Alessandra Piccione
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Alessandra Piccione is an award-winning Italian Canadian screenwriter, known for her work on the movie, Looking for Angelina.
Piccione became interested with the history of Angelina Napolitano
after meeting her co-writer, Frank Canino, in 2002. Together, Piccione and Canino wrote the screenplay for Looking for Angelina as a poignant re-telling of a then little known episode in Canadian history.
In April 2000, she produced the award winning Over a Small Cup of Coffee for PLATINUM IMAGE FILM, which premiered in Los Angeles in April 2001 and at the Toronto Italian Film Festival in June 2001. She wrote and produced the documentary Going to the Movies, as well as the film Il Bagno (The Bath), and the short Commedia for BRAVO!. Both films premiered at the Toronto Italian Film Festival.
In 2010 she co-wrote, The Reunion (retitled “A Fine Week in Goa”), with Frank Canino and won the best screenplay award at the WILDSound International Screenplay Festival
in Toronto, Canada. The film is scheduled to be shot and completed in Goa, India by late 2011.
She completed her B.A. at the University of Toronto
, and her Master of Arts degree in literature at the University of Victoria
, BC
Piccione became interested with the history of Angelina Napolitano
Angelina Napolitano
Angelina Napolitano or Angelina Neapolitano was an immigrant to Canada who murdered her abusive husband in 1911, igniting a public debate about domestic violence and the death penalty. She was the first woman in Canada to use the battered woman defence on a murder charge...
after meeting her co-writer, Frank Canino, in 2002. Together, Piccione and Canino wrote the screenplay for Looking for Angelina as a poignant re-telling of a then little known episode in Canadian history.
In April 2000, she produced the award winning Over a Small Cup of Coffee for PLATINUM IMAGE FILM, which premiered in Los Angeles in April 2001 and at the Toronto Italian Film Festival in June 2001. She wrote and produced the documentary Going to the Movies, as well as the film Il Bagno (The Bath), and the short Commedia for BRAVO!. Both films premiered at the Toronto Italian Film Festival.
In 2010 she co-wrote, The Reunion (retitled “A Fine Week in Goa”), with Frank Canino and won the best screenplay award at the WILDSound International Screenplay Festival
WILDsound Film Festival
The WILDsound Film Festival is a publicly-attended film festival held every month except September in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The festival is held at the National Film Board of Canada, world-renowned for animation including the Oscar-winning The Danish Poet and Oscar-nominated Madame Tulti-Putli...
in Toronto, Canada. The film is scheduled to be shot and completed in Goa, India by late 2011.
She completed her B.A. at the University of Toronto
University of Toronto
The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada...
, and her Master of Arts degree in literature at the University of Victoria
University of Victoria
The University of Victoria, often referred to as UVic, is the second oldest public research university in British Columbia, Canada. It is a research intensive university located in Saanich and Oak Bay, about northeast of downtown Victoria. The University's annual enrollment is about 20,000 students...
, BC