Jasmine Manari

Jasmine Manari was born in Ortona on the 24th July 1993. In June 2012, Jasmine got the diploma for Classical Studies at Gabriele d'Annunzio High School of Pescara; since January 2013, she has been studying Film and Electronic Arts on her own while following theoretical film classes at John Cabot University of Rome. As far as Arts are concerned, Jasmine followed two years course of Theatre Acting in Pescara from 2010 till 2012 and, in the meanwhile, in July 2011, she published her first collection of poems called Rose in Winter with BookSprint Editor. After that, in March 2012, Jasmine won the provincial selection of Philosophy Olympiads on The bounds of Freedom and, in June 2012, right after her graduation from High School, she ended up writing her first feature film called The Lines of Love. In 2013, from February till May, Jasmine wrote and directed her very first short-film, The Urchin, thanks to the collaborative role of the founder of 'INFANTAFILMARTS', the Anglo-Italian filmmaker Stefano Ferrara. From August till October 2013, Jasmine produced and directed her second Short-film, My Big Mouth Vagina, freely inspired by Eve Ensler's play The Vagina Monologues considered a worldwide symbol of Feminism and fight against sexual abuse on women. In March 2014, My Big Mouth Vagina was selected by the London Lesbian Film Festival and screened in London-Ontario (Canada) on the 26th April 2014. Finally, in September 2014, the same short-film was selected by Twelfth and the Last Experimental International Film Festival and screened in Sydney (Australia). Furthermore, from October 2013 till February 2014, Jasmine wrote, directed, produced, and edited her last short-film, Espiazioni (Atonement), in which she worked with Paila Pavese, well-known Italian voice talent that gave her voice to Jessica Rabbit in the Italian version of Who Framed Roger Rabbit by Robert Zemeckis. Also, in Espiazioni, Jasmine had the chance to work with Varo Venturi, an Italian musician, actor, and director. Interestingly, Espiazioni (Atonement) has been selected by: the Sydney Transgender Film Festival and screened as an International premiere on the 10th December 2014; the Los Angeles CineFest where it won also thanks to the online audience's vote on the 1st April 2015; the Three Cities Online Film/ TV Festival & Conference on the 12th April 2015 in Santo Domingo. From January till May 2014, Jasmine enrolled for a direct exchange program with California State University of Long Beach (CSULB) where she followed courses of Directing, Production Management, Advanced Editing, Video Acting, Piano, and Latin-American Dancing. Besides, from February till May 2014, Jasmine worked as an Intern at the Los Angeles Film School for Simone Bartesaghi, Italian Professor and Director who won several International festivals, among which the 2004 Edition of Milan International Film Festival (MIFF). In March 2014, she worked as production assistant within Cineaste Films Production for the music video Bakermat-Vandaag, filmed in LA. Later, in April 2014, she worked as PA in the movie Shaker Pointe directed by the writer and director Darin Scott. After that, on the 5th May 2014, she worked as Production Assistant at the 8th Annual Film Electronic Department Career Day of CSULB, supervised by Stephen Hubbert, coordinator of CSULB film Department. From August till December 2014 followed six courses at the New School of New York (NYC) and worked on her first production abroad, American Rouge, a dark narrative music video. Back to Rome, Jasmine worked as film script translator for the Argentinian director Isabel Achaval, for whom she translated - from Italian to English - the artistic presentation, the notes of rewriting, the film synopsis and storyline, and several preproduction materials of Corazon Latino feature film. Last but not least, Jasmine worked as director of photography and camera operator for the project R.O.S.A. (Remove Obstacles to Social Awareness), founded and sponsored by Marden Entertainment.