2026 ITALIAN FILM FESTIVAL Team

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Tiziana Cervesato

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Tommaso Cammarano

PROGRAMMING & ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGER
Ileana Tamberlani

VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR
Teresa Walsh

FILM SELECTION ADVISORY COMMITTEE Leila Bonini, Anna Devine, Suzana Duarte Mallard, Rose Fanuzzi, Pieranna Garavaso, Astrid Garino, Stevie Kloeber, Letizia Longhi, Francesco Manfredi, Elizabeth McDowell, Anna Olivero, Stefania Padalino, Bob & Kathy Stern, Ellen Telzer, Francesca Tyndall and Lisa Venticinque.

FESTIVAL BRANDING, DESIGN & TRAILER
KNOCK, Inc.

FESTIVAL WEBSITE & PROMOTION
MSP Film Society

FESTIVAL PHOTOGRAPHER
Lisa Venticinque

INTERPRETER
Lilia Pino Blouin


Artistic Director Tommaso Cammarano studied screenwriting at Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome, and earned a Master’s in Film from Columbia University. Throughout the years he has directed and produced short and feature films that screened film festivals around the world and at the Walker Art Center, written for Italian television, worked in film distribution in New York and started a new career in Health Care/Senior Living, holding roles from Executive Director to his latest, beloved one of Director of Cultural Programming and Events for a Senior Living in downtown Minneapolis. IFF 2026 marks the 6th year of Tommaso serving as artistic director of the festival.

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