Martina Parenti

Born in Milan in 1972, Martina Parenti has worked in TV and cinema as a director of many documentary films. She forms a directorial duo with her husband Massimo D'Anolfi. They founded and make their films through their production company Montmorency Film. Massimo D'Anolfi and Martina Parenti have been making films together for the past decade. They have shared the development, research, writing, production, filming and editing of several acclaimed documentary films which have been shown worldwide: SPIRA MIRABILIS (on international stories of immortality, 2016), THE NEVER-ENDING FACTORY OF THE DUOMO (on the eternal work established for Milan's cathedral, 2015), DARK MATTER (a look at an Italian industrial military complex, 2013) and THE CASTLE (four seasons of daily operations at Milan's Malpensa Airport, 2011). Her project WAR AND PEACE co-directed with Massimo D'Anolfi was selected for the Venice Gap-financing market 2019. She co-directed her latest film BESTIARIES, HERBARIA, LAPIDARIES (2024) with Massimo D’Anolfi.