As a supplement to the selection of diploma short films from cinema schools around the world, Castellinaria is organising the second edition of the One-to-One Meetings.
The Festival is inviting eight European directors, chosen from those selected in the Castellincorto competition, and giving them the possibility for comparison with the public and with Swiss and European producers to discuss and highlight the strengths and weaknesses of the projects presented.
Attending the Meeting One-to-One:
Elena Tatti
BOX PRODUCTIONS – Switzerland
Box Productions produces fiction, documentaries and short films which have found their place in the local and international market. We love working with directors who have a strong and personal approach to cinema, and we hope to be able to continue developing projects from emerging talents.
Since 2005, Box Productions has produced noteworthy feature films such as Ursula Meier's Home, Basil da Cunha's Até ver a Luz and MehranTamadon's Iranien ; it has co-produced internationally recognised films such as Joachim Lafosse's À perdre la raison and Miguel Gomes's Les milles et une nuits , as well as more than ten short films, including Discipline by Christophe M. Saber and Basil Da Cunha's Os vivos tambem choram.
Pierre-Adrian Irlé
JUMP CUT PRODUCTION – Switzerland
Jump Cut Production is an audiovisual production company based in Geneva. It took its first steps in 2006 with short films, and over the years has transformed and strengthened itself to become an important player in the field of fiction productions. The company produces and develops original series, feature films and short films for television, cinema and the web. It enjoys a strategic partnership with Zodiac Media, the third largest Independent audiovisual group in the world, which provides it with a large network to show off its content and work on high-quality projects.
Our involvement with professionals in the field and our partners is total, allowing us to produce high-quality original content for wider audiences.
After various short films, our first feature length production, All That Remains(2011), directed by Pierre-Adrian Irlé and Valentin Rotelli, has been shown at over 15 film festivals around the world and won the Swiss Cinema Prize for best female actress.
Marco Alessi
DUGONG FILMS – Italy
Founded in 2010 in Rome by Marco Alessi, DugongFilms is unusual in its ability to discover new talent and works thanks to an increasingly successful international network. We like exploring frontiers, formats and genres, and we believe in the group spirit. We have produced various feature-length films, including Stefano Savona's Tahrir (shown in Locarno and winner of a Davide di Donatello in 2012), the documentary on Emma Dante, Sud Costa Occidentale by Clarissa Cappellani, as well as La passione di Erto by Penelope Bortoluzzi (shown at the Locarno film festival). Our short films include In attesa dell’Avvento by Arturo Lavorato (Premio Orizzonti award at the Venice film festival and special mention at the Nastro d’Argento), Valentina Carnelutti's Recuiem (Grand Premio at the Turin film Festival) and Giacomo Abruzzese's Stella Maris (Canal+ award at the Clermont-Ferrand film festival). Dugong Films is currently working on the production of Stefano Savona and Giacomo Abbruzzese's next films, which have been written with the support of CNC (The French National Centre for Cinema and the Moving Image) and MIBAC (The Italian Ministery of Cultural Activities and Heritage).
Karim Aitouna
HAUTLESMAINS – France
Hautlesmains is a film production company based in Lyons, founded by Karim Aitouna and Thomas Micoulet in 2009. HAUTLESMAINS produces “auteur cinema” with captivating narratives concerning strong social themes.
Our first two feature-length films are Anna Roussillon's Je suis le peuple, selected for ACID Cannes 2015 and receiving awards at Jihlava IDFF and Entrevues Belfort; and La nuit et l’enfant by David Yon, which was selected for the 65th Berlinale. We are currently working on feature films from Egyptian film maker Fawzi Saleh and the Polish collective MML.
HAUTLESMAINS is a member of the Association Lumières du monde. We are also members of the following networks: EAVE, Eurodoc, Atelier Network.
Rafael Soatto
OFFSHORE – France
Founded in 2000 by Fabrice Préel-Cléach, Offshore has produced around twenty short films and three feature-length productions. Its recent short films include Nicolas Guiot's Le cri du homard, selected for the 2013 César awards and the Magritte awards. Offshore's feature length films include Guillaume Senez's Keeper, Vanja Leturq's L’année prochaine and L’art de séduire by Guy Mazarguil.
In our search for new talent and short film projects, we are guided by first impressions of projects and meetings with directors and filmmakers. The company's back catalogue is composed of these projects, chosen for their sensitivity and personal points of view. Each film must be unique and original. Right from the first meeting we aim to grow together with our filmmakers and move on towards feature-length projects. But not all our partnerships have this final goal. Short film for us is like a workshop which transforms the written word into film and makes collaboration between individuals possible or impossible.
Georg Tiller
SUBOBSCURA FILMS – Austria
The production company Subobscura Films came into being in Vienna in 2014 thanks to a partnership between Marco Schmitt, Claudio Pfeiffer and Georg Tiller. Georg Tiller's most recent film, White Coal, was shown at the Rotterdam film festival and the Jeonju Film Festival in 2015. Subobscura Films produces fiction, documentaries and artistic projects. We aim to work with artists, directors and other production companies to set up a discussion on cinema which explores its dark and hidden recesses. These efforts can be the result of both national and international co-productions, or even other unexplored avenues.
