Since 2020, Beatrice Fiorentino has been Artistic Director and General Delegate of the Settimana Internazionale della Critica at the Venice International Film Festival, where she has served as a member of the selection committee since 2015. She is a freelance journalist and film critic, based in Italy, where she teaches Theories and Techniques of Audiovisual Media as an adjunct professor at the University of Trieste. In 2014, she received the Akai International Film Fest Award for Best Film Critic during the Venice International Film Festival. She collaborates with other festivals and has served on numerous international juries. Fiorentino is a member of the European Film Academy, the International Cinéphile Society, and the Italian Film Academy—David di Donatello Awards.