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Manuela Buono

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Manuela Buono was born and lives in Trieste (Italy). In 2013 she founded the production and distribution company Slingshot Films, with a focus on debuts, art-house and creative documentaries. Manuela is also responsible for the editorial line of ARCH Film, an Italian independent film distribution label. She graduated from Mega Plus in 2010 as a media business school master in European audiovisual management; she received a Nipkow fellowship in 2011 and was selected for the Berlinale Talent Distribution Studio, in 2014. She is a member of the European Film Academy. With Slingshot Films, she produced Fango Rosso, a feature documentary by Alberto Diana, premiered at the 37° Torino Film Festival. She produced Non è Sogno by Giovanni Cioni for Arch Production, together with Igor Prinčič and Giovanni Cioni (Locarno Film Festival 2019).