Creative Industries Festival: women in the Italian film industry
An evening with Lilia Hartmann Trapani, casting director with extensive experience in the area of casting in film, television, and advertisement.

Lilia Hartmann Trapani, casting director, is one of the project participants. For this event, the project team will discuss with Lilia the details of this profession. She has extensive experience in the area of casting in film, television, and advertisement, both in Italy and internationally, having worked on a significant number of projects, including Martin Scorsese’s Gangs of New York, and hit TV shows like Killing Eve, Medici: Masters of Florence, and Succession. Lilia is author of the book The Casting Director’s Craft (Il mestiere di Casting Director [Lupetti, 2020]).
This conversation will explore all aspects of this fascinating - yet under-researched - profession, while revealing its secrets, and tracing its evolution over time. Participants: Lilia Hartmann Trapani (Casting Director), Silvia Dibeltulo (OBU), Daniela Treveri Gennari (OBU), Stephen Gundle (Univerisity of Warwick).