Chiara Malta has directed several short films, co-written or animated by Sebastien Laudenbach, from fiction to animation and documentary, and has won prizes in many international festivals. After her feature-length documentary, Armando e la politica, aired on ZDF/ARTE opening the section Lo Stato delle Cose at the Torino Film Festival, she was invited as an artist in residence at the French Academy in Rome (Villa Medici).