Daniela Lucato started playing theatre in Padua (Italy). After her degree in Philosophy she moved to Rome, Wellington and Berlin where she worked as an actress for films/theater performances. In 2013 she wrote and directed the theatre piece “Call Me Reality” that participated to several theatre festivals. The Birthday (2014), her first short film written/directed in mandarin/english language, has been officially selected from 22 international festivals (among these Micgenero, Frameline, ShanghaiPride where the film was also nominated for the best cinematography). When I dance (2016) is her first Feature documentary. She is now working at the post-production of the film For the time being (2018) and writing the script of her first feature Alice still has a dream.