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Chicca Bergonzi (Milan, 1969) lives in both Italy and Switzerland for love and for work. She began working in the cultural field in the early 90s, after attending the Paolo Grassi Drama School in Milan. She also worked for some years with the Sonora Association, as press officer and organizer of concerts, music programs, dance productions, theatre and cabaret. Alongside this activity, she also worked with Radio Popolare Network, for which she created and presented various programs on cinema and theatre. In '94 Bergonzi was appointed general secretary of the Filmmaker Association of Milan, responsible for the circulation and promotion of Italian independent cinema. She participated actively in the organization of An Italian Year in Video in collaboration with Invideo. Shortly after, she became a permanent member of the organizational staff of Invideo - International Show of Video Art and Other Cinema. The year 1995 marked Bergonzi's fruitful collaboration with the Locarno International Film Festival headed by Marco Müller. She was specifically put in charge of the short films section Leopards of Tomorrow. When she was subsequently made director of the short films section with Irene Bignardi, she moved to Switzerland, to live on Lake Lemano. There, she continued her "damages" by collaborating on an animated film produced by a Lausanne movie theatre.
In Switzerland, she contributes to create the Swiss Short Film Agency and the Base-court Association for the promotion and circulation of shorts; in Italy, she has participated in the international selection of Arcipelago, Festival of Short Films and New Images in Rome for several years and has also been a consultant of Mediaset Televisions for the acquisition and programming of shorts. She is now part of the new staff of the Locarno International Film Festival as delegate of the Artistic Direction and organizes events and film and video art programs in her free time. In the world, she travels intensely and sees countless films, videos, shorts and documentaries. She aims to get these films shown in festivals on Locarno, Milan, Rome, Lausanne, in art and film school, universities, or wherever else an eager audience is waiting for her .