Davide Abbatescianni

Film Critic

Davide Abbatescianni is an Italian film critic and journalist based in Cork, Ireland. He currently works as a foreign correspondent for the EU-funded press agency Cineuropa, where he regularly writes about Irish and European cinemas. He is a PhD Excellence Scholar in Film and Screen Media at University College Cork. His bylines appeared on other international outlets such as Filmexplorer (Switzerland), POV Magazine (Canada), The Location Guide (UK), the Independent Cinema Office’s blog (UK), The Reader’s Digest (UK), The Calvert Journal (UK), Cinemafemme.com (USA) and Film Ireland (Ireland. He is also a member of FEDEORA (Federation of Film Critics of Europe and the Mediterranean), ICS (International Cinephiles Society) and NECS (European Network for Cinema and Media Studies).