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Ornella Mutoni is an emerging documentary director, producer and cultural worker whose work explores collective healing, and intimate and sensitive portrayals of the legacy of trauma. Her directorial debut The Things We Don’t Say (2024) premiered at Aesthetica Short Film Festival in November 2024 and was distributed by the Guardian.

She has extensive experience working in prime-time broadcast TV and video journalism for award-winning production companies such as Lightbox, Hidden Light and Acme TV. She has worked on a range of documentary styles for UK, Australian, Dutch and American broadcasters and is committed to empowering underrepresented communities to tell their stories.

Ornella has also been working on the PopChange initiative at Counterpoints Arts, which has led her to host film panels, curate film programmes and advocate for better migrant and refugee narratives in film and TV.