Margherita Spampinato

Margherita Spampinato
Born	Palermo
Occupation	Film director
Known for	Sweetheart

Margherita Spampinato is an Italian film director.

Margherita Spampinato was born in Palermo in 1979. ^{[1] [2]}

She graduated in 2003 with a degree in Humanities (in Performing Arts and Sciences) from the Sapienza University of Rome. Then she did a one-year internship at production companies S.P.A.C.E. Productions and Chance Productions in Paris. ^[2] Since 2003, she has served as production secretary on many cinema projects, including Grido by Pippo Delbono, Salty Air by Alessandro Angelini, I Vicerè by Roberto Faenza, The Friends at the Margherita Cafe by Pupi Avati, and many more. ^{[1] [2]}

Her 2008 short film Tommasina was selected for the Torino Film Festival. ^[2]

In 2012, Spampinato released Segreti, ^{[1] [3]} a short doc that won the Grand Prix at the 60th Belgrade Documentary and Short Film Festival . ^{[4] [5]}

In 2024, her project Gela was selected for L’Atelier di Milano Film Network and won the sound editing tutoring award. ^[6]

Her feature debut, Sweetheart , was released in 2025 and premiered at the 78th Locarno Film Festival and won the Special Jury Prize in Filmmakers of the Present Competition. The lead actress, Aurora Quattrocchi, received the award for Best Actress. ^{[7] [8]}

References

1. "Margherita Spampinato". Cinema Italiano. Retrieved 2025-10-23.
2. "Tommasina". Torino Film Fest. Retrieved 2025-10-23.
3. "Genova Film Festival alle battute finali: nel weekend gran finale con le premiazioni". Genova 24. 2013-07-05. Retrieved 2025-10-23.
4. "Segreti". Visioni Italiane. Retrieved 2025-10-23.
5. "A 'Segreti' di Spampinato il Grand Prix di Belgrado". Il Corto. Retrieved 2025-10-23.
6. "L'Atelier di Milano Film Network: i vincitori". Cinecitta. 2024-11-21. Retrieved 2025-10-23.
7. Georg Szalai (2025-08-16). "Locarno Film Festival Top Award Goes to 'Two Seasons, Two Strangers' by Sho Miyake". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2025-08-16.
8. Review: Sweetheart, Marco (2025-08-12). "Review: Sweetheart". Cineuropa. Retrieved 2025-10-23.