Rossella Laeng
NOMINATED: Italian Shorts
MOVIE: Taxiderman
BIOGRAFIA:
Rossella Laeng was raised in Milan, Italy by her Italian father and American mother. Her first documentary short “Puppets,” about a retired, gay marionettist, screened at the Greenwich Village Film Festival in 2016, and was awarded Best Documentary Super Short at Chain Film Festival in 2017.Her documentary work has also appeared on The Guardian, The Establishment, and The Huffington Post. She recently scripted and directed a short dark comedy titled Back Alley Hoes, which screened at the Louisiana LGBT+ Festival in 2020.She has worked as a producer, cameraperson, editor, and research assistant (Replica Productions, Vice Media, World of Wonder, Folium Films) in NYC, where she lived from 2012-2020.To date, "Taxiderman" is her magnum opus.Rossella’s filmmaking interests lie at the intersection of the culturally nuanced, bizarre, "go against the grain" topics. Rossella holds a BFA in film with a focus on documentary from the City College of New York, and a certificate in journalism from NYU’s School Of Professional Studies.
