Olga Lamontanara

After earning a degree in Arts & Cultural Management from Bocconi University, Milan, and gaining working experience at BAM, New York, Olga Lamontanara served as assistant to the director and Head of Special Projects at Scuola Holden, Turin.

In 2008, she was part of the team that launched TorinoFilmLab, where she worked first as a project manager and later (until 2018) as Head of Communications. She also designed tailor-made workshops for partners such as Semaine de la Critique (Cannes), the Locarno Film Festival’s Open Doors section, and BrLab in Brazil.

Since 2019, she has worked for the Swiss production companies 8horses (development & production consultant) and Cinédokké (producer) and has freelanced for industry events and workshops. In 2020, she was appointed Head of Co-Production Forum for the short film initiative European Short Pitch and became a producer at Amka Films.