Francesca attained a Master-level Degree in Communication Science studying at both the University of Bologna (Italy) and at the University of California (USA). She has extensive experience as an executive across film acquisitions, sales/distribution, feature films and audiovisual production and co-production, having worked in both Italy and the UK for Hardy Pictures Ltd, DocLab, P.F.A. Film, Todos Contentos Y Yo Tambien, Paco Cinematografica. At Minerva Pictures Group, she served as Head of Development and Consultant for TV series and documentaries. She currently works as Consultant, Delegate Producer and Executive Producer specialized in international co-productions for Italian and international companies such as The Family, K+ Film, Araucaria Cine, Altreforme, and Ove Possibile Media Group Francesca is a member of the European Producers Club (EPC) and a Rotterdam Lab Alumna.Among the recent projects she has worked on are: Ipersonnia (Hypersleep) by Alberto Mascia, starring Stefano Accorsi, and premiered at the Torino Film Festival in 2022; Acqua e anice (Olympia’s Way) by Corrado Ceron, starring Stefania Sandrelli, and premiered at Venice Days in 2022; and Summer War by Chilean director Alicia Scherson, starring Lux Pascal and Agustín Pardella, where she served as Executive Producer. Summer War is still in post-production.As author and screenwriter she co-created the TV series story of "Casa Cagliostro", winner of Italian State Ministerial development funding and finalist at the FictionLab contest organized by the Turin Piedmont Film Commission in collaboration with Rai Fiction and Sky; the VR film short "Il tuo turno" (Your Turn), winner of the regional Friuli Venezia Giulia film development fund; the short film "Hai guardato nella notte" (You Looked into the Night), winner of the Italian State Ministerial selective production fund and the Apulia Film Commission Regional Fund; the TV format “Have Them Dance!”, finalist at the MipFormats International Pitch Contest at the MipTV 2014 session.