Elena Poggioni, born in 1991, graduated in Political Science in 2016 and obtained a master's degree in European Project Planning for Culture and Multimedia in 2018. She began her artistic career in the theater world, graduating as an actress from the Intercity Theater School in 2013. In the same year, she started working as an assistant director and theater operator. In 2013, she founded the film production company and artistic collective The Factory, where she works as a writer and production manager for several short films, commercial spots, and over 100 music videos. In 2023, she co-directed her first feature film, Apnea, and in 2024, Hung Land, a documentary about the war in Ukraine.