Maddalena Cocco, born in Novara in 1986, graduated from Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (Milan) in Language Sciences and Communication Techniques. During the MA's year course at the London Film School she had the chance to work as guest hostess and translator at the Bergen Internasjonale Film Festival, and subsequently, as assistant of PR agents Charles McDonald and Matthew Sanders for the promotion of Pedro Almodóvar's film The Skin I Live In at the 64th Festival de Cannes. Together with Gaia Greco she organised Think Green: Moving Image Fashion Day as their MA's final project, a curated event which aimed to showcase young video artists and fashion designers' creations related to a new eco-friendly aesthetic model. She is currently working as an intern at the Open Gallery, London.