Tom Grater International Film ReporterValentina Pedicini, the Italian director whose credits include the 2019 award-winning documentary Faith, has died at the age of 42.Italian media is widely reporting that she had been ill for some time and her condition worsened in recent days.
She was admitted to hospital in Rome, before passing away today (November 20).Pedicini was best known for her feature doc Faith, which premiered at IDFA in 2019 and had a successful run on the festival circuit, picking up awards at DocsBarcelona and Belgium’s Docville.She also directed 2017’s Dove cadono le ombre (Where The Shadows Fall), a drama about a lesser known chapter of Swiss history, and 2013’s From The Depths, a documentary shot 500 meters below sea.
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