Filmmaker Festival in Milan. He teaches Forms and Models of Contemporary Cinema at IULM University in Milan and is a tutor in the In Progress development workshop of the Milano Film Network.
Urszula Śniegowska. Head of the annual American Film Festival in Wroclaw, Poland (16th edition was held from November 6 till 11. 2025), and U.S in Progress program, matchmaking US and Polish projects; collaborates with Watch Docs Human Rights in Film FF and New Horizons IFF (where she coordinates A Sunday in the Country workshop for young European film critics). Formerly curator of film and art at the Center for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle in Warsaw, where she organized multiple film-themed gallery shows and retrospectives (including Pier Paolo Pasolini). Juror at multiple US and European festivals (Cannes La Quinzaine Section, Berlinale Panorama and Forum, Sarajevo, Cluj), Cleveland, and Denver. Member of the European Film Academy and recipient of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Lithuania.