María Bonsanti has established herself in the world of documentary film since she began in 2000. For twelve years, she worked for the Festival dei Popoli in Florence where she was appointed co-director in 2011. She has also frequently worked for the Locarno Festival, where in 2006 and 2007 she coordinated, among other things, the Play Forward section for experimental cinema and visual arts. From 2012 to 2017, Bonsanti was the artistic director of the documentary film festival Cinéma du réel at the Centre Pompidou in Paris. Since 2017, she has been the Programme Director of Eurodoc. Maria has served on a number of festival juries around the globe (including the Busan International Film Festival, Karlovy Vary Film Festival, Locarno Festival, Berlinale, Mar del Plata Film Festival). She regularly collaborates on various workshops as an expert and tutor and is a member of Film Funds (CNC, Ile de France, MEDIA…).