Simone Mestroni

After completing his Ph.D. in anthropology Simone dedicated himself to conveying his academic background into documentary filmmaking and photography. During his long-term ethnographic research in Indian Kashmir, he got especially interested in the moral background surrounding political violence and the relations between aesthetics and ethics of conflicts. He has developed visual skills hands-on, working with Italian photographers and documentarists, coordinating participatory projects and workshops. His first documentary, “After Prayers”, was realised with the support of the Wenner Foundation Grant and was awarded at Vienna Ethnocineca, Etnofilmfest, and Film Southasia fest. His book, “Lines of Control”, has been released in 2018 and is used as a coursebook in three Italian universities. In 2019 Simone got awarded "deeper perspective photographer of the year" at IPA with his ongoing photographic project “Kabristan-Land of Graves”