Tecla Insolia first stepped into the public eye by winning Sanremo Young in 2019, but she has since shaped a different path for herself. Moving from music into cinema, she has worked with directors such as Valeria Golino in The Art of Joy [+see also:
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series profile] (2024), and delivered striking performances in Francesco Costabile’s Familia [+see also:
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film profile] (2024) and Sara Petraglia’s L’Albero [+see also:
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film profile] (2024). With Be Loved [+see also:
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film profile] (2025) premiering in Venice and Primavera [+see also:
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interview: Damiano Michieletto
film profile] (2025) in Toronto, she is emerging as a distinct and confident voice in contemporary Italian cinema. The European Shooting Star spoke to us about what it means to be seen as a Gen Z voice in Italy and, of course, the director she hopes will one day make that call.