Adriana Monti facts for kids

Adriana Monti was born in 1951. She is an amazing film director, independent producer, and screenwriter from Italy and Canada. She is famous for making films that focus on women's experiences and ideas. Some of her well-known movies are Scuola senza fine (1983), Filo a catena (1986), and Gentili signore (1989).

About Adriana Monti

Adriana Monti started making independent movies in the late 1970s. She often works with others to create her films. Her career began during a big movement in Italy in the 1970s that supported women's rights.

For her 1983 film Scuola senza fine (which means School without End), she worked with a group of everyday women. These women were former housewives who had finished a special school course. They loved learning so much that they didn't want to stop! So, they formed a study group with their teacher's help. Monti filmed their journey from 1979 to 1981. The first part of the movie was even made together with the group.

In 1986, Adriana Monti and other Italian women, like Lea Melandri, made a documentary called Filo a catena. This film showed what life was like for women who worked in textile factories. Monti also wrote for a magazine called Lapis, which focused on women's issues.

Moving to Canada

Adriana Monti moved to Canada in 1996. There, she worked as a reporter and story producer for OMNI Television. She also started her own company called A&Z Media Ltd.

She has produced many interesting projects in Canada. In 2012, she produced Ice Work, and a series of short films called Never too Late to Create. In 2010, she made Three Women, Adapting Life, Adopting Lines. This film was shown on OMNI TV and won awards at film festivals.

Her older films and videos are still shown at festivals all over the world and have won several awards. For example, Scuola Senza Fine was shown in Madrid in 2012. Parts of her experimental films from the 1970s were even used in a film by Alina Marazzi called "Vogliamo anche le rose" (2008).

Her Italian short films like Trame, Scuola Senza Fine, Filo A Catena, Ritratti, and her fiction film Gentili Signore were very popular at film festivals around the world.

Films by Adriana Monti

Here is a list of films Adriana Monti has worked on:

• The Semiotones (2016)
• Famiglia (2015) – 5 episodes for OMNI TV
• What is Love? (2015)
• Never Too Late (2012) – made with musician Ruth Budd
• Ice Work (2012) – made with artist Mark Thompson
• Three women, Adapting Lives Adopting Lines (2010)
• Note su Milano (1996)
• Luigi Micheletti racconta ...(1995)
• Morimondo (Cistercense's Abbey) (1993)
• Ritratti (Portraits), Belle le mie amiche (1991)
• Gentili signore (1988)
• Filo a catena (1986)
• Tracce sulla pelle incantata (1984)
• Spazi vocale (1984)
• Una scuola di cinema a Milano (1983)
• Scuola senza fine (1983)
• Trame (1982)

See Also

• Cinema of Italy
• List of female film and television directors