Kristos, le dernier enfant

Giulia Amati is an Italian-French writer, director and producer. She graduated in philosophy in Rome and studied digital video production at New York University. Her films are often set in isolated communities and address themes such as the search for land, roots and identity. She has filmed in contexts of humanitarian and political crisis, including occupied Palestinian territories, Africa, Jamaica, as well as Syrian refugees seeking refuge in Jordan and refugee camps on the Greek island of Lesbos.

In 2010, she directed her first feature documentary This is my land... Hebron, which shows the daily lives of 160,000 Palestinians, 600 settlers and 2,000 Israeli soldiers in the West Bank city of Hebron. The film has won over 20 international awards, including the Italian Golden Globe, Silver Ribbons honorable mention and was a finalist for the David di Donatello award. In 2016, she directed and co-produced with Rai Cinema her second feature film, Shashamane, which chronicles a chapter of the African diaspora through the voices of those who returned to Africa 400 years after the beginning of the slave trade in search of their identity. In 2022, she directed her third feature documentary and her first international co-production Kristos, the Last Child, a film previewed at the Giornate degli Autori at the 2022 Venice Film Festival and in the Venetian Nights section created by the Giornate degli Autori in agreement with Isola Edipo.

Since 2019, Giulia Amati is a EURODOC graduate producer. Since 2008, she also teaches filmmaking in workshops and universities in Italy and abroad. As a volunteer, she has run labs with Palestinian children, children affected by cancer and young teenagers facing psychological trauma. She has been a jury member for several film festivals, including the Al Jazeera Festival and the David di Donatello Awards.