2026
The Mont Blanc ShowUn certo Mr Smith
The search for the material traces of a Victorian traveller and performer turns objects into narrative triggers, connecting nineteenth-century intuitions with contemporary visual obsessions.
Film
Complete filmography
Films, video research, installations and audiovisual works from 2012 to the present.
CURRENT / IN PROGRESS
2026
Alma Mater
Through the voices of twenty university students, the film explores the transition between the end of studies and entry into adult life.
COMPLETED WORKS
2026
Dossiers
Twenty dialogues with students form a collective archive on studying, expectations, difficulties and the choices that shape the years of education.
A project by Daniele Ietri and Eleonora Mastropietro.
INSTALLATIONFree University of Bozen-Bolzano · C. Monteverdi Conservatory, Bolzano · 27 April–14 May 2026
2024
CyanideCianuro
Combining present-day observation and archive materials, the film traces Cianuro, a small progressive-rock story in 1970s Basilicata.
Directed by Eleonora Mastropietro · story and development Eleonora Mastropietro, Daniele Ietri.
FESTIVALLaceno d’Oro · “Gli occhi sulla città” competition · Red Couch Picture Award
2023
Upon that MountainMontanario
A year observing the cable car on the Italian side of Mont Blanc, exploring technology, tourism, mountaineering, experience and representation.
Directed and written by Eleonora Mastropietro · story Daniele Ietri, Eleonora Mastropietro · produced by La Fournaise.
FESTIVALSTrento Film Festival · premiere / international competition · CinemAmbiente · Ischia Film Festival · Ulsan Ulju Mountain Film Festival
2021
Pianeta Rota
Italo Rota reflects on his collection and on collecting itself, using objects as tools for reading the city and producing knowledge.
Directed by Eleonora Mastropietro · a project by Daniele Ietri and Eleonora Mastropietro · produced by Fondazione Ragghianti in collaboration with La Fournaise.
SCREENINGSFondazione Ragghianti, Lucca · Milano Design Film Festival · Venice Architecture Film Festival · ADI Design Museum, Milan
2021
Pianeta città — Compositions #1–3
Three audiovisual compositions connect moving images, materials from the Rota Collection and the exhibition space.
Conceived and realised by Eleonora Mastropietro with Daniele Ietri.
INSTALLATIONPianeta città. Arti cinema musica design nella Collezione Rota 1900–2021 · Fondazione Ragghianti, Lucca · 9 July–24 October 2021
2018
A Story from HereStoria dal Qui
A return to Ascoli Satriano intertwines family memory, internal migration and observation of the present in a first-person narrative.
Directed and written by Eleonora Mastropietro · produced by La Fournaise.
FESTIVALSFestival dei Popoli · Italian Competition / premiere · Filmmaker Festival · Bellaria Film Festival
2017–2018
Area Interna Monti Dauni
An audiovisual investigation of the Monti Dauni Inner Area, developed within a research project on transformations and prospects of non-metropolitan territories.
PROJECTUniversity of Milan · research project 2017–2018
2017
Sagre Balere
A portrait of the world of dance music through Omar Codazzi and the network of dance halls and village festivals around him.
Directed by Alessandro Stevanon · written by Alessandro Stevanon and Eleonora Mastropietro · produced by La Fournaise.
FESTIVALSVisions du Réel · Bellaria Film Festival
2016
Geopoint
An audiovisual investigation into the words of geography and the ways disciplinary language relates to places, practices and imaginaries.
Made with Daniele Ietri. Video contribution: “Les mots de la géographie: des tournages et des assemblages”.
PRESENTED ATGéopoint16 · De l’espace pour la théorie · EPFL, Lausanne · 13–15 June 2016
2015
The Rising Earth
A documentary on the installation created for Aosta Valley’s participation in Expo 2015.
Artistic coordination Eleonora Mastropietro · produced by La Fournaise · producer Daniele Ietri.
PROJECTFilm Commission Vallée d’Aoste / ExpoVdA · Expo 2015
2014
Ninì
Photographs, 16mm films and writings reconstruct the love and mountaineering story of Ninì Pietrasanta and Gabriele Boccalatte.
A film by Gigi Giustiniani and Raffaele Rezzonico · produced by La Fournaise · executive production Eleonora Mastropietro.
FESTIVALS / AWARDSTrento Film Festival 2015 · Genziana d’Oro for Best Mountaineering Film · Cervino CineMountain 2015 · Premio Montagne d’Italia
2014
Ex/Out
A collective film on wealth and finance in contemporary Milan, made within IED OffiCine’s “Cinema nel reale” workshop.
Artistic direction Andrea Segre · produced by IED-OffiCine · Eleonora Mastropietro among the writers and directors.
AWARDRoberto Gavioli National Competition 2015 · Best Film on Work
2014
Progetto Ticino
The Ticino river as a territory of composition and fragmentation between natural areas, agriculture and urban pressure.
Commissioned by the Department of Cultural and Environmental Heritage, University of Milan.
PROJECTUniversity of Milan · 2014
2012
Crisi, oh no?! Sulle tracce della crisi a Milano
An audiovisual investigation of the visible traces of the economic crisis in Italy’s largest metropolitan area, between major urban projects and new forms of poverty.
PRESENTED AT31st Italian Geographical Congress · Milan · June 2012
2012
Pugni & pupe
Two stages and two protagonists: Silvia La Notte, world kick-boxing champion, and Vanille Plaisir, burlesque performer.
Directed by Valentina Anzivino, Emanuele Cucca, Patrizia D’Aloe, Eleonora Mastropietro · editing Emanuele Cucca, Eleonora Mastropietro.
FESTIVALSguardi Altrove, Milan · 2012