Valentina Pedicini, Italian Director Known for ‘Faith,’ Dies at 42
Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentItalian director Valentina Pedicini, known on the festival circuit for observational 2019 doc “Faith,” about power dynamics within a reclusive spiritual sect of kung fu practitioners, as well as other female-centric works, died on Friday of liver cancer, her publicist said. She was 42.“Faith” world premiered at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) last year and went on to play at many other prominent festivals including Berlin’s Critics’ Week, Copenhagen’s CPH:DOX and DocsBarcelona, where it won the top prize.