Rossella Schillaci is a filmmaker and a visual anthropologist. After graduating in Manchester, she directed several documentary films, awarded at international festivals and broadcast at Arte, Rai, Sky and Al Jazeera. Among her latest films, Les enfants en prison was co-produced and broadcast by Arte and won the Etoile de la Scam, Free Women was distributed by Lab 80 in more than 300 Italian cinemas. She is completing a PhD in Digital Media, working in a research program involving Italian, Portuguese and Texan universities. She teaches visual anthropology and documentary cinema in university seminars.