Valentina Ippolito is an award-winning Documentarian, higher education lecturer and University College London alumna, with a Master’s Degree in Documentary by Practice. Editing and camera skills consolidated through 11 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 discusses the representation of otherness including, gender roles; men as warriors in Basha Miao Village (China); women and babies behind bars; women’s self-representation of sexuality; and the migrant identity. Her films have been screened at international Film events including Brazil, China, Croazia, Holland, India, Italy, Mexico, Poland, Slovenia, the UK and the United States. Valentina's doctoral research at Oxford University focuses on the representation of Romanian migrants in contemporary Italian and Romanian cinema.