Alessandro Marcionni

Locarno Film Festival, Head of the Pardi di Domani section (Switzerland)

Alessandro Marcionni was born in Lugano, Switzerland, in 1979. After his Law studies, he decided to change direction radically and proceeded to study cinema, ending up with a diploma as film director. Meanwhile, he began his cooperation with the Locarno Film Festival. After several years as coordinator, since 2009 he has been the Head of the Pardi di Domani section that Locarno dedicates to short and medium-length films. In addition to the Festival, he works as editor for various broadcasting companies (the three Swiss public television channels, Italian RAI, Euronews…). In 2004, together with other Swiss filmmakers, he founded the Swiss Italian cell of Kino, a movement born in Canada in 1999, that has produced more than 400 short films on a low-budget basis.