Cristina Puccinelli is a director, author and actress. She got a degree in Communication Sciences and started working as an actress very soon in cinema, tv and theatre on Italian and international projects. In 2007 she wrotes, directed and interpreted her first short movie. She then directed several awarded shorts, sold in Italy and other countries, as well as documentaries and commercials. She also wrote as a journalist for Alias and had a column on cinema for Loschermo.it . Since 2013 she has been organizing the event Effetto Cinema Notte within the Lucca Film Festival and Europa Cinema. She has worked as Artistic Director of the festival Teatro dei Perchè within the larger Festival del Volontariato. In 2016-2018 she organized several cinema workshops in Lucca. In 2019 she has been nominated Artistic Director of Firenze Film Corti Festival.

Cristina Puccinelli è regista, autrice e attrice. Si laurea in Scienze della Comunicazione e inizia subito a lavorare nel cinema, tv e teatro per progetti italiani e internazionali come attrice. Nel 2007 scrive, dirige e interpreta il suo primo corto. Poi realizza molti altri corti premiati ai festival e venduti in Italia e all’estero, insieme a documentari e spot.
Ha scritto come giornalista per l”Alias” e diretto una rubrica di cinema per Loschermo.it . Dal 2013 organizza l’evento “Effetto Cinema Notte” per il Lucca Film Festival e Europa Cinema. È stata direttrice artistica per il festival “Il Teatro Festival.