Flavia Montini was born in 1983. She graduated in Politics and International Relations and then attended the workshop on Documentary Cinema at the Scuola d'arte cinematografica Gianmaria Volontè in Rome. She has directed and been assistant director on documentary films and she also works with associations in the Third Sector, on projects of storytelling, participatory video workshops, web documentaries and activities to develop the historical heritage and collective memory. Los Zuluagas is her first feature-length film and has been nominated for the David di Donatello 2022.