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Catia Ott is an Italian-born filmmaker who has lived and worked in both Paris and London.

After earning a degree in Political Science from La Sapienza University in Rome and gaining experience as an audiovisual production assistant in the city, she moved to Paris in 1992. There, she began working in commercial film production for various advertising agencies. Driven by her interest in art, design, architecture, and history, she later turned to documentary filmmaking.
Her documentaries have been screened at the National Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C.), Palazzo Medici Riccardi (Florence), the Pacific Design Center (Los Angeles), Italian Cultural Institutes in the USA and Canada, Casa del Cinema in Rome, as well as at film festivals and art galleries. Materia and Space have been broadcast on the Comcast Portland Film Festival TV channel and diamante.tv, and are currently available on Prime Video Italia.

Filmography:

SPACE (2024, video, 50 min.)

Prime video Italia (June 2025)

- Berlin Indie Film Festival

(August 2, 2025) Award Winner

- Portugal Indie Film Festival

(June 2 ,2025) Award Winner

- Doc Only Copenhagen

( May 30, 2025) Nominee

- Barcelona Film Experience

(March 8, 2025) Official Selection

-Lisbon Lumina Film Festival

(December 24, 2024) official Selection

- Indian Independent Film Festival

(December 12, 2024 Official Selection

-New York International Film Awards – NYIFA

(October 6, 2024) Finalist

-Stockholm City Film Festival

(June 23, 2024) Official Selection


HELP (2024, video, 6 min.)
-Art Film Film Award (March 2025) Official Selection
-Kerala Short Film Festival (March 2025) Official Selection
-Mumbai Shorts International Film Festival
(8 December 2024) Special Festival Mention
-Los Angeles Short Film Award
(October 2024) Official Selection
-8&Halfilm Awards
(October 2024) Award Winner


IL TEVERE E REGINA COELI (2022, video, 10 min.)
-tv.diamante.live
(January 2024)
-8 & Half Awards
(October 2023) Best European Documentary
-XIV International Fest Roma Film Corto
Casa del Cinema, Rome
(December 2022) Premio Cinema Solidale


MATERIA (2022, video, 50 min.)
Broadcast:
-Prime video Italia (June 2025)
-On tv.diamante.live from the 1st of December 2022
-On Comcast Portland Film Festival TV Channel from the 
10th to the 26th of November 2022


-Portland Film Festival

(October 2022) Official Selection

 -Alexandre Trauner ART/Film Festival

(October 2022) Official Selection

-Boden International Film Festival, Sweden

(July 2022) Official Selection

 -London Independent Film Awards

(July 2022) Best Documentary Award Winner 

-Stockholm City Film Festival

(October 2022) Official Selection

 -Berlin International Art Film Festival

(June 2022) Official Selection Category

Best Female Filmmaker

-Tokyo International Monthly Film Festival

(July 2022) Honorable Mention

-Barcelona Indie Filmmakers Festival • BARCIFF

(June 2022) Official Selection
-New York International Film Awards™ - NYIFA
(June 2022) Finalist
-7th Art Independent International Film Festival, Kerala
(May 5 2022) Award Winner


 LA MATERIA E LA FORMA (2019, 3 min.)
-Video-installation at Mieme Design 
Open House Roma 2019 (May 2019)

 APPUNTI DI VIAGGIO (2016-17, 5 x 5 min.)

URBAN LANDSCAPE ( 2015, 3 min.)
-International Lightning Competition "Urban Lightscape 2015"

PUBLIC SPACE BIENNIAL/VIDEO REVIEW
(2015, 12 min.)

MECHANICAL DREAM (2015, 5 min.)
-"Filmare la Citta'",  Istituto Nazionale d'Architettura
(March 2017), Rome

URBAN NATURE (2014, 5min.)
-Biennale dello Spazio Pubblico, 2015, Rome

SPACE (2013, 5 min.)
-Auditorium Parco della Musica di Roma, 5-8 July 2018
-Biennale dello Spazio Pubblico, 2017, Rome

ARCHITECTURE AND POWER (2013, 5 min.)
-"Filmare la Citta'",  Istituto Nazionale d'Architettura, 
(March 2017), Rome

NATURE AND DESIGN (2012, 6 min.)
-Pacific Design Center (Jan-March 2012), Los Angeles
-Bosi Contemporary Gallery (Feb-March 2012), New York

THE LANDSCAPE OF PLEASURE (2011, 8 min)
-Screened at the Popup Cinema in the city centre, and at the seafront Park Inn in Southend-on-Sea (UK) during the
Artside Festival of Contemporary Art, July 2011.

TEVERE (2008, 52 min.)
-Screening during the multimedia exhibition “RIVER (S)” at the Photomonth East London International Photography Festival 2011
-Selection at the 2010 DocMiami International Film Festival, May 2010
-Bartlett Urban Film Society, University College London, May 2010
-Screening at the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, October 2009
-El Capitan Film Award 2009 (Best Documentary), Yosemite Film Festival, October 2009
-Selection at the Environmental Film Festival Washington DC, March 2009
-Screening at the Italian Cultural Institute Vancouver, Canada, April 2008