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Francesca Molteni

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Directing

Credits

8 titles

Francesca Molteni studied Philosophy (University of Milan) and Film Production (New York Univer-sity). She worked for RAI, Italian National TV channel. Since 2002, she produces and directs docu-mentaries, television formats, videos, and curates design exhibitions. Writer and director of “Ultrafragola” TV series, a Sky TV program on design, she managed the launch and the production of the platform www.ultrafragola.com, the first web TV channel dedicated to design. In 2009 she founded MUSE Factory of Projects, her production company based in Milan, museweb.it. She directed Giocare l’Arte, an art format for RaiSat Ragazzi, Happy Birthday Dino Risi, a docu-mentary produced by Rai Cinema, Art Ba…

Known for

A Beautiful Vacation poster
6.0

This 2006 documentary was filmed on the occasion of director Dino Risi's ninetieth birthday. It features interviews with his collaborators, friends, and family, as well as Risi himself, who talks candidly about his personal successes and the obstacles he has faced.

A Beautiful Vacation

2006

Super Design poster
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SuperDesign is a film about 19 players of the Italian Radical Movement. Through their words and their stories, we retrace the history and the heritage of the movement. They take us back to that time when everything seemed possible.

Super Design

2017

Aldo Rossi Design poster
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16 June 1990, Palazzo Grassi, Venice. The guests enter and are welcomed by Gianni Agnelli, alongside Jay and Cindy Pritzker. ​“Architecture, like all art, is universal, as is science, as is intelligence”, states Gianni Agnelli. Aldo Rossi is, in fact, the first Italian architect to receive the Pritzker Architecture Prize. Rare material and video archives, previously unreleased records, pictures, and family albums are combined with writing from the remarkable architect to create the first documentary that traces Aldo Rossi Design.

Aldo Rossi Design

2022

Green Over Gray: Emilio Ambasz poster
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Discover the groundbreaking green architecture movement through the visionary projects of Emilio Ambasz, a pioneer in the debate on climate impact. This documentary delves into Ambasz’s four-decade journey, showcasing his transformative impact on the connection between humanity and nature. Featuring exclusive interviews with figures such as Tadao Ando and Kengo Kuma, the documentary highlights the importance of emotionally resonant architecture, capable of improving daily life and addressing urban and climate challenges.

Green Over Gray: Emilio Ambasz

2026

Where Architects Live poster
6.5

The diary of an exploration in the private places of 8 protagonists of world architecture: Shigeru Ban, Mario Bellini, David Chipperfield, Massimiliano Fuksas, Zaha Hadid, Marcio Kogan, Daniel Libeskind and Studio Mumbai.

Where Architects Live

2014

Mountain Time. Alpine Architecture in Ten Stories poster
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This is a cinematic journey along the Italian Alpine arc, exploring ten territories and ten contemporary architectural projects that tell a new way of inhabiting the mountains. Through schools, restored villages, infrastructure, and regenerated spaces, the film explores virtuous practices that combine respect for the past with a vision for the future.

Mountain Time. Alpine Architecture in Ten Stories

2026

Behind the camera

A Beautiful Vacation poster
6.0

This 2006 documentary was filmed on the occasion of director Dino Risi's ninetieth birthday. It features interviews with his collaborators, friends, and family, as well as Risi himself, who talks candidly about his personal successes and the obstacles he has faced.

A Beautiful Vacation

2006

Super Design poster
NR

SuperDesign is a film about 19 players of the Italian Radical Movement. Through their words and their stories, we retrace the history and the heritage of the movement. They take us back to that time when everything seemed possible.

Super Design

2017

Aldo Rossi Design poster
NR

16 June 1990, Palazzo Grassi, Venice. The guests enter and are welcomed by Gianni Agnelli, alongside Jay and Cindy Pritzker. ​“Architecture, like all art, is universal, as is science, as is intelligence”, states Gianni Agnelli. Aldo Rossi is, in fact, the first Italian architect to receive the Pritzker Architecture Prize. Rare material and video archives, previously unreleased records, pictures, and family albums are combined with writing from the remarkable architect to create the first documentary that traces Aldo Rossi Design.

Aldo Rossi Design

2022

Green Over Gray: Emilio Ambasz poster
NR

Discover the groundbreaking green architecture movement through the visionary projects of Emilio Ambasz, a pioneer in the debate on climate impact. This documentary delves into Ambasz’s four-decade journey, showcasing his transformative impact on the connection between humanity and nature. Featuring exclusive interviews with figures such as Tadao Ando and Kengo Kuma, the documentary highlights the importance of emotionally resonant architecture, capable of improving daily life and addressing urban and climate challenges.

Green Over Gray: Emilio Ambasz

2026

Where Architects Live poster
6.5

The diary of an exploration in the private places of 8 protagonists of world architecture: Shigeru Ban, Mario Bellini, David Chipperfield, Massimiliano Fuksas, Zaha Hadid, Marcio Kogan, Daniel Libeskind and Studio Mumbai.

Where Architects Live

2014

Mountain Time. Alpine Architecture in Ten Stories poster
NR

This is a cinematic journey along the Italian Alpine arc, exploring ten territories and ten contemporary architectural projects that tell a new way of inhabiting the mountains. Through schools, restored villages, infrastructure, and regenerated spaces, the film explores virtuous practices that combine respect for the past with a vision for the future.

Mountain Time. Alpine Architecture in Ten Stories

2026

Inside Renzo Piano Building Workshop poster
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Inside Renzo Piano Building Workshop

2023

No artwork available
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Filmed in Genoa, Paris, London, New York and Athens, The Power of the Archive recounts the creation, organisation, function and planning approach of the archive of the Renzo Piano Building Workshop. A place of experimentation, it’s a metaphor for a seaport; where goods come and go, each enriching its content and potential for communication.

The Power of the Archive

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