Irene Z'graggen

Born in 2001 in Locarno. After graduating from high school, she moved to Milan, where she completed a three-year degree in Film and Animation at NABA, the Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti. Her first short film, *Kaliz*, was selected for the Panorama Italia section at Alice nella Città and featured as a Short Market Pic in the Clermont-Ferrand library. *Mara* is the final project of her academic career at NABA. She is currently studying film directing at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome.