Federica Belletti is a producer with experience across narrative and documentary films.
She is a Creative Executive of Development and Production at Film Manufacturers Inc. a production company founded by Katharina Otto-Bernstein, behind films such as THE LAST SPY, DEAD MAN’S WIRE, OH CANADA, JOYLAND, ABSOLUTE WILSON, MAPPLERTHORPE: LOOK AT THE PICTURES.
Previously, Federica worked at CounterNarrative Films, Saint Marks Productions, Gamechanger Films. She also worked as Location Manager on indie features in New York , including Deborah Kampmeier’s TAPE, Adam Leon’s ITALIAN STUDIES, and Kirsten Johnson’s critically acclaimed DICK JOHNSON IS DEAD (Netflix).
Since 2017, Federica has produced a dozen award-winning short films that have played worldwide, including REFUGE, reviewed and distributed by The New Yorker; NICE TALKING TO YOU, a SXSW premiere; AYAAN, a Sydney Film Festival premiere which was long-listed for an Academy Award® in 2023, after winning Best Film at Show Me Shorts in New Zealand. In 2024, she produced Lucy Teitler’s KEEP IT OPEN which premiered at InsideOut Toronto Film Festival and she directed ARIA, a Palm Springs Int. Shortfest premiere, which won the BAFTA-Yugo Production Grant and stars Pauline Chalamet.
Additionally, Federica collaborates with the Cinecittá sponsored initiative “Cinema Made In Italy”, and consults for festivals and filmmaking programs. She is an alumna of the Tribeca Film Institute and BAFTA North America.
A Cum Laude Graduate of IULM University in Milan, Federica holds an MFA in Creative Producing from the School Of the Arts at Columbia University, where she received the Arthur Krim Memorial Award for Excellence in Producing.
Federica grew up in a small town on the Adriatic coast of Italy. She lives in Brooklyn with her wife, son, and cat.
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