Tizza Covi
Still: Mister UniversoBolzano-born screenwriter and filmmaker Tizza COVI (1971, Italy) lived in Paris and Berlin before studying photography in Vienna. There, she met fellow student Rainer Frimmel whom she has worked together since 1996 on photography, theatre and cinematic projects. In 2002 they founded their own production company Vento Film to independently produce their work. They have received several awards for their documentaries and feature films, including the Europa Cinemas Label in Cannes for La Pivellina (2009) and the Grand Prix Diagonale at the Diagonale Festival of Austrian Film in 2013 for The Shine of the Day (2012). Their most recent film Vera (2022), selected for IFFR 2023, won them the Best Director Award in the Horizons section at Venice Film Festival and a nomination for Best Film.
Filmography
Das ist Alles/That's All (2001, doc, co-dir), Babooska (2005, doc, co-dir), La Pivellina (2009, co-dir), Der Glanz des Tages/The Shine of Day (2012, co-dir), Der Fotograf vor der Kamera/The Photographer in Front of the Camera (2014, doc, co-dir), Mister Universo (2016, co-dir), Aufzeichnungen aus der Unterwelt/Notes from the Underworld (2020, doc, co-dir), Vera (2022)
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