Sara Francesca Tirelli (1979) is a freelance videomaker based in Venice.
After graduating in cultural studies at University of Bologna, she worked in The Netherlands and Germany
as director and video reporter for art and new media productions.
She is currently working as director and editor for tv productions and advertising.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2009         

Short International Tv, 66° Venice Film Festival
assistant director of “The Festival Roadtrip” by Jack Price
produced by Short International Tv (UK)

Replay Footwear
concept, direction of tvc “Think Forward”
assistant director and editor of tvc “Japanese Sneakers”
concept and script of tvc “Speed Dating”
produced by The Munchies Movies Production

AbitareTalks: Milan Design Week, Triennale Design Museum
video reportage  produced by magazine Abitare (RCS, Milan)

2008           

The Munchies Movies Production (Padua)
editing and post production – clients: Sky, Fox Italy, Mtv, Mediaset

Blogfest
shooting and editing of a reportage of the festival for Yalp Tv (Riva del Garda)
www.blogfest.it

Eventi Digitali
shooting of a feature video for pop musician Luciano Ligabue

Transmediale: festival for art and digital culture
production and coordination of video documentation and archive (Berlin)
www.transmediale.de

2007          

Exibart.tv Biennale di Venezia: 52° International Art Exhibition
reportage and interviews with Bill Viola, Achille Bonito Oliva, Robert Storr and more
www.exibart.tv

Computer Art Pioneers Documentary
director of a documentary on K. Knowlton, M. Noll (New York) H. Frank, G. Nees (Munich)
produced by Sonic Acts (Amsterdam)

Dutch Electronic Art Festival 07
coordinator of video coverage, live video direction of performances and events.
produced by V2 (Rotterdam)
www.deaf07.nl

2006           

The Anthology of Computer Art dvd
production of the dvd – Sonic Acts (Amsterdam)
www.sonicacts.com

Sonar: International Festival of Advanced Music and Multimedia Art
video reporter of new media art and performances – Sonorama (Barcellona)
produced by culture.tv
www.sonar.es/sonarama

Sonic Acts XI Festival
video interview with Kurt Hentschlager, Curtis Roads, John Oswald, Manfred Mohr and more (Amsterdam)
www.sonicacts.com

2005           

Live Cinema 01 dvd
concept, video interviews and production. Produced by Worm (Rotterdam)
www.live-cinema.org www.wormweb.nl

Biennale di Venezia: 51° International Art Exhibition
concept and coordination of “Sislej Xhafa, Albania Pavilion” DVD published by Hatje Kantz
produced by Magazzino d’Arte Moderna (Rome)
concept and production of "Ceremonial Crying System" video animation
part of the "Nuove Partecipazioni Internazionali" feature – La Biennale di Venezia

Killing Time
shooting and editing of video art works by Narda Fabiola Alvarado,
produced by Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten (Amsterdam)
www.rijksakademie.nl www.openateliers.info

Dutch Open Festival. International Festival for Dutch Film and Video Art
live direction, video streaming and documentation for the Netherlands Media Arts Institute/Montevideo (Amsterdam)
www.dutchopen.org

Dutch Electronic Art Festival 04
concept, video interviews and dvd authoring – produced by V2 (Rotterdam)
www.deaf04.nl

Exploding Cinema. IFFR Rotterdam Film Festival
"Devmap" video portrait of Belgian art collective Workspace Unlimited
produced by V2 (Rotterdam)
www.workspace-unlimited.org

V2: Institute for the unstable media
video documentation, live direction, streaming and digital video archive
(Rotterdam) www.v2.nl

2004           

Festival di Sanremo 2004 Andrea Mingardi
"E' la Musica" music video: concept and direction
"The Blues Brother’s Band al Festival di Sanremo” videobackstage: concept and direction
"The Blues Breakfast" video promo  – produced by B&G Entertainment (Bologna)

EDUCATION
Degree in Arts and Cultural studies (110/110)
Università di Bologna, Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia.
Thesis: "Generazione Video: una nuova cultura televisiva. Nuovi Media e l'esperienza di Teleimmagini"
Filmmaker Diploma
Accademia di Cinema, Televisione e Nuovi Media, Scuole Civiche di Milano
Diploma di Maturità Classica-Linguistica (52/60)
Liceo Classico Francesco Petrarca, Trieste

KNOWN LANGUAGES
English (fluent) – Spanish (fluent) – German (good)