Francesca Molteni
Directing
Biography
Francesca Molteni studied Philosophy (University of Milan) and Film Production (New York Univer-sity). She worked for RAI, Italian National TV channel. Since 2002, she produces and directs docu-mentaries, television formats, videos, and curates design exhibitions. Writer and director of “Ultrafragola” TV series, a Sky TV program on design, she managed the launch and the production of the platform www.ultrafragola.com, the first web TV channel dedicated to design. In 2009 she founded MUSE Factory of Projects, her production company based in Milan, museweb.it. She directed Giocare l’Arte, an art format for RaiSat Ragazzi, Happy Birthday Dino Risi, a docu-mentary produced by Rai Cinema, Art Basel Miami Beach, L’Urlo, 50 Years of Beat and Peggy Guggenheim for RaiStoria, Ron Gilad, Loving Gio Ponti, and Alessandro Mendini. I wanted to be Walt Disney – three films presented at Festivals worldwide. In 2016 she travelled the East coast documenting the US election for “La Casa Bianca [The White House]”, a seven episodes TV program on air on Rai3, the third Italian National channel. In 2012 she won the “Premio dei Premi” award for Innovation assigned by the President of the Italian Republic for the QallaM project, which received the Compasso d’Oro’s honorable men-tion. In 2013, she received the Cathay Pacific Award for women entrepreneurs. In 2014 she re-ceived the PIDA Design Prize for the “Where Architects Live” film and exhibition. Since 2012 she’s contributing to the Sunday edition of IlSole24Ore, Elle Decor, GQ and Vogue Ita-ly; she is the author of the book "Oggetti d’impresa [Objects of Business]", Carocci publisher, 2016. In 2017 she has curated with Maria Cristina Didero SUPER DESIGN, a film about Italian Radical Design, promoted by R&Company Gallery and produced by MUSE;; in 2018 the documentary “The Power of The Archive. Renzo Piano Building Workshop” with Fulvio Irace and in collaboration with Renzo Piano FoundaOon.
Known For
This 2006 documentary was filmed on the occasion of director Dino Risi's ninetieth birthday. It features interviews with his collaborators, friends, and family, as well as Risi himself, who talks candidly about his personal successes and the obstacles he has faced.
A Beautiful Vacation
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Inside Renzo Piano Building Workshop
16 June 1990, Palazzo Grassi, Venice. The guests enter and are welcomed by Gianni Agnelli, alongside Jay and Cindy Pritzker. “Architecture, like all art, is universal, as is science, as is intelligence”, states Gianni Agnelli. Aldo Rossi is, in fact, the first Italian architect to receive the Pritzker Architecture Prize. Rare material and video archives, previously unreleased records, pictures, and family albums are combined with writing from the remarkable architect to create the first documentary that traces Aldo Rossi Design.
Aldo Rossi Design
Discover the groundbreaking green architecture movement through the visionary projects of Emilio Ambasz, a pioneer in the debate on climate impact. This documentary delves into Ambasz’s four-decade journey, showcasing his transformative impact on the connection between humanity and nature. Featuring exclusive interviews with figures such as Tadao Ando and Kengo Kuma, the documentary highlights the importance of emotionally resonant architecture, capable of improving daily life and addressing urban and climate challenges.
Green Over Gray: Emilio Ambasz
Filmed in Genoa, Paris, London, New York and Athens, The Power of the Archive recounts the creation, organisation, function and planning approach of the archive of the Renzo Piano Building Workshop. A place of experimentation, it’s a metaphor for a seaport; where goods come and go, each enriching its content and potential for communication.
The Power of the Archive
The diary of an exploration in the private places of 8 protagonists of world architecture: Shigeru Ban, Mario Bellini, David Chipperfield, Massimiliano Fuksas, Zaha Hadid, Marcio Kogan, Daniel Libeskind and Studio Mumbai.
Where Architects Live
NUVOLA explores Lavazza's urban renewal project in Turin, centred on its headquarters and the surrounding Aurora district. Through eight chapters, it captures life within Nuvola's spaces - its museum, restaurant, garden square, and repurposed power plant - revealing how architecture and community shape one another over time.
Nuvola. An Open Project for the City
SuperDesign is a film about 19 players of the Italian Radical Movement. Through their words and their stories, we retrace the history and the heritage of the movement. They take us back to that time when everything seemed possible.