Lia Beltrami

Known for

Directing

Biography

Dott. Lia Beltrami was born in Trento, a historical city in the Italian Alps. There she obtained a Scientific high school diploma and proceeded to attend University of Trento. She graduated in Modern Languages with the title of Doctor in 1991. Following that, she studied film making at the New York Film Academy in New York It was at that time where she was called to work, promote and develop projects for public health and women's empowerment in various countries in Africa, such as Ethiopia, Mozambique, Ghana, Zimbabwe and Uganda. In 1997, she founded Religion Today, a film festival, the first in the world, dedicated to interreligious dialogue. It was born with the aim of creating a meeting p...