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Tizza Covi was born in Bolzano, Italy, in 1971. Rainer Frimmel was born in Vienna that same year. They both studied photography at the Graphische Lehranstalt in Vienna. Since 1996, they have worked together on photography, stage, and film projects. They directed the feature films “La Pivellina” (2009, 33rd Mostra), Austria’s official Oscar entry and awarded at the Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes; “The Shine of Day” (2012, 37th Mostra), awarded at the Locarno Film Festival; “Mister Universo” (2016), which won the critics’ award also at Locarno; and “Vera” (2022, 46th Mostra), winner of the Best Director and Best Actress awards, the latter for Vera Gemma, in the Horizons section at the Venice Film Festival, and also Austria’s official Oscar entry. In 2002, they founded the production company Vento Film.