Patrizia is Sheffield DocFest Head of Industry in charge of strategy and activity including the Marketplace, with oversight of the festival Industry programme and year-round activity. With a Masters in History and Critic of Cinema from the University of Rome and a background in theatre and dubbing, Patrizia arrived in France in 2010 working as sales assistant at Chalet Pointu, DVD distribution company specialised in short films.
With the same team she participated at the second edition of the now well-known Festival Europeen des Arcs. In October 2011 she joined WIDE HOUSE as Servicing and Marketing Manager and later as Head of Sales, working closely with the General Director Anais Clanet. At the end of 2016, after an experience as selector for Paris Co-production Village, industry event part of the Champs Elysée Film Festival in Paris, she started collaborating with Manuela Buono’s Italian sales company Slingshot Films as consultant for sales and acquisitions.
From 2017 to 2021 she was the International Development Executive and then Head of Talents & International Development at the French co-production market Sunny Side of the Doc in La Rochelle, one of the leading events in documentary co-production. In 2022 she came back to distribution as a consultant for sales and acquisitions, working alongside Liselot Verbrugge and Hanne Biermann at Deckert Distribution GmbH.
From January 2023 Patrizia has been working as a freelancer consultant assisting international producers and working as jury member for markets such as CoPro, Sunny Side of the Doc, East Doc Platform, MIA Doc Rome, DMZ Docs, IDFA and others.
With the same team she participated at the second edition of the now well-known Festival Europeen des Arcs. In October 2011 she joined WIDE HOUSE as Servicing and Marketing Manager and later as Head of Sales, working closely with the General Director Anais Clanet. At the end of 2016, after an experience as selector for Paris Co-production Village, industry event part of the Champs Elysée Film Festival in Paris, she started collaborating with Manuela Buono’s Italian sales company Slingshot Films as consultant for sales and acquisitions.
From 2017 to 2021 she was the International Development Executive and then Head of Talents & International Development at the French co-production market Sunny Side of the Doc in La Rochelle, one of the leading events in documentary co-production. In 2022 she came back to distribution as a consultant for sales and acquisitions, working alongside Liselot Verbrugge and Hanne Biermann at Deckert Distribution GmbH.
From January 2023 Patrizia has been working as a freelancer consultant assisting international producers and working as jury member for markets such as CoPro, Sunny Side of the Doc, East Doc Platform, MIA Doc Rome, DMZ Docs, IDFA and others.