TEAM OF PROGRAMMERS
Amaya Bañuelos Marco
Amaya Bañuelos Marco is a film curator and educator with a particular passion for creative documentaries and film education. Based in Edinburgh, UK, she has contributed to the programme of a number of film festivals including Lago Film Fest, BFI London Film Festival, Sheffield Doc/Fest and Take One Action Film Festival. Her current work includes producing the annual Discovery Film Festival, Scotland’s International Film Festival for Young Audiences, delivering film educational events for children aged 7 to 17 for the BFI, and co-curating Cinetopia:DOC, a monthly programme of recent creative documentary films.
Vivek Jain
Vivek Jain is an audio-visual artist and researcher who explores the intersection of the social, political, and ethical. His work spans various storytelling formats: documentaries, experimental films, and site-specific installations. A Viewfinder Cinematography Masters’ alumnus, he was recently an artist-in-residence at Fabrica and is now pursuing doctoral research at BFM-TU.
Linda Venturini
Originally from a small countryside village in Romagna, Linda now lives and works in Brussels. After gaining extensive experience in the film industry through Cineuropa, Festival Scope and mk2, she is currently working as Festival Manager for the sales agent Be For Films. In this role, she oversees festival submissions and develops festival strategies for feature films. Passionate about experimental and documentary cinema, her aim is to promote and support independent filmmaking.
Massimo Iannetti
Massimo Iannetti is a film programmer and film festival professional, holding a MA from the National Film and Television School in the UK. He programmes at Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, Edinburgh International Film Festival and Lago Film Fest, as well as collaborating with several other film events across industry and film programme, such as London Film Festival, Sheffield DocFest, WEMW and Pordenone Docs Fest.
Emma Baruffaldi
Emma Baruffaldi works in independent cinema and is an audiovisual translator and programmer. She studied documentary cinema at ZeLIG. There she began her artistic research focusing on languages and languages and communication. She has been running a project to promote young filmmakers since 2021, the Princìpî Award. She is currently touring the world and writing his first screenplay.
Chiara Cocco
Chiara Cocco studied Economics and Management of Cultural Heritage in Venice and attends the Master in Innovation and Organisation of Culture and the Arts at the University of Bologna. She gained experience in managing associations and festivals between Treviso, Venice and Berlin, focusing on audience engagement strategies and exploring how cultural projects dialogue with local realities. Since 2019 she has been collaborating with Lago Film Fest, taking care of the programming and activities of the “Girini” project.
Matteo Zadra
Matteo Zadra is the organizer of various activities in the cinematographic field together with the Nuovo Cineforum Rovereto association and is a teacher at professional training. He has collaborated for several years with the Trento Film Festival and is currently a selector for the Lago Film Fest – International independent film festival.
Giulia Carlet
Raised in Lago, Giulia Carlet has been a programmer for the UNICEF section of Lago Film Fest since 2020, curating films for young audiences with a focus on visual and narrative quality. She manages the Girini project, guiding children’s juries and workshops. In parallel, she develops inclusive museum tools for the blind, blending visual and sensory languages for accessible art.