Federica Alice Carlino

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Join date: Jan 6, 2023

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Federica Alice Carlino was born in Milan, Italy. She showed her love and passion for movies very early in life. Her family moved around Europe for work, so she had the opportunity to meet new cultures. She grew up in the Netherlands until she was 6, then moved back to Italy for most of her education, she also studied in London at Richmond Upon Thames College. She studied filmmaking, acting, photography, editing, VFX, and makeup in Milan and makeup prosthetics in Rome with Dario Argento's makeup artist, Sergio Stivaletti. She moved to Los Angeles in 2016 and she is a New York Film Academy BFA graduate. She has experience in directing, casting, writing, and acting. Founder of Morgana Film Festival in 2023. She is among the most awarded filmmakers in Italy and she is featured in the IMDb book dedicated to Italian Filmmakers.

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Jun 6, 2026 ∙ 10 min

Attractor: a beautiful story of resilience and innovation from Russia.

Attractor follows Dmitry Kalinin, a man who transformed a life changing accident into a source of purpose and innovation. After losing part of his left arm, he dedicated his life to helping inventors, engineers, and creators bring ambitious ideas to life. By building a unique research and engineering hub, he created opportunities for innovators from across the country to develop groundbreaking projects, from advanced prosthetics to electric transport and future mobility solutions. At its...

Mar 23, 2026 ∙ 3 min

Flicker: When the Experiment Fights Back

Review: FLICKER – FIRST ESCAPE We had the chance to watch a preview of the upcoming feature directed by Charles Perez, and Flicker: First Escape immediately pulls you into a world that feels tightly controlled, yet quietly on the edge of breaking. Set within the cold, clinical environment of Blackwell Institute, the film establishes its core tension early on: the idea of purpose versus the reality of ownership. There’s a sense that everything is designed, monitored, and justified, but...

Mar 19, 2026 ∙ 16 min

Inside "Reparation": The Minds Behind a Haunting Story

Reparation After the sudden death of his partner, Simon withdraws from the world, retreating into isolation in a remote caravan with only his older brother, Jake, as his support system. As grief tightens its grip, Simon finds himself slipping between memory and reality, where moments from the past begin to fracture, distort, and resurface in unsettling ways. What begins as a search for healing slowly unravels into something far more ambiguous, as Jake’s presence blurs the line between comfort...