Director - Elena del ghetto
Stefano Casertano is a film director, screenwriter and producer based in Rome and Berlin. His films and immersive works have been presented as official selections of the Venice Film Festival and the Berlinale.
His debut narrative feature, Elena’s War, produced by Titanus and Rai Cinema, premiered at the Rome Film Fest in 2025. His documentary People of Love and Rage won the Jury Prize at the Rome Independent Film Festival and Best Film at DocFeed Eindhoven.
Casertano also co-produced Franco Maresco’s The Mafia Is No Longer What It Used to Be, which won the Special Jury Prize at the 2019 Venice Film Festival.
He holds a Ph.D in international politics from the University of Potsdam in Germany.
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