Biography: Emma Ricci Curbastro (Brescia, 1998) is an Italian-Spanish director, screenwriter and writer. By bringing primal instincts and physicality to the forefront, her work explores the female experience through a persistent pursuit of self-irony and a critical perspective on social and identity-related issues, leading characters toward moments of intellectual awakening and the reclamation of their sense of self, often within the framework of surrealism.