ADELE TULLI

Adele Tulli (Research Fellow, October 2018-June 2019) is a filmmaker and an academic researcher interested in documentary experimental practices, as well as in gender studies and visual anthropology.  In 2018 she has completed a practice-based PhD at Roehampton University in London, exploring subversive film aesthetics within queer and feminist contexts. She has directed award-winning films such as 365 without 377, about the struggles of the LGBT community in India, and Rebel Menopause, on feminist activist Thérèse Clerc. Both films have been broadcasted internationally and have been screened at numerous festivals (Sheffield DocFest, WatchDocs, Guadalajara International FF, Flare BFI/London, Frameline/San Francisco, NewFest/NY, Mix Brasil, Turin LGBT Film Festival, Films de Femmes/Creteil, and many more) and won several awards. Her latest film, Normal, a visual journey through the performance of gender in contemporary Italy, premiered at the Berlinale (Berlin International Film Festival 2019).