Nicola Falcinella is a journalist and film critic, who contribut for over 30 years to several Italian and Swiss newspapers. He write for Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso (www.balcanicaucaso.org) since 2004. He published books on Agnès Varda and Alida Valli and contributed with essays to many catalogues and volumes. He has been selector and consultant for many international film festival, among them the Critic’s Week at Venice Film Festival.