Stefano Pisu is Assistant Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Cagliari (Italy). His main research field is the history of international cultural relations in the XXth century, with a specific focus on the history of international film festivals and the history of Italian-Soviet film co-productions. He has published four monographies: Stalin a Venezia. L'URSS alla Mostra del cinema fra diplomazia culturale e scontro ideologico, 1932-1953 (2013); Il XX secolo sul red carpet. Politica, economia e cultura nei festival internazionali del cinema, 1932-1976 (2016); Cultura e mobilitazione di massa in URSS. Cinema e pubblico dalla NEP al realismo socialista (2018); La cortina di celluloide. Il cinema italo-sovietico nella Guerra fredda (2019). He is chercheur associé at the Centre d'Histoire Culturelle des Sociétés Contemporaines at the University of Versailles Saint Quentin-en-Yvelines/Paris-Saclay.