Barbara Cupisti

Barbara Cupisti is an Italian multiple award-winning documentary film director, TV producer and host, as well as a renowned actress. 
Barbara Cupisti began her career as a leading actress in Italian and French films and television serials. For twenty years, she worked with prominent directors all over the world. In 2002, she appeared in her final film, the French production TOTAL KHEOPS with Marie Trintignant and Richard Boheringer. In 2008, Barbara served on the international jury at the Venice Film Festival and is a member of the Italian Film Academy.
From 2007 to 2023, she completed 12 documentary films focused on social issues all over the world, earning patronage from UNICEF, UNHCR and Amnesty International. Her films have received several awards at international film festivals. Most notably, her film MOTHERS, shown at the Venice Film Festival in 2007, won the David di Donatello for Best Documentary.
In 2022 and 2023, she filmed HOTEL SARAJEVO and WARTIME NOTES, the first reflecting on the 30th anniversary since the siege of Sarajevo during the war in Bosnia, and the latter on the ongoing war in Ukraine and the role played by Ukrainian women.