April 10 - 19, 2026
Gianluca Matarrese
GEN_
FRA/ITA/CHE 2025, 104'
Credits
Director Gianluca Matarrese
Script Gianluca Matarrese, Donatella Della Ratta
DOP Gianluca Matarrese
Editing Giorgia Villa
Score Cantautoma
Sound Gianluca Matarrese
Production Bellota Films
Produzent*in Dominique Barneaud, Donatella Palermo, Alexandre Iordachescu
Distribution Barz and Hippo
Filmography

2023 THE ZOLA EXPERIENCE

At Milan’s Niguarda public hospital, the unconventional Dr. Bini leads a bold mission overseeing aspiring parents undergoing in vitro fertilization and the journeys of individuals reconciling their bodies with their gender identities. He navigates the constraints set by a conservative government and an aggressive market eager to commodify bodies.

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Credits
Director Gianluca Matarrese
Script Gianluca Matarrese, Donatella Della Ratta
DOP Gianluca Matarrese
Editing Giorgia Villa
Score Cantautoma
Sound Gianluca Matarrese
Production Bellota Films
Produzent*in Dominique Barneaud, Donatella Palermo, Alexandre Iordachescu
Distribution Barz and Hippo
Filmography

2023 THE ZOLA EXPERIENCE

Director

Gianluca Matarrese - 1980 ITA
Gianluca Matarrese - 1980 ITA

Gianluca is an Italian filmmaker based in Paris. He studied North American Cinema and graduated from the École de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq. He has directed nine films, screened at major festivals like Venice, IDFA, and CPH:DOX. His work explores gender, unemployment, trauma, and fiction. His latest film, GEN_, about a Milan hospital specializing in gender transition, will premiere at Sundance 2025.