
About us
Where the adventure began
Uno Sguardo Raro originated from the meeting of Claudia Crisafio, actress and author, and Serena Bartezzati, rare disease sufferer and communication professional. It was born in 2016 as a film festival at the Casa del Cinema in Rome, with the aim of contributing to the World Rare Disease Day with an event never realised before.
In 2018 it became the very first and only International Film Festival on the topic, promoting the best short films, documentaries and awareness-raising spots received through an international call for entries, with the collaboration of public and private, national and international partners from the world of rare diseases, disability and the world of culture and cinema in particular.
he success achieved in recent years has pushed and motivated Uno Sguardo Raro’s organizers in expanding the cultural activities offered in the 2020 edition in 4 main areas. The core of the project is the realization of the Film Festival. The primary objective of the Festival is to break the wall of isolation, which often excludes the community of rare disease patients, through the cinematographic language, giving voice to the incredible stories of courage, resilience and love that arises, beyond the difficulties, in this context. Raising awareness about the living conditions of rare diseases patients and their caregivers is important to provide a new perspective on a community that courageously faces a different everyday life, but also to appreciate the gifts we have in our lives and often take for granted.
This is why we are happy to share with all of you this new look of Uno Sguardo Raro, branched into 4 macro areas.


Uno sguardo raro
MISSION & VISION
Uno Sguardo Raro is a socio-cultural project based on the awareness that cinema and audiovisual means are the most effective way to raise public awareness on rare diseases, resilience and disability, while building an increasingly aware and sensitive community over time.
Our mission to make the world a more inclusive place, through the research, advertising and promotion of the best short films, documentaries, awareness raising videos, feature films which tell in any genre and from any point of view the daily struggle of every human being to exceed his own limits, to go further and to never give up.

VALUES WE BELIEVE IN
• TO ENHANCE THE EXCEEDING OF ONE’S OWN LIMITS
• TO SUPPORT SOCIAL INCLUSION
• TO SHARE THE VALUE OF RESILENCE
• TO GUARANTEE THE RIGHT TO A DECENT QUALITY OF LIFE
• TO ENHANCE THE TALENT

OUR GENERAL PURPOSES
• TO INCREASE ATTENTION ON RARE DISEASES, DISABILITY AND SOCIAL EXCLUSION
• TO GIVE VISIBILITY TO THE UNSEEN
• TO INFORM SCHOOLS, SOCIETY, INSTITUTIONS ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY
• TO ENCOURAGE TALENT AND FILM PRODUCTION RELATED TO THESE THEMES
• TO OVERCOME THE PREJUDICES ABOUT DIVERSITY
Uno sguardo raro
OUR STRATEGIC PURPOSES
THE ASSOCIATION
Team
Nove Produzioni is based on the dedicated efforts of professionals in communication, entertainment and in particular in production, training and distribution of audiovisual products, as well as experts on subjects related to rare diseases and disabilities.

Claudia Crisafio
Chairman and Artistic Director
Her acting training is enriched with various international experiences. After years of theatrical work with G.Lavia, A.Corsini, U.Orsini, R.Valerio, F.Giuffré, S.Messina, M.Avogadro, as protagonist or co-protagonist, on the stages throughout Italy and after the first authorial experiences in theater, she approached the world of cinema by writing and interpreting the short film “I am here”, winner of several film awards, on a true story linked to rare diseases, finding the collaboration of Uniamo onlus and inspiring the subsequent review “One rare look “. Since then, she has worked as an actress and / or screenwriter in cinema, theater and television, directed, among others, by Rolando Ravello, Bruno Oliviero, Riccardo Donna, Massimiliano Franciosa, who directs the project A Rare Look. She is currently preparing a film which he co-wrote together with the director Franco Bertini.

Serena Bartezzati
Deputy Director and External Relations Coordinator
She worked with Mario Convertino e Associati and RAI, until 1996, when she founded the Itinera Communication agency together with Celeste Bertolini, where she deals with media relations and planning, organization and event management. Always involved in social work, she has been collaborating since 2000 as a volunteer with the Italian Interstitial Cystitis Association after receiving the diagnosis of this pathology. From 2012 to 2018 he worked for UNIAMO FIMR onlus 2018. She is currently the patient representative in the European Reference Networks for rare diseases.

Massimiliano Franciosa
Founding partner, Coordinator of artists and partners
In the theater he worked among others with S.Randone, R. Falk, R.Reim, V.Mastandrea, R.Ravello, M.Giallini, P.Maccarinelli, P. Villoresi, G.Tognazzi. In cinema he worked with E.Scola, C. Maselli, D.Vicari, M.Bruno, G.Vallati, F.Ottaviano and others. On TV with A.A.Frazzi, A.Sironi, C.Bonivento, M.Melato, S.Sollima, C.Guzzanti, M.Placido. For over 10 years he has also been involved in film production with various production and teaching companies. He founded with Rolando Ravello and Claudia Crisafio the company of professional artistic training, film production and distribution Fabbrica Artistica S.r.l.s. He currently alternates his work as an actor in several fiction and films directed by Massimiliano Bruno, Rolando Ravello, Bruno Oliviero and others, with the work of organizer, executive producer and film director. He has participated in the organization of A rare look since its first edition, also directing the promotional video 2017-2018.

Andrea Bencivenga
Communication and Social Media
>In 2015 he was part of the jury of the Religion Today Film Festival for the “Nuovi Sguardi” award and in 2017 he was one of the jury members of the Tertio Millennio Film Fest, a film festival organized by the Fondazione Ente dello Spettacolo in Rome. In 2018 he collaborated with the Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archeology for the realization of the video campaign of the Catacombe d’Italia project.</span

Diana Daneluz
Coordination of communication
Qualified professional member of FERPI, she has always worked in the publishing world, going through typographies and magazines, until she joined the Italian Federation of Newspaper Publishers, where she still works in External Relations, with duties related to internal and external communication. Blogger out of passion, she also created a cultural association with other communicator colleagues.

Dafne Bianchi
Counseling and Communication
Graduated in Law, she nourishes both her passion for the theatre, getting education in various schools, and for social work, joining voluntary groups and dealing with the subject from different angles. During her professional internship, she dealt with legal advice in both civil and criminal matters. However, to date, her propensity to work leads her to deepen the scope of Copyright, Entertainment and artistic activities.
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Mara Fux
PHONE: +39 338 4279 858
MAIL: info@marafux.it
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Francesca Visentini
PHONE: +39 392 0612 821
MAIL: info@unosguarodoraro.org