Francesca Mannocchi, una delle più importanti corrispondenti di guerra in Europa, continua il percorso che l’ha portata a raccontare diverse zone di conflitto, dalla Libia al Libano, all’Iraq e, ...
Francesca Mannocchi
Francesca Mannocchi is a freelance journalist specializing in migration and conflict. She collaborates with numerous Italian and international publications, including L’Espresso, Stern, Al Jazeera English, The Guardian, and The Observer.She has reported from some of the world's most critical regions, including Syria, Iraq, Palestine, Libya, Lebanon, Afghanistan, Egypt, and Turkey.
Throughout her career, she has received several prestigious awards, including the Premiolino for journalism (2016) and the Premio Giustolisi for the investigative report Missione impossibile (LA7) on migrant trafficking and Libyan prisons. The documentary Isis, Tomorrow. The Lost Souls of Mosul, created with photographer Alessio Romenzi, was presented at the 75th edition of the Venice International Film Festival (2018).
She has published several books, including Porti ciascuno la sua colpa (Laterza, 2019), Io Khaled vendo uomini e sono innocente (Einaudi, 2019 – winner of the Premio Estense), Bianco è il colore del danno (Einaudi, 2021 – winner of the Premio Wondy di Letteratura Resiliente), Lo sguardo oltre il confine. Dall’Ucraina all’Afghanistan, i conflitti di oggi raccontati ai ragazzi (De Agostini, 2022), and Sulla mia terra. Storie di israeliani e palestinesi (2024), which collects testimonies from individuals involved in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
In 2024, she presented the documentary Lirica Ucraina at the Rome Film Festival, a work based on the accounts of survivors of the Ukrainian conflict. The film has been selected for the Premio David Cecilia Mangini 2025 in the documentary category.
Over the course of her career, she has received numerous awards, including the Premio Ischia Internazionale di Giornalismo (2021), the Premio Flaiano per il Giornalismo (2022), and the Premio Archivio Disarmo "Colombe d’Oro per la Pace" (2021).
Events IJF 2025
Gaza, e non solo. C’è la Cisgiordania e il Libano nella lista dei fronti di guerra che coinvolgono Israele e la Palestina, dal Mediterraneo al Giordano. Sono teatri di violenza quasi sempre proibi...
Lo sguardo oltre il confine... Quello che una delle più brave giornaliste italiane ci racconta da anni con rigore ed empatia. Uno sguardo sui conflitti dei nostri tempi che nasce da una preparazio...
One year after the beginning of the Russian invasion, the European Union is still standing with Ukraine. However, this new situation of war at its borders has urged the EU to reopen the debate about a...
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A long line of political leaders in our contemporary world share a common hatred of freedom of expression, of the free press and indeed of journalism itself. The term "fake news" discredits and challe...
Libyan chaos, migrants, ONGs, the Italian government: the decisive role of investigative journalism
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Never in history have so many people been displaced by political and military conflicts at home–more than 65 million globally. For over a decade, human rights journalist Agus Morales has journeyed ...
European priorities, Libyan realities: the central Mediterranean refugee crisis
The session will take as its starting point the October 2017 long-read article entitled European priorities, Libyan realities by Daniel Howden. While in Italy, as in Europe, we witness a progressive...
From conflicts in the Middle East to the drama of the smuggling of migrants and the war in Syria, it is especially in times of crisis scenarios that the work of foreign correspondents is so crucial. P...
Reporters, photographers, fixers, producers: working as a freelance journalist in war zones involves risks, challenges and opportunities for those who want to report on events first-hand. What are t...
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