MEETING ONE-TO-ONE

In addition to the selection of short films from cinema schools from all around the world, Castellinaria organizes some one-to-one meetings between the directors of the short films presented and some emerging European producers. In this way, Castellinaria wishes to allow the young directors to face an audience and to confront themselves with some Swiss and European producers in order to discuss and highlight the strong points and the weaknesses of their projects. The meetings should be a hypothetical, and perhaps utopian, “possibility island” where ideas, criticism and comparisons find a ground, beyond the compelling logic of the market.

THE PRODUCERS

FLAVIA ZANON

CLOSE UP FILMS (CH)

Close Up Films is based in Geneva and produces a wide range of projects including fiction, documentaries, TV series and web docs. Among the films produced by the company, there are: Rio Corgo by Sergio Da Costa and Maya Kosa (winner of an award at DocLisboa and presented at the Berlinale), Fishing Bodies and The Bet by Michele Pennetta (presented and awarded at the Locarno Film Festival) and Wild Plants by Nicolas Humbert (selected for Visions du réel, Nyon).

Louise Bellicaud

LOUISE BELLICAUD

IN VIVO FILMS (F)

In Vivo Films aims to support directors and writers from various backgrounds and countries, for short and feature films. Tangier Stories by Fyzal Boulifa (supported by CNC, Open Doors Award at the Locarno Film Festival) and Thirst street by Nathan Silver (starring D. Bonnard and E. Garrel) are two of the projects that In Vivo Films is currently developing.

JAKOB ZAPF

NEOPOL FILM (D)

Since its creation, neoPOL Film has produced the short film Sein Kampf, by Jakob Zapf, selected by more than twenty film festivals (among which Montreal, Canada and Hof, Germany) and developed the projects of the first feature films by Jérôme Blesson and Rochus Hahn (the acclaimed author of The Miracle of Bern). The company’s goal is to get more and more open to collaborations with European partners.

XAVIER GRIN

P.S.PRODUCTIONS (CH)

P.S. Productions’s policy is to produce artistic films, defending the difference between fiction and documentary film in order to explore the different paths of film creation. Among other films, the company has produced Animal Heart by Séverine Cornamusaz (Swiss Film Award) and The Soul of the Tiger by François Yang (official selection at the Zurich Film Festival).

Lionel Massol

LIONEL MASSOL

FILMS GRAND HUIT (F)

Born in 2015 from the collaboration between Lionel Massol and Pauline Seiglnad, Films Grand Huit wishes to bring out unusual films by authors of the same generation, with a light and dynamic spirit. The company has produced In Me by Laetitia Casta (International Critics’ Week, Cannes 2016), Les petites mains by Remi Allier and La jupe d’Adam by Clément Tréhin Lalanne.