Valentina Ippolito is an award-winning Documentarian and higher education lecturer at the University of Bristol, with a DPhil from the University of Oxford and a Master’s Degree in Documentary by Practice. Editing and camera skills consolidated through 12 years of University sponsored projects and corporate work. Valentina's main area of interest is the representation of social identities and minorities. Her documentary work is centered around the representation of otherness: indigenous cultures in North Thailand, Nepal and India; men as warriors in Basha Miao Village (China); women and babies in prison and the migrant identity. Her most recent photography work—shot in India—has won several awards including 'Best International Documentary Photograph' at Melbourne Documentary Film Festival, 2019. Her documentaries have been screened at international film events across the world including Africa, Brazil, Canada, China, Europe, Mexico, India and the United States.