RACCONTI Alumni Booklet by IDM Film Fund & Commission

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RACCONTI IDM Alumni Network About RACCONTI RACCONTI #7 | IDM Script Lab RACCONTI | Local Plus #2 FAQs RACCONTI Experts List of Alumni

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R ACCO N T I IDM ALUMNI NETWORK

Are you looking for a screenwriter? Check out our network! The IDM alumni network was conceived as a platform for participants of past RACCONTI programs to exchange experiences, present new projects, share news and stay connected - not only amongst themselves but also to IDM Film Fund & Commission. In the following pages, you will find the profile of every screenwriter that has taken part in our RACCONTI programs. You may contact them through their contact references, or by contacting the IDM Film Fund & Commission office. We will be happy to forward your request to the writers. 6

ABOUT R ACCO N T I RACCONTI is a script development program, aimed specifically at screenwriters working in the Italian and German-speaking markets and run by IDM Film Fund & Commission (within IDM Südtirol – Alto Adige), the regional film fund of South Tyrol. Its flagship is the RACCONTI | IDM Script Lab where professional screenwriters develop projects and refine their skills with the help of international experts and in creative collaboration with colleagues from other countries. This cross-cultural aspect is as essential to the program as the challenge we set ourselves: to improve storytelling by continuously exploring new frontiers. Over the course of the years, RACCONTI has adapted to commercial trends and shifted from the development of feature and TV films to TV series. Whether in individual mentoring sessions or in writers’ rooms, our screenwriters collaborate with production companies from several European countries, and under the guidance of consultants from all over the world. 8

Refine your skills, find your peers, build your network, write your story, RACCONTI.

Each program consists of two week-long workshops, held in South Tyrol. During the workshops, the focus is on the practical development of a concept. However, masterclasses with prominent screenwriters, showrunners, commissioning editors and producers provide valuable insights into the craft of writing and the tricks of the trade. A project usually develops from a core idea into a marketable treatment or concept and the writers present their results to the industry at exclusive events. We aim to train and bring together talents who want to create stories beyond the confines of their national markets, while also keeping our roots in mind. Thus, we encouraged local writers to apply for the RACCONTI Local Talent | IDM Mentoring Program and for RACCONTI Local Plus | IDM Short Film Program in the past years. These share the same mission as the flagship program but with the specific goal of helping talented local writers to break into the industry. 9

RACCO N T I # 7 IDM SCRIPT LAB

In its seventh edition, the RACCONTI #7 | IDM Script Lab explored new approaches to storytelling for television and, for the first time, entered the digital arena with a new creative think tank. Under the motto SPLIT SCREEN writers had the opportunity to apply for two different sections of the program with the same goal: to create an original concept for a TV series or a digital series in a team with other writers and producers and the support of international experts. Another innovation was to reach out to directors who want to work in digital formats. In the Writers’ Room of RACCONTI #7 a team of four screenwriters fleshed out a concept for a TV series in close collaboration with the Munich-based production company Lieblingsfilm (producers: Philipp Budweg, Robert Marciniak and Julia Rappold). Award-winning writer Jana Burbach (Bad Banks, Die Heiland) led this room as head writer and developed her new original idea for a TV series, Treeline with the selected staff writers into a concept and bible. British producer and story consultant Manda Levin (The Tunnel) consulted the team. 10

In the Digital Think Tank, seven writers/directors developed their own ideas for a digital series and collaborated with each other on group projects in a writers’ room approach. Three mentors, all of them pioneers in the arena of digital storytelling, guided them: German producer Kristian Costa-Zahn/Endemol Shine Beyond (Antarktika), Polish writer/producer Wiktor Piatkowski/Bahama Films (Just Push Abuba), French producer Mathieu Van de Velde/ Black Sheep Films (Patricia Moore). In addition, Italian experts Nicolò Gallio and Nicola Lusuardi also joined the workshops as guest lecturers. At the closing event, which takes places at the Series Mania Festival, the projects of this edition will be presented to the industry.

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LOCAL PLUS #2

The RACCONTI | Local Plus program is aimed primarily at emerging producers and writers, who have the opportunity to undergo basic training in dramaturgy and production through practical work on their concept for a short film. They get a chance to discuss their projects with other film professionals and to develop them further with guidance from industry experts. The second edition of RACCONTI | Local Plus offered two workshop sessions focusing on dramaturgy and production. The projects Monster (directed by Gerd Weigl, produced by Tobias Gruber and written by Jannis Kager Kofler) and The Receptionist (directed by Giuseppe Piva, produced by Alex Pescosta & Lorenz Zenleser and written by Alessio Posar) have been selected as the winners by a jury and were given the opportunity to develop these projects. A final workshop will close the program and this will provide a further insight into the field of distribution. The final short films will be presented officially in spring 2020. Applications for RACCONTI Local Plus should be made by the writer/director and producer in tandem. At least one of the candidates should be from South Tyrol. 12

FAQS Who may apply? All professional screenwriters may apply for the Script Lab, although the program specifically targets writers from the Italian and German language areas. Talented writers from South Tyrol (including those from outside of the industry) are expressly urged to apply.

What does the program offer? The program offers the opportunity to work within an intercultural team, under the guidance of international experts. Over the course of two workshops in South Tyrol and through individual dramaturgical consultations (online), participants develop their material into market-ready treatments or concepts. In addition to the story consultants who guide the development process, these include guest lecturers who focus on current themes, which are relevant to the target markets.

On what type of projects does RACCONTI focus? The program is aimed at projects that are suitable for a co-production between Italy and Germany, Austria or Switzerland or/and are orientated towards an international audience or/and that have a connection to South Tyrol. The thematic focus may shift each year.

When does RACCONTI take place? The Script Lab is an annual IDM event. The time-frame in which it takes place may change each year. Last editionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s deadline for applications for both sections was July 29, 2018. The RACCONTI # 7 Script Lab session 1 was held in October and session 2 in November 2018.

How does the selection process of the participants work? Candidates are required, within the predefined deadline, to submit their CV and filmography, a letter describing their motivation and a sample of their work. The selection process is subject to change each year.

How do the screenwriters benefit from the RACCONTI ALUMNI network? Due to the internationalism of the program, participants can expand their personal networks and establish interesting contacts with writers and producers from other countries.

What is RACCONTI? RACCONTI is a script development program and advanced training initiative for professional screenwriters.

How much does it cost? Participation requires a registration fee. The writersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; stay in South Tyrol is free of charge, but they are required to pay for and make their own travel arrangements. 14

JANA BURBACH (DE) R A CCO N T I # 7 | H E A D W R I T E R Jana Burbach is a freelance German scriptwriter known for Bad Banks, the ZDF web series Just Push Abuba and for the first season of the prime-time RBB/ARD legal show Die Heiland.

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R A CCO N T I # 7 | M E N TO R Kristian Costa-Zahn works as Director Creation & Innovation at the Endemol Shine digital studio Beyond. His most renowned success so far was winning an „International Emmy“ for the interactive crime project Dina Foxx – Deadly Contact.

MANDA LEVIN (UK) R A CCO N T I # 5 - # 7 W R I T E R S ’ R O O M S U P E R V I S O R , STO R Y CO N S U LTA N T Manda Levin is an executive producer with a longtime experience in the production of international TV series. She developed and produced, among others, The Tunnel, All The Small Things, A Thing Called Love for BBC and Kudos Film and TV.

N I CO L A L U S U A R D I ( I T ) R A CCO N T I # 3 - # 7 | G U E ST L E C T U R E R Nicola Lusuardi is an Italian dramaturg, screenwriter and story editor. Since 1990, he has been working for the Italian networks RAI, Mediaset and Sky as supervisor for TV series such as In treatment (Italian version) and 1992.

W I K T O R P I ĄT K O W S K I ( P L ) R A CCO N T I # 7 | M E N TO R Wiktor Piątkowski is a showrunner, screenwriter and producer (Bahama Films). He created and co-wrote HBO’s first original series produced in Poland, Wataha (eng. The Pack or The Border) as well as the ZDF web series Just Push Abuba.

M A T H I E U VA N D E V E L D E ( F R ) R A CCO N T I # 7 | M E N TO R Mathieu Van de Velde is a French producer. He had been Head of business development for Studio canal Australia and New Zealand for 4 years before creating Black Sheep Films in 2016. His latest series Patricia Moore was released on Blackpills in 2018.

N I CO L Ò G A L L I O ( I T ) R A CCO N T I # 7 | G U E ST L E C T U R E R Nicolò Gallio is an Italian consultant who supports film and entertainment marketing agencies and film development programmes as a Research & Insight Analyst, digital PR, strategist and copywriter. He holds a Ph.D. in Film Studies and lectures on topics related to cinema, audiences and digital media.

C H R I S T I A N J E LT S C H ( D E ) R A CCO N T I # 6 | H E A D W R I T E R Up until now, Christian Jeltsch has written 50 feature films such as several Tatort and two tv-series. He received several nominations and awards for his work. Together with Olaf Kraemer, Jeltsch wrote the three-part novel Abaton.

D AV I D VA R E L A ( U K ) R A CCO N T I # 6 | T R A N S M E D I A E X P E R T David is a UK-based writer and producer of interactive projects, bringing together games, theatre and video. He is currently developing a Scandinavian TV drama, a VR series, and a new Sherlock project.

H A R O L D VA L E N T I N ( F R ) R A CCO N T I # 6 | M E N TO R Harold Valentin is a producer known for feature films like Lou! and TV series such as the award-winning Dix pour cent for France 2. He is also developing several different new shows, with partners like Arte.

MARIA FELDMAN (ISR) R A CCO N T I # 6 | M E N TO R Maria Feldman is an Israelian producer and co-creator of award-winning series, among them False Flag, Fauda, Intimate Grammar and Gay Days.

JOHN YORKE (UK) R A CCO N T I # 6 | M E N TO R , STO R Y CO N S U LTA N T John Yorke is a British drama producer, consultant and lecturer on all forms of storytelling. He has worked on big popular shows such as The Missing, East-Enders, Hustle, for Channel Four Drama and BBC Drama Production.

J .V. H A R T ( U S ) R A CCO N T I # 5 | S H O W R U N N E R & M A ST E R C L A S S J.V. Hart is an American screenwriter and producer known for Hook, Epic and Crossbones.

EMMA FROST (UK) R A CCO N T I # 4 | M A ST E R C L A S S Emma Frost is a British TV Showrunner, executive producer and movie screenwriter known, among others, for the Emmy Award winning TV Show The White Queen.

DANIEL SPECK (DE) R A CCO N T I # 1 - # 3 | L E C T U R E R , T U TO R , H E A D W R I T E R Daniel Speck is a German screenwriter, author and dramaturge, known for projects such as Meine Verrückte Türkische Hochzeit or Maria, ihm schmeckt’s nicht.

G I A CO M O D U R Z I ( I T ) R A CCO N T I # 1 - # 3 | L E C T U R E R , T U TO R , H E A D W R I T E R Giacomo Durzi is an Italian screenwriter, producer and director known, among others, for the Italian TV Series In treatment (Sky Italia).

TOM SCHLESINGER (US) R A CCO N T I # 1 - # 3 | L E C T U R E R , T U TO R , H E A D W R I T E R Tom Schlesinger is an American screenwriter, dramaturg and screenwriting consultant. He was the story consultant on the HBO documentaries Prom Night in Mississippi and A Small Act, both premiering at Sundance and the story consultant on Nowhere in Africa, which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film.

JEPPE GJERVIG GRAM (DK) R A CCO N T I # 3 | G U E ST L E C T U R E R Jeppe Gjervig Gram is a Danish showrunner and screenwriter known for his work on Borgen, winner of the BAFTA for Best International Series in 2012.

ROBERTO AMOROSO (IT) R A CCO N T I # 3 | G U E ST L E C T U R E R Roberto Amoroso is an Italian creative producer who has worked for Sundance Channel in the US and for Universal Networks in Rome. Under his creative supervision, Sky has produced several TV movies and TV series such as Romanzo Criminale or Gomorra.

D AV I D S C H A L K O ( A T ) R A CCO N T I # 2 - # 3 | G U E ST L E C T U R E R David Schalko is an Austrian writer, producer and director and one of Austria’s most successful film and television concept developers known for Braunschlag, Sendung ohne Namen and Dorfers Donnerstalk.

SIBYLLE KURZ (DE) R A CCO N T I # 1 - # 2 | P I TC H I N G T R A I N E R Sibylle Kurz is a Pitching Expert specialized in intensive pitching training, project presentation, proposal development, dramaturgical doctoring and consultancy work for professional and personal issues.

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“You wanna be court-martialled? We are at war. Get used to it!” The Silent Mountain, Clemens Aufderklamm

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“Bloody hell. You told me to come up with a good story.” Confidence Queens, Daniela Baumgaertl

Short Biography Clemens studied Political Science and Acting before finally moving to Los Angeles to join a screen writing program at UCLA extension school. Afterwards he went to Berlin and started to write soap operas. After more than ten years writing series for television he wrote his first feature film The Silent Mountain which premiered in 2014. What else? He worked in theatre as an actor and as artistic director and became the youngest theater director in Austria.

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City of Residence Berlin Nationality Austrian Email clemens@aufderklamm.com Website www.clemensaufderklamm.com

Short Biography Daniela has worked as freelance scriptwriter for feature films and TV series since 2007. She studied screenwriting at HFF “Konrad Wolf” in Potsdam-Babelsberg. In 2014/15, she was participant of “Serial Eyes”, a European postgraduate course on writing and production of TV series. Daniela also works as script consultant and reader for Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg and ProSiebenSat.1 Media, and is a mentor of the Berlinale Talents’ Short Film Station. She is a member of the newly founded European scriptwriters collective „Dirty Dozen“. Currently, she’s developing shows for the German and international market. Her working languages are German and English. What else? Daniela is holder of Artists-in-Residence scholarships from „Künstlerhaus Schloss Wiepersdorf“ 2014 and from „Künstlerhaus Lukas“ Ahrenshoop 2015, both in the field of literature. Filmography ›› Marry Me | feature film | Wüste Film Ost, ZDF Das Kleine Fernsehspiel, ARTE | co-writer ›› Killing all the Flies | TV series | UFA, FA Ludwigsburg, ProSiebenSat.1 | co-writer ›› Verliebte Feinde (Enemies in love) | feature film | Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion, SRF | co-writer Awards Killing all the Flies was awarded as best production at Studio Hamburg Nachwuchspreis and Sehsuechte Film Festival. Enemies in love was nominated for Swiss Film Award in the categories best feature, best leading actress and best leading actor. Dígame won the First Steps Award as best short film.

City of Residence Berlin Nationality German Email mail@daniela-baumgaertl.de Website www.daniela-baumgaertl.de dirtydozen.tv 25

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“No matter how you decide to travel, you will learn something. In order to live a great adventure, it doesn’t suffice to just go far away.” La Casa sulle Nuvole, Matteo Berdini

“You don’t know if you’re here tomorrow, so shut up, write and run.” Francesca Bertoni

Short Biography Matteo holds a screenwriting diploma from the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia and attended the Puglia Experience Masterclass on Story Telling. He has considerable experience in the field of research for historical documentaries and TV formats and collaborates with the Italian public broadcaster RAI Storia. He lives in Rome where he works as a freelance screenwriter for cinema and TV. What else? Matteo did lots of research all over the world for Chi l’ha visto, the Italian version of American Most Wanted or British Crimewatch, about missing people and murder victims. Filmography ›› Tre Giorni Dopo (Three Days After) | feature film | Verdeoro, RAI Cinema | co-writer ›› La Casa Sulle Nuvole | feature film | Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, RAI Cinema | co-writer ›› R.A.M. Ricerca Archivio Memoria | TV format | RAI storia | writer, editor 26

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City of Residence Rome Nationality Italian Email matteo.berdini@gmail.com

Short Biography After graduating in film history and criticism in Italy, Francesca completed a Master’s Program in film and television screenwriting at New York Film Academy. She’s a screenwriter and a script consultant, but on set she also works as dialogue coach, script supervisor, and assistant director. She speaks five languages and has been employed in several international productions such as Clouds of Sils Maria by Olivier Assayas, The Correspondence by Giuseppe Tornatore, Everest by Baltasar Kormàkur, and All You Ever Wished For by Barry Morrow. What else? In 2018 Francesca published her first book in Italian, an ironic novel on the difficulties of working in the film business, and she’s already writing the spec concept for a TV series. Filmography ›› La Prossima Volta Rinasco Papera | TV series | screenwriter ›› Vado a Trovare Elvis | feature film | screenwriter ›› Fuga dal Cimitero | feature film | screenwriter. ›› My Guardian Angel Looks Like Danny DeVito | feature film I screenwriter Awards My Guardian Angel Looks Like Danny DeVito (feature screenplay) - Quarterfinalist at “2015 Nashville Film Festival Screenwriting Competition”, USA Lily Rose: Private Eye (TV series) - Pilot Category Winner at “2012 Table Read My Screenplay” competition, USA

City of Residence Bolzano Nationality Italian Email francesca.bertoni3@gmail.com 27

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“To raise kids is like to ambush: you just have to be there… and wait for their wrong move!” Bloody Mary, Dario Bonamin

What else? Dario worked as video assist and production assistant in the HBO tv series Rome. He has been a tutor and guest lecturer for several screewriting schools: the National School of Cinema in Rome, Scuola Holden in Turin and Serial Eyes in Berlin.

Awards Dario won a special mention at the Solinas Award with the script Tutto sommato bene 28

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“Writing is like a fortune cookie. You don’t know what’s gonna come out and and it usually doesn’t make any sense.” Paolo Borraccetti

Short Biography Born and raised in Padova, Paolo earned a BA in Communications from Bologna university. After graduating, he soon landed a job as a writer for the Italian comedy TV show . He then moved to the US on a Fulbright Scholarship to pursue a MFA in Film Production at USC. He has produced, written and directed commercials, docs and shows for networks and clients. Overall, his narrative and doc works have been selected to participate at Torino Film Lab, Film Commission Piemonte Fiction Lab, Documentary in Europe pitching forum and Sofia Meetings. He teaches cinema workshops at various institutions, including Scuola Holden, Torino Film Lab, IED/OffiCine in Milan. He lives in Rome.

Short Biography Dario graduated in screenwriting at the National School of Cinema in Rome. Since then, he has been working as scriptwriter for the most important Italian tv producers and broadcasters, including Rai, Mediaset and Sky Italia. He has also been involved in the development of several feature films.

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City of Residence Rome Nationality Italian Email dariobonamin@hotmail.it

City of Residence Rome Nationality Italian Email paolo.borraccetti@gmail.com Website www.paoloborraccetti.com 29

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T A N J A B U B B E L racconti #7

“How is his German? – He doesn’t speak German. – How’s your Czech? – Don’t know any. – Then how do you talk to each other? – It’s not about the talking, honey.” Alexandra in Happy Hearts & Smiling Faces

Short Biography Born in Berlin but grew up in several small towns in West Germany. Holds a degree in communications from the Hochschule der Künste Berlin (now UdK). Worked as a film buyer for the now defunct distribution company Jugendfilm-Verleih and as Head of Development for now equally defunct film fund ViF. Claims that both insolvencies were not his fault. Often works with his wife, Ariane Homayounfar. Together, they have written several TV-movies and many episodes of German series, ranging from soaps and telenovelas to medical drama and crime stories. He’s never worked on a comedy series and is very much determined to change that. What else? Taught German to refugees from Afghanistan, Somalia and Senegal and learned first-hand how the bureaucracy turned into a Kafkaesque nightmare. Filmography ›› Die Rosenheim-Cops | TV series | Bavaria, ZDF | writer ›› Meine wunderbare Familie | several TV movies |Ufa, ZDF | writer ›› IAF – Die jungen Ärzte | TV series | Saxonia, ARD | writer ›› Verbotene Liebe | TV series | Ufa Serial, ZDF | head of story 30

Short Biography After a Master’s degree in Philosophy, Tanja studied screenwriting at Filmuniversität Babelsberg. She wrote, directed and produced several documentaries and short films and was a fellow at Drehbuchwerkstatt München. Tanja works and lives in Berlin. Filmography ›› Playground | short comedy | Tanja Bubbel | writer, director ›› L-Love | short comedy | writer, director City of Residence Grünwald (near Munich) Nationality German Email jbraner@gmx.net

Awards Playground: premiere at Hofer Filmtage, award winner at exground filmfest Wiesbaden, Competition Max Ophüls Preis. L-Love: Herzblut- Award at back_up Festival Weimar. Exground filmfest Wiesbaden. „Herzblut-Award“ at back_up Festival Weimar. Best Women’s Soccer Film of all Times 2011.

City of Residence Berlin Nationality German Email tanja@tanjabubbel.de Website www.tanjabubbel.de Agency Scenario 31

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“Fuck*** Neorealism” Writers for Sales, Alba Calicchio Short Biography Alba had written for some european animated series: Red Caps produced by Cartoonone, Matt&Manson produced by Lanterna Magica and Alphanim, Ants produced by Mondo Tv and the animated tv movie Patrizia’s goal. In 2017 was released theatrically in the Russian Market the comedy movie Di tutti i colori - liubov pret a porter directed by Max Nardari, an italianrussian coproduction. For Nardari she wrote also the short films Fede e Fido (Faith and Fidus) and Lui e l’altro (He and the other). In 2018 she debuted as director with the shortfilm Writers for sale. Since 2008 is a script consultant in animation department for RAI Fiction (Italian Public Television).

Short Biography Christoph Busche, born in 1980 in Heidelberg, studied philosophy and drama in Munich, and made several short films. He received a scholarship from the XXI. Münchener Drehbuchwerkstatt (screenwriting workshop); the screenplay he developed there received the Tankred Dorst Screenwriter’s Award. Filmography ›› Verdammt verliebt auf Mallorca | TV movie | Mecom München, Sat.1 | Writer ›› Mitten in Deutschland: NSU – Die Ermittler: Nur für den Dienstgebrauch | TV movie | Wiedemann & Berg, ARD | co-writer ›› Die Tote aus der Schlucht | TV movie | Neue Bioskop, ZDF | co-writer ›› Der Alte (several episodes) | TV series | Neue Münchner Fernsehproduktion, ZDF | Writer Awards NSU: Mitten in Deutschland: Deutscher Fernsehpreis 2017; nominated for Adolf Grimme Preis 2017; nominated for Deutscher Fernsehkrimipreis 2017. Bis sie wiederkommt: Tankred Dorst Preis 2010 32

What else? Alba enjoys surreal stories with a little bit of magic and has written various books for children. City of Residence Munich Nationality German Email chrbusche@googlemail.com Website www.agentur-scenario.de/ autor/christoph-busche/ Agency Agentur Scenario, Astride Bergauer

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“If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story.” Orson Welles

Short Biography Federico was born in Cento, Italy, in 1981. He graduated from , School for Documentary, Television and New Media, where he specialized in film directing/project development. He also earned a degree in electronic music and electroacoustic composition from the Claudio Monteverdi conservatory in Bolzano. Since 2005 he has been working as a freelance director and music composer. What else? Since 2005, Federico has worked primarily as freelance composer and director. He has composed many film soundtracks including From the Depths by Valentina Pedicini, winner of best documentary at the Rome Film Festival. He has two obsessions, music and moving images. Therefore, he became an experienced programmer in the environment of graphic development for multimedia, Max / MSP. 34

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“Did you get my message? They arrested father. They caught him at last.” Being Good at Mikles, Tommaso Capolicchio

Short Biography Tommaso wos born in Rome in 1972. After attending the Rai Script workshop for screenwriters he started his career working 10 years for one of the most successful family series in Italy: Un medico in famiglia. In the following years he writes several TV movies and turns frequently from radio to theatre, books and shortfilms. He likes challenges in different formats and genres. He had two novels published, Little Suicides Club (a dark-comedy) and The Infiltrate (an international thriller). City of Residence Bolzano Nationality Italian Email federicocampana81@gmail.com Website www.campanafederico. blogspot.com

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“Sure, death happens. But from this side you have a better look on some things. So we will fix together what I left behind.” Ristabbanna, Gianni Cardillo & Daniele de Plano

“Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary.” Dead Poets Society, Peter Weir

What else? Caterina developed the script for her first feature Fräulein at RACCONTI #1 and then realized and directed it with Lucia Mascino and Christian De Sica in starring roles. Filmography ›› Fräulein | feature film | Tempesta Film, RAI Cinema | writer, director ›› Valentina Postika in attesa di partire | produced by Caterina Carone & Enrica Gatto with the collaboration of Faberfilm | writer, director, camera operator ›› Le Chiavi per il Paradiso | documentary | ZeLIG School for documentary | writer, director ›› Polvere | short documentary | ZeLIG School for documentary | writer, director

What else? In 2013 he was director of the New Cinema Network, the program of the Rome International Film Festival designed to support new independent filmmaking.

Awards Ristabbanna was awarded Best Film at the Rome International Film Festival.

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Short Biography Caterina was born in Ascoli Piceno in 1982. After graduating from the Università degli Studi di Bologna (specialization in public, social and political communication) she attended the ZeLIG school for documentary in Bolzano and wrote and directed several award-winning documentaries. Her first feature film script Fräulein was developed within RACCONTI #1 and shot in South Tyrol in winter 2015.

Short Biography Gianni was born in Trapani. After some working experience as director and writer for theater he studied at the DAMS Bologna and then moved to Rome where he started his career as freelance screenwriter. He has made shorts and feature films as writer and director and worked as screenwriter for several Italian TV series such as Medico in Famiglia or Distretto di Polizia.

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City of Residence Rome Nationality Italian Email gianni.cardillo67@gmail.com

Awards Caterina participated at the Berlinale Talent Campus 2007. Her documentary Valentina Postika in attesa di patire was awarded with the Premio Solinas and the Prize of the Torino Film Festival in the section best documentary, and got a nomination as best documentary David di Donatello 2010.

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“What is it?”, “I’ve seen –”, “What?”, “Something”, “What something?” Viola and Davide, Ground, Ofelia Catanea

Short Biography Ofelia Catanea is a screenwriter and a film teacher. She holds a doctorate in Film Studies and she has taught at various Italian and American universities, as the New York University in Firenze and the USAC in Viterbo where she currently teaches Italian Film. She has written various essays published in books and journals. Her concept for a sci-fi TV series has been finalist at the Fiction Lab 2015 held by the Torino Piemonte Film Commission. Filmography ›› Ground | TV series | Lucky Red | concept, writer 38

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“Ten, Nine, Eight, Seven, Six, Five, Four, Three, Two,One, Liftoff.” Maja Costa

Short Biography Maja studied screenwriting at the German Film and Television Academy in Berlin (dffb) and is, as a scholarship holder from SKY Italia, an Alumna of the training program Serial Eyes. She collaborated with many European production companies and film festivals in several positions and currently works as a freelance screenwriter/director in Berlin. In January 2017 she co-founded the film production company mycrewfilm in Cologne, which received the support of the Mediengründerzentrum NRW. City of Residence Rome Nationality Italian Email ofeliacatanea@gmail.com

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“It’s not a lie, it’s a gift for fiction.” State and Main, David Mamet

Short Biography As a student in Filmmaking at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, Mario then obtained the “Master Anica di Gestione di Imprese Cinematografiche ed Audiovisive”. After directing some fiction and documentary short films, he collaborated on the writing of several TV series (such as Distretto di Polizia, Ho sposato uno sbirro, Le due facce dell’amore) and cartoons. He has also written for the screen and stage and taught scriptwriting technique at Pisa University and at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, both in Milan and in Palermo.

Short Biography Francesca graduated in Modern Literature in 2006 and then in screenwriting at Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome in 2011. Since then she worked as a screenwriter on a few feature film projects and several tv-series for many Italian production companies and broadcasters, including Rai, Mediaset and Sky Italia.

What else? His first novel, In Silenzio, has been published (in 2016). He has directed documentaries and shorts. Filmography ›› La strada di casa | TV mini series | Casanova Multimedia, RAI 1 | writer ›› Chiamatemi Giò | TV series | Grundy Italia, Disney Channel, RAI 2 | creator & head writer ›› Boris | TV series | Wilder, FOX Channel | supervisor ›› La Squadra | TV series | Grundy Italia RAI 3 | head writer Awards Mario won the Grolla d’oro, prize for the best screenplay for La Squadra. Viola di mare, the feature film he wrote together with Donatella Diamanti, won the NICE Prize in San Francisco. 40

City of Residence Pisa Nationality Italian Email mariocristiani@gmail.com

City of Residence Rome Nationality Italian Email francescadelisi@hotmail.com 41

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What else? Once Lara had a job as a spooky ghost in a haunted house. A lot of children laughed at her. After that experience she decided to stick with writing. 42

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“This place may be beautiful, but here I am no longer myself” “And if it is actually this place that gives a better insight into who you really are?” 4/4 TV series concept, Donatella Diamanti and Mario Cristiani

“Eat my shorts!” Bart Simpson

Short Biography Lara De Simone was born 1993 in Heidelberg where she was raised triligual. In 2016 her second novel Secrets – Was Kassy wusste was published by Oetinger. During her Creative Writing studies in Hildesheim with a focus on intermedia narratives she co-created the web series quasinormal of which she wrote the pilot episode. After this student project she went on to gain work experiences with different production firms in Berlin. She is currently writing her bachelor thesis about interactive narrative possibilities in roleplaying games and planning out her third novel.

D O N A T E L L A D I A M A N T I

Short Biography After her degree in Italian literacy she worked as a researcher at the Italian Institute of Pisa University and at the Istituto di Studi Rinascimentali of Ferrara. Subsequently she started her collaboration with the theatre Fondazione Sipario where she was nominated artistic director in 2012. In the last fifteen years she has written mainly for Italian TV series, such as La squadra (RaiTre), Medicina generale (RaiUno), Un posto al sole (RaiTre). What else? Donatella writes for TV, theatre, cinema and newspapers and has published novels and stories.

City of Residence Hildesheim Nationality German, Italian Email ldesimone@web.de

Filmography ›› Viola di mare | feature film | Italian Dreams Factory, Medusa | writer ›› Le due facce dell’amore | TV series | Grundy Italia, Canale 5 | head writer ›› La squadra (7 e 8) | TV series | RAI 3 | head writer Awards Viola di mare won, among others, the Best Film Award at the NICE Film Festival of New York and the film festival of Long Island. The script of her short Serenata was finalist at the Premio Solinas Talenti in Corto.

City of Residence Montopoli in Val d’Arno Nationality Italian Email diamadona@gmail.com 43

B R E N D A N F O L E Y racconti #1

A L E X A N D E R F R A N K racconti #6

“But look at these complex carbon structures, the details ... and I heard they are actually printing skin tissue for it. Arrrrgh. You’ve got some weird fetishes.” Alexander Frank

Short Biography Brendan grew up in Belfast, Northern Ireland and has worked internationally as a writer producer and director across TV drama, feature films, books and animation. His feature films include award-winning action drama Johnny Was (Sony), thriller The Riddle (Image Ent, 2.7m DVDs) and chiller Legend of the Bog, (Lionsgate). In 2016, he developed Tunnel Kings, a mini-series on World War II POW ‘escape-artists’. In books, Under the Wire (Random House) was a bestseller. His link to Racconti is through his script on Ötzi the Ice Man, available in English and German.

Short Biography Alexander works as a writer and director. He started out as Assistant Director and Script Supervisor for numerous film and television productions. After completing the University of Zurich with an MA in Political Science and Film Studies, he set out to learn more about directing actors and started working as Resident Assistant Director and Stage Manager at the theatre of Frankfurt. He has since directed over 20 professional stage productions. Adapting novels to the stage motivated him to create his own original content… and Sky International commissioned his first attempt. He is currently developing a teen drama web series with Bastei Media.

What else? His book Under The Wire, a World War II POW escape drama, was published by Random House and became a best-seller with more than 300.000 copies sold. Filmography ›› Jonny Was | feature film | Brendan Foley, Sony Pictures | writer, producer ›› The Riddle | feature film | Image Entertainment | writer, director, producer ›› Shelldon | TV series | NBC, Dreamworks Classics | co-creator, writer Awards Johnny Was won Best Feature at the New Hampshire Film Festival and the Audience Award at Toronto Rebelfest. 44

City of Residence London Nationality Irish Email bfoley@blueyonder.co.uk

City of Residence Frankfurt am Main Nationality German Email post@alexanderfrank.com Website www.alexaderfrank.com 45

R O B E R T O G A G N O R racconti #4

“Even if you did talk to Sharon Stone, what would you tell her?” “Dunno” “I didn’t even like Titanic” Il numero di Sharon, Roberto Gagnor

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“Telling stories is my life. The means of doing so has become my work.” Simone Gandolfo

Short Biography Roberto studied Film Directing at the Film & TV Workshops of Rockport (USA) and Screenwriting at the Scuola Holden of Torino and the RAI Script workshop in Rome. Besides working as a writer, freelance cartoonist and storyboard artist, he hosts cartoon workshops in primary schools, and is a Creative Writing and Screenwriting teacher at Ist. Antonioni (Busto Arsizio), Accademia 09 (Milan), Scuola Internazionale di Comics and Scuola Holden (Turin). What else? In 2017, Roberto and director Radek Wegrzyn founded Magical Realist UG, a German production company aimed at European co-productions. Their first project as producers, documentary Miss Holocaust Survivor, is coming soon. Filmography ›› Sommer auf dem Land | feature film | Black Forest Films, Detailfilm | writer ›› Il numero di Sharon | short | Premio Solinas, Talenti in Corto | writer, director ›› Comic Book Souls | feature film | Letterbox Productions | writer ›› Food Wizards | animation series | Zocotoco, Rai Ragazzi | creator, writer Awards Sommer auf dem Land won the Audience Award and the Award for Best-Screenplay at BAFF and the Audience Award at Biberach Film Festival. Il numero di Sharon was awarded with the Premio Solinas, Talenti in Corto. 46

Short Biography Simone studied acting at the Scuola del Teatro Stabile of Genova and directing at the New York Film Academy. Besides working as an actor for Italian TV, cinema and theatre he is a freelance screenwriter and director. City of Residence Milan Nationality Italian Email roberto.gagnor@gmail.com Website www.magical-realist.com Agency Gioia Levi c/o Carol Levi & Co., Rome

What else? He has worked with directors such as Roberto Benigni (La Tigre e la Neve) and Fausto Paravidino (Texas) and is known for his role as Orlando Serra in R.I.S. Roma – Delitti Imperfetti. Filmography ›› F.M. (WT) | TV series | Palomar | writer ›› Evil things | feature film | Inside Productions | screenwriter, director ›› Pericolo Verticale | factual TV series | SKY 1 | creator & director Awards Evil Things was screened at the Courmayeur Noir film festival and at Toronto After Dark Film Festival.

City of Residence Rome Nationality Italian Email info@nceitaliana.com Website www.simonegandolfo.com 47

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“Jerry ‘Love finds a way…’ Emma ‘I bought the curtains’ Jerry ‘You found a way.’” H. Pinter, Betrayal

“Looking for new worlds!” Enrica Gatto

Short Biography Born in Salerno, Italy, on 17 March 1982, Enrica Gatto graduated from , School for Documentary, Television and New Media in 2007, where she specialized in directing. In the same year she graduated from the University of Salerno in Communications Studies with a thesis in contemporary history. She has been working as a freelance editor since 2008. In 2018 she was selected for the Editing Studio at Berlinale Talents.

Short Biography Erica was born in 1984 in Milan, Italy. After completing her theatre studies at Paolo Grassi Academy of Arts, she began her career in theatre, and then moved into video a few years later. She has spent her twenties exploring arts, improving and learning how to tell stories, working with many talented directors and producers, for television, web and independent cinema. Both in theatre and films she was often drawn towards film projects for social awareness and these, plus many life experiences, built her vocation to become a writer-director and tell the stories she cares the most about. Across 10 years, she worked with several NGOs (Save The Children UK, RSPCA UK, World Health Organisation).

What else? Beside several documentaries she edited also Fräulein, the first feature by Caterina Carone developed in RACCONTI #1. Filmography ›› My home in Libya | documentary | Stefilm - ZDF | editor | ›› Fräulein | feature film | Tempesta Film | editor | ›› The nature of things | documentary | Ladoc & Bicchieri di Pandora | editor ›› Valentina Postika waiting to leave | documentary | produced by Caterina Carone & Enrica Gatto with the collaboration of Faberfilm | editor, production Awards Valentina Postika waiting to leave was awarded with the Premio Solinas and the Prize of the Torino Film Festival in the section best documentary, and got a nomination as best documentary David di Donatello 2010. 48

City of Residence Rome Nationality Italian Email enricagatto@gmail.com

What else? She is developing her own film projects as writer-director. She has directed many web videos mostly about music and food, her two strongest passions. Awards As a producer and assistant director she’s worked with many award winning directors and many have been shown at film festivals (Cannes Film Festival – Cannes Lions - London Film Festival - Venice Days.

City of Residence London Nationality Italian Email erica.gianesini@gmail.com Website www.ericagianesini.com 49

P A O L O G I R E L L I racconti #2

“You know what I lacked in order to be a great piano player? Orderliness. Only that saves you from envy and jealousy.” Dietro la pianura, Paolo Girelli & Gerardo Fontana

“I am not a vegetarian because I love animals. But because I hate plants.” Oscar Levant

What else? Paolo has an expertise for the writers’ room dynamics having managed and supervised one himself for many years.

Awards Paolo’s concept for Morgenrot won the RACCONTI #2 development award.

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Short Biography Born in the industrial city of Essen, Stephan studied Literature, Arts-and Media Science at the University of Constance under Aleida Assmann. During this time he ran Campus TV, created the animated series die bächelors and the weekly student comedy soap Am Schmerzenmösle. After writing two comedy films for a Swiss production, he was hired on Germany’s most successful TV comedy, Switch Reloaded. He conceived and wrote season 1 of Genius & Evil, the world’s first interactive sitcom. Stephan continued to write for TV comedy shows like Leider Lustig or Comedy Central News while also being a contributor to online formats such as Bohemian Browser Ballet and Deutschland 3000.

Short Biography He made shorts and docs while working for the first Italian cable television as well. He made his debut with the feature Dietro la Pianura (with his long time friend and colleague Gerardo Fontana). Later, he worked as script editor and head writer for TV series, such as Vivere. He is co-creator of the TV series Le tre rose di Eva. In 2016 he was sponsored by the Seoul Film Commission to develop a prime-time drama concept with Korean producing partners (intended for Asian TV Market) which aims to blend the most popular Asian cultural topics with a “made in Italy” feel. He works as freelance screenwriter, splitting his time between Rome and Berlin.

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City of Residence Rome & Berlin Nationality Italian Email balzac5565@gmail.com

Awards PAST CURE (game): “Best Storytelling Award “ at the White Nights Moscow 2017 and “People’s Choice Award “ at the Game Connection Europe 2017. Play Award Comedy 2015 for the puppet comedy TubeHeads. First Prize at the Autorencamps of the Wendland Shorts Festival for SUPERNOOBS – Unser Leben ist ein Spiel (2014)

City of Residence: Berlin Nationality: German Email: Stephan.greitemeier@ googlemail.com Website: Sevenskins.de 51

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“The truth is, suicide is always a result of efficient teamwork.” Lemmings, Laura Grimaldi

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“Do you know the movie ‘Indecent Proposal’? Where the guy offers the couple a million dollars for one night with the wife?... I got 30 Euros... 40…ouch!” TEN, Stefan Hering

Short Biography Born and raised in Rome, Laura graduated in Literature and Mass Media Communication with highest honours in 2011. After a year in Spain, she attended the Screenplay Course at Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, from 2012 to 2014. After her diploma, she worked as TV author for Stand By Me Production (Sconosciuti - 2015) and dialogue writer for Fremantle Media (Un posto al sole - 2016). She is also a playwright and she was a web author and consultant for Rai Fiction (2014-2016). Right now she is a screenwriter for an italian sitcom (Camera Cafè) and junior editor for Rai Fiction. She is also working on new projects of documentaries, movies, TV series and plays.

Short Biography Stefan Hering studied film production at the renowned HFF Munich and, after graduation, took up post graduate studies in directing at Hamburg Media School. Subsequently, Stefan earned a certificate in screenwriting at UCLA Extension. As a result of this, Stefan works in all three fields – as a writer, director and producer.

What else? Laura won the Claudia Sbarigia fellowship at the Premio Solinas, with the dramedy Posso piangere cinque minuti? (Can I cry five minutes?), written with Costanza Durante. This award is intended for stories with the best female characters.

What else? Since working as a scriptwriter, story editor and plotter for the TV show Dahoam is Dahoam (BR, Constantin TV), Stefan (re) wrote the outlines for more than 540 episodes and wrote more than 20 scripts.

Awards Tutte le cose sono piene di lei won the French Critics Discovery Mention at Festival International des Ecoles de Cinema in Poitiers. Laura won the Italian Women Award at Concorso Lingua Madre, Salone del Libro di Torino, with the short novel Vodka. Posso piangere cinque minuti? won the fellowship Sbarigia, at 31th edition of Premio Solinas 52

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City of Residence Rome Nationality Italian Email l.grimaldi88@gmail.com

Awards Abseitsfalle (Prädikat: Besonders wertvoll) won the Berndt Media Prize at the Kinofest Lünen and the Screenwriting Prize at the 8th Festival des Deutschen Films in Ludwigshafen. His short films won over 20 awards worldwide.

City of Residence Munich Nationality German Email info@stefanhering.com Website www.stefanhering.com 53

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racconti #1

“You need to tell your dad. It’s his boat.” “This boat is all he’s got, I’m not standing by and watch him loose it!” True North, Steve Hudson Short Biography Steve Hudson was born in London, and grew up in England and South America. After writing, directing and acting extensively as a student at Cambridge University, he worked in theatre in Italy, Cuba, Belgium and London. In 1995 love brought Steve to Germany, and he is now based in Cologne, where he has a family. It was in Germany that he first began working in TV and film, acting, writing and directing for a variety of dramas and comedies for both the small and large screen.

Short Biography Claas Junge was born in Darmstadt, Germany. He studied German Language and Literature (Philology), Art History and Philosophy at Frankfurt on Main University, and finally completed a PhD in Theatre and Film Sciences. After working as a freelance editor for the Hessian radio station, Hessischer Rundfunk, and freelancing as a copywriter he moved to Berlin to work as a trainee for Dramaworks. Subsequently he worked for three years as junior producer for Phoenix-Film in Berlin, supervising different TV series, and then as a story liner and coordinating story writer for the soap opera Eine wie keine (Sat 1). Since 2010 he has been freelancing as a writer.

What else? Steve wrote and directed the short Goodbye that won over twenty international prizes. He is founder of the Cologne based production company Gringo Films and responsible for the development of a variety of productions with diverse partner countries (Japan, Israel, UK, Ireland, Portugal, Italy), as well as pursuing his own work as a screenwriter. Filmography ›› Cranford | TV drama | BBC | co-director ›› True North | feature film | Ariel Films, Makar Productions, Samson Films | writer, director ›› Goodbye | short | Rosebud films | writer, director Awards True North won: Best Film, Best Director at Ourense Film Festival, Best Feature Film at Pamplona Film Festival, Best Film at Celtic TV & Film Festival, was nominated for 4 Scottish BAFTAs and the BIFA Douglas Hickox Award and was the Variety Critics´ Choice at Karlovy Vary Film Festival. Steve’s co-directed TV drama Cranford went on to win 2 Emmys. 54

“Nobody abandons home without a good reason.” Crossing the Green Line, Claas Junge

City of Residence Cologne Nationality British Email mail@gringo-films.com

City of Residence Berlin Nationality German Email claasjunge@rocketmail.com 55

J A N N I S K A G E R K O F L E R racconti lo c a l p lus #2

“Logic of life... Unfortunately not found.” Jannis Kager Kofler

Short Biography Jannis Kager Kofler was born on July 5th, 2000. He lives in Kurtatsch, a small village in South Tirol. For the past years, he has been enrolled at the Franziskanergymnasium, (Northern Italian high school with a strong focus on humanistic studies), where he got interested in literature and discovered his passion for writing. His latest project is Monster, a short for which he wrote the script. Jannis likes stories with interesting characters, who give an intense portrayal about life and the human behavior, which is so often driven by irrational decisions. Filmography ›› Monster | short film | Amt für Film und Medien, Ufficio Educazione permanente, biblioteche ed audiovisivi, Amt für ladinische Kultur und Schule | writer ›› The Composer | low budget feature film | writer ›› Eremos | low budget feature film | writer 56

City of Residence Kurtatsch / Cortaccia, South Tyrol Nationality Italian Email jannis.kagerkofler@outlook.com

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“No matter where we are, the shadow that trots behind us is definitely four-footed.” Clarissa Pinola Estés, Women Who Run With The Wolves Short Biography Alexandra was born in 1979 in Munich, Germany. After completing her studies of economics in Munich and Cape Town, she took screenwriting courses with Martin Thau, Keith Cunningham and Tom Schlesinger before studying directing at the ZeLIG School for Documentary in Bolzano, Italy. During and after her studies she has been researching episodes of the TV series Gernstl in Bavaria, Greece and Veneto, a series produced by Megaherz Film and Fernsehen for Bayerisches Fernsehen (BR). Furthermore she contributed to the project 24h in Bayern by directing one of the protagonists under the supervision of director Volker Heise. What else? Alexandra loves animals and shows in her new documentary Las hermanas de Rocinante which impact the economic crisis in Spain is having on horses. Filmography ›› Las Hermanas de Rocinante | documentary | Evolution Film/ Cinedokke/ZDF/Arte/RSI | writer, director ›› Die Pferderetterin I documentary I Evolution Film/ ZDF/Arte I co-writer and director ›› Being You, Being Me | documentary | ZeLIG School for Documentary | writer, director ›› Loving and Leaving | short documentary | ZeLIG School for Documentary | director Awards Being you, Being me has won the best award in the 1st and 2nd documentary competition at the Minsk International Film Festival Listapad.

City of Residence Schliersee Nationality German Email ali.kaufmann@gmx.de Website www.lashermanasderocinante.com 57

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M I C H A E L K O F L E R racconti #1

“Dad? He doesn’t understand things like we do anymore. Has he ever done that?” The Retreat, Michael Kofler

Short Biography Born on 13 October 1983, in Karlsruhe, Germany, Anke Klaassen studied arts, media, literature and philosophy at the University of Constance and Florence. During her studies, she worked as a journalist for several newspapers. After completing her bachelor’s degree she studied screenplay writing at the Film Academy Baden-Württemberg. 2018 she was selected for a scholarship program by the Akademie für Kindermedien. During this program she developed further the children’s film Whisper of marmots, which originally was inspired by her participation at RACCONTI#1.

Short Biography Michael Kofler was born and raised in South Tyrol in the Italian Alps. He started off his career working in production for a German production and visual effects house. Following this he became involved in promoting and later producing and directing video content and music videos for a German record label. Since then Michael graduated with an MA in Directing for Film & TV at Westminster Film School and his commercial works have been screened at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona and at the World EXPO Exhibition in Shanghai.

What else? Besides writing screenplays and books, Anke has a little puppet theatre, works as teacher for environmental education and builds imaginary castles. Filmography ›› Land of light | children’s film | SWR/Arte | screenwriter ›› Rauchzeichen | short film | Atelier Paris-Ludwigsburg, SWR/Arte | screenwriter ›› Das Prinzip Hoffnung | documentary | Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg | screenwriter Awards At the International Childrens´ Film Festival of Brussels Filemon Land of Light was condecorated twice with the Bella Brussela award for best feature film, by both the Childrens´ Jury of Filemon as well as by the Teenagers´ Jury. 58

What else? Michael’s debut first feature Zweitland won an award at RACCONTI #1 and is now in the financing stage. He produced and directed video content and music videos for a record label.

City of Residence Constance Nationality German Email klaassen.anke@gmail.com Website www.federwald.de

City of Residence London Nationality Italian Email michael_kofler@gmx.net Website www.mkofler.com 59

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“Please, everyone, get on the floor. Stay calm and relaxed. We’re professionals. No one will get hurt.” Angels of Evil, Andrea Leanza “If you look a little closer at this beautiful world, there are always red ants underneath.” David Lynch

Short Biography Andrea is an established Italian screenwriter of English origin on his mother’s side living in Rome. He attended the Berlinale Talent Campus in 2014 and the RAI Script workshop in 2006. Since 2007 he has worked on some of the most successful Italian prime time TV series, such as Distretto di Polizia, R.I.S. Roma and Il Tredicesimo Apostolo. His last feature film project, an action/thriller co-written with Los Angeles based director Luis Prieto, has been recently optioned by Arnie Messer of Phoenix Pictures (Black Swan, Shutter Island, Zodiac).

Short Biography Philip studied directing at the HFF „Konrad Wolf“ and works as freelance author and director in Berlin. In parallel he freelances as VFX and Motion-Graphics artist. Philip has worked for several projects (TV and cinema) and production companies such a Kordes & Kordes Film, Bavaria Film, Two Oceans Productions. Christopher works as freelance author, director and editor in Berlin. Since 2001 he has been editing very different projects, from short to feature film, from music video to image film projects. He worked, among others, for ZDF, Servus TV, Getty Images, ESA Film, Philharmonie Berlin.

What else? His second feature Vallanzasca – Gli Angeli del Male, co-written and directed by Michele Placido, premiered in 2010 at the Venice Film Festival. Andrea holds a bachelor’s degree in Philosophy and a Master in International Relations. Filmography ›› Il Tredicesimo Apostolo |TV series | TaoDue, Canale5 | screenwriter ›› Vallanzasca – Gli Angeli del Male (Angels of Evil) | feature film | 20th Century Fox Italia | co-writer ›› L’uomo Giusto (The Right Guy) | feature film | Metro Golden Minor | writer Awards Vallanzasca – Gli Angeli del Male was screened at the Venice Film Festival and won three Silver Ribbons at the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists Awards. L’uomo Giusto won the Best Screenplay Award at the Mostra del Cinema dello Stretto in Messina. 60

City of Residence Rome Nationality Italian Email a.leanza74@gmail.com

Filmography ›› Das Hochhaus | TV mini series | Studio Hamburg | writer ›› Der zweite Mann | TV movie | Kaminski.Stiehm.Film Produktion, ZDF – Das kleine Fernsehspiel | writer, director ›› Der Schaumreiniger | short | Moonfall Films | writer, director Awards Der zweite Mann was awarded with the Max Ophüls Prize and Best Screenplay at the Studio Hamburg Award. Der Schaumreiniger was screened at The World Film Festival (Montrèal) and was nominated for the Hessischer Filmpreis.

City of Residence Berlin Nationality German Email info@lenke-nauck.com Website www.lenke-nauck.com 61

J U L I A N A L I M A D E H N E racconti #4 & #5

“We’re storytellers by nature. Narrative is wired in our brains. Continuity is what facilitates humanity’s existence. Writing series is just a manifestation of what we’re built for: telling narrative stories that keep going. We all do it. I’m just lucky I get to do it professionally.” Juliana Lima Dehne

Short Biography Juliana Lima Dehne is an American screenwriter and creative producer. She started her career working in various film and television departments in the American, Brazilian and European markets. Since 2014 she has been working in international series development with Pantaleon Films, Letterbox Filmproduktion and Real Film (Studio Hamburg Group), all-in production, among others. Juliana studied linguistics at the Sorbonne in Paris and holds an MA in Serial Storytelling from the ifs in Cologne. She currently lives in Berlin with her husband and daughter. What else? Juliana is recipient of the 2010 VGF Grant from the Film Center at Bavaria Film Studios. Filmography ›› Neuland | TV series | all-in production | co-creator | ›› The Forger | TV series | Pantaleon Films | creator | ›› Back in Time | TV series | Real Film Berlin with IDM | creator | ›› Over Lunch | Web series pilot | Dehne Lima Film | creator Awards Juliana won Best Screenplay for Over Lunch at the LYSFF (USA). 62

M A T T H I A S L I N T N E R racconti #1

“You have some queer friends, Dorothy,’ she said. The queerness doesn’t matter, so long as they’re friends,’ was the answer” The Road to Oz , L. Frank Baum

Short Biography Matthias Lintner was born in South Tyrol, Italy and holds a degree in Graphic Design. From 2006 to 2008 he worked in various fields, such as a photographer, actor, floorer, primary school teacher for students from migrant families and a support worker for people with disabilities. During this time he gathered the experiences that would inform his future artistic vision. He has also travelled through France, Spain and the Far East. He studied directing at the German Film and Television School Berlin, dffb. City of Residence Berlin Nationality American Email post@zarges-ctc.com Website www.zarges-ctc.com/limadehne Agency Zarges | creative talent connection

City of Residence Berlin Nationality Italian Email matthias.lintner@yahoo.de 63

K I R S T E N L O O S E racconti #7

A N E H E L G A L Y K K A racconti #1

“It’s tricky making the right choices in life, almost as tricky as finding the perfect avocado.” The Avocado Theory, Kirsten Loose Short Biography Kirsten studied Cultural Studies at Hildesheim University. She started her career as a script consultant and worked as creative producer for German company Geißendörfer Film for 9 years, overseeing development and production of a weekly drama series. To expand her skills to digital and international projects, Kirsten completed the Interactive Media program at ifs international film school Cologne and the International TV Series Summer School at HFF Munich. Since 2016 Kirsten works as a freelance screenwriter and creative consultant for film, TV and digital projects. She co-wrote an award-winning web series and currently develops projects for the German and international market. What else? Kirsten is experienced in working in the writers’ room and loves collaborative team work. She is an alumna of the Audience Design program at TorinoFilmLab and knows how to target and build audiences from an early stage of project development. Filmography ›› Lampenfieber | web series | Hübner/Wallenfels | writer ›› Easy Love | feature film | Lichtblick Film | story development. ›› Lindenstraße | TV series | Geißendörfer Film | creative producer, script consultant, writer Awards Lampenfieber travelled to more than 15 festivals around the world, was awarded Best Web Series at Snowland Independent Film Festival, Best Screenplay at Die Seriale and received Honorary Mentions for Best Actor at Cinema Jove. The show also ended in the Top 30 of the Web Series World Cup 2018. 64

Short Biography Ane Helga Lykka was born in 1986 in Norway. She attended European Film College in Denmark in 2005-2006. Subsequently she studied Social Anthropology at the University of Oslo, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 2010. She studied project development and directing at ZeLIG school for documentary, television and new media in Bolzano from 2010-2013. She is currently working freelance as director and editor for Norwegian television, while developing her own documentary project. What else? She likes storytelling in all its forms, and especially enjoys giving shape to stories also in the editing room. City of Residence: Cologne Nationality: German Email: KirstenLoose@gmx.de

City of Residence Oslo Nationality Norwegian Email anelykka@gmail.com 65

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“Fiction might be the only territory where human beings can reach true understanding. That’s why creating fiction might be the only true way to happiness.” Elena Lyubarskaya

Short Biography Elena is based in Berlin and writes in English. In 2017, she has won the German Writer’s Guild/Pro Sieben Sat 1. development funding competition with political thriller The Whistleblowers. She is currently working on projects with Wildside (Italy), Makever (France), Constantine (Germany), Real Film (Germany). She likes to develop character-driven genre and comedy projects, as well as projects with an international setting.

Awards Die Stadt: CNC Co-Writing Grant (2018). Pauline: Cannes Series Institute Winner (2018). The Hunter: German Writer’s Guild/ Pro Sieben Sat 1. Development Grant (2018). 66

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“The sky is never as clear and as near as up here, after a thunderstorm. I then carefully look at them, one by one. I choose the most beautiful one and imagine it’s you.” One year, Jasmin Mairhofer

Short Biography Jasmin finished her acting school with diploma in 2012. Since than she was working for stage, cinema and TV with many German and Italian directors, such as Wolfgang Murnberger, Harald Sicheritz, Bernd Fischerauer, Luca Miniero and Paolo Sorrentino.

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City of Residence Berlin Nationality Russian Email asucka@gmail.com Website elenalyubars.com

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“Shooting a film project in four weeks is like running the Formula One Car race on foot with all the other cars trying to run you over.” Daniele Malavolta

Short Biography Ulrike was born in East Berlin in 1973 and studied Screenwriting & Directing at the Academy of Media Arts of Cologne. She worked as plot developer, dialogue screenwriter, storyline screenwriter and staff writer for several German TV series and soaps, such as Verbotene Liebe or Verliebt in Berlin and has also developed feature film scripts for TV and cinema. She lives in Berlin where she works as a freelance screenwriter.

What else? For a year, Daniele tried to find a director interested in his screenplay Modena, Modena, but without success. A little later he had the opportunity to self-invest in the project, and, despite his ambitions as a scriptwriter, he took the plunge and decided to fill in the role of director just two weeks before filming. Daniele also works as production and assistant director and has some credits as a director.

Awards The project Modena, Modena got a special mention at the Premio Solinas. 68

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“I don’t want your forgiveness. I want you.” Dance me to the end of love, Ulrike Molsen

Short Biography Daniele was born in Modena and holds a degree from the DAMS (Department of Art, Music and Drama) at the University of Bologna. After attending the screenwriting course RAI Script, he began his career as a scriptwriter. He writes shorts, books and features.

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Awards Ulrike was selected for the Drehbuchwerkstatt Munich screenplay workshop and won the Tankred Dorst Screenplay Award for her drama Die andere Seite der Autobahn. Her short Die Besucher was awarded, among others, as Best International short at the Beloit IFF and as Best Short Film at the Mexico IFF in 2007.

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“In Germany I learned to love the Central European orderliness. Mixed with a Jewish-Slavic emotionalism this leads to quite some humour.” Ruth Olshan Short Biography Ruth Olshan was born in Moscow in 1970 and emigrated with her family to Israel before settling in Germany in 1974. She grew up in Berlin and studied, after winning a scholarship, film directing and screenwriting in UK and Germany, lived in various countries (Italy, Georgia). She works as a novelist, scriptwriter, consultant for documentary films and filmmaker for documentary and feature films and has published three novels. She writes for young adults and adults. Books: Die Sache mit der Liebe und den Flügeln (Boje publishing), All die schönen Dinge (Oetinger publisher), Immergrün (currently in negotiation). With her books she was selected by the Bayerische Akademie des Schreibens

Short Biography Kevin has developed TV shows in the United States for Fox, ABC, NBC, Amazon and Showtime including Creating and Co-Executive Producing the Fox pilot The Station, starring John Goodman and Executive Produced by Ben Stiller, as well writing for the FX show Married for two seasons. With degrees in both Film/TV and Political Science from New York University, he has an interest in the nexus between film and geopolitics so he has independently produced and directed short documentaries in Northern Ireland and Nicaragua as well as a comedy TV pilot in India. Having recently established a base in Berlin he is continuing to create projects in both Europe and the U.S. What else? Also before becoming a writer and producer, he was a TV and film editor, editing award-winning features and documentaries. Filmography ›› Family Incident | Fox TV | creator, writer, executive producer ›› Faithless | Showtime Network/VIACOM | creator, writer, executive producer ›› The Pat Hobby Stories | AMAZON | co-writer, executive producer ›› Married | FX network/Twentieth Century Fox | writer 70

What else? She worked in a publishing house and directs feature and documentary films..

City of Residence Los Angeles & Berlin Nationality American Email kevinnap@gmail.com Agency Make Good Content/WME

Filmography ›› Savannah | TV movie | Crea TV, WDR | director ›› Wie Luft zum Atmen | documentary | Aquafilm, ARTE, ZDF | writer, director ›› Quien eres tu? | short film | Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln | writer, director Awards Wie Luft zum Atmen was shown at the Semaine de la Critique Locarno 2005 and the short Quien eres tu? was selected for the 58th Biennale di Venezia, Munich Filmfestival, Tel Aviv, Tblisi, Erewan, Oberhausen, Hof, Los Angeles and various international Script Labs

City of Residence Berlin Nationality German Email r.olshan@atmosfilm.de 71

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“Do only bad people come to a bad end?” Bilancia, Fabio Paladini Short Biography Fabio Paladini is a screenwriter, producer and director. Besides working as screenwriter for several Italian crime series such as La Nuova Squadra, Non Uccidere (RaiTre) and Distretto di Polizia (Canale 5), and for the teen comedy drama series Chiamatemi Gio’ (Disney Channel) he has been working as a script consultant for several Italian production companies such as Fremantle Media, TaoDue Film and Cross Productions. He is currently working as a script writer and creative producer for the RaiDue crime series Il Cacciatore and as a script writer for That dirty black bag, a new steampunk western series produced by Palomar. What else? He works as a teacher and tutor in international screenwriting courses such as the Web Series Lab, course for emerging screenwriters organized by the Swiss Television RSI. Filmography ›› Il Cacciatore | TV series | Cross Productions, RAI Fiction, Beta Film | script writer, creative producer ›› Io tra 20 anni | TV series | Cross Productions, RAI Fiction, Rai Young | script writer, creative producer ›› Soma | web series | Malatesta Film, web distribution | script writer, director ›› La Nuova Squadra | TV series | Fremantle Media, RaiTre | script writer Awards The fantasy-thriller Soma was awarded, among others, at the Los Angeles Web Fest in the categories Grand Prize Award, Outstanding Direction, Production and Sound FX and Score and got the Remi Award of the 46th Houston Worldfest. 72

City of Residence Rome Nationality Italian Email fpaladini@gmail.com

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“My mother had nothing of value. Except her teeth.” Cowboy Jimmy, Ivan Pavlovic

Short Biography Ivan Pavlovic was born in Tuzla (BiH) in 1990, but grew up in Italy. At the age of 11 he fell in love with movies when his sister showed him Star Wars, but it was after a marathon of the first three seasons of Lost that he decided to become a screenwriter. He graduated in writing for film and television at the Vancouver Film School in 2012, and has since worked in animation and television. Filmography ›› Elfoodz | animated series | Play Entertainment | writer ›› Darkwood | TV series | Palomar | staff writer ›› Trentotown | short film | Ivan Pavlovic | writer, director ›› I’ve Been Thinking About You | short film I writer

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“I smoke this every day and I’ve never got addicted.” Ice Cream & Murder

Short Biography Wiktor graduated from the Polish National Film School in Lodz and the Warsaw Film School. He is an alumnus of the Serial Eyes. He participated in the European TV Drama Series Lab organized by the Erich Pommer Institut Berlin and was one of the Berlinale Talents in 2016. He has worked as showrunner, head writer and writer on various TV series (over 500 hours of TV series produced). As a writer and producer he’s worked for companies from Germany (Letterbox, H & V Entertainment, Good Friends, all-in-production, Wüste Film), Austria (Satel Film), Norway (Filmhuset) Poland and others. Wiktor is a member of the Dirty Dozen Collective and the Polish Filmmakers Association. He’s represented by Page Magnet. What else? Wiktor Piatkowski created and co-wrote HBO’s first original series in Poland Wataha (The Pack), distributed worldwide by ZDF Enterprises. He has a PhD in television marketing and runs BAHAMA FILMS, an independent production company based in Warsaw. Filmography ›› The Pack (Wataha) | TV series | HBO, ZDF enterprises | creator, co-writer ›› Just Push Abuba | web series | ZDF | co-creator, writer ›› War Girls | period TV series | TVP | writer ›› Off Course | mystery TV series | H & V Entertainment | creator, headwriter 74

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“In the end, we’ll all become stories. Or else we’ll become entities. Maybe it’s the same.” Margaret Atwood

Short Biography Manuela Piemonte trained at a number of workshops including Biennale College Theatre and TorinoFilmLab, after a degree in Hispanoamerican Literature and a diploma in Screenwriting at the Milano Civica Cinema School. She works as a writer and screenwriter, in Italian, English and Spanish. She has written and consulted on a number of shorts, feature film and tv series projects. She has a wide experience in handling story structure, serial narrative form and adaptation from book to script. Her first novel Garden was published in Italy (Mondadori, 2013) and Spain (Anaya, 2014) under the pseudonym Emma Romero. Her novels as a ghostwriter have been in the Fiction Top 10 twice. City of Residence Warsaw Nationality Polish Email wiktor@bahamafilms.pl Website www.bahamafilms.pl Agency Page Magnet

City of Residence Milan, Rome Nationality Italian Email manuela.piemonte@yahoo.com Website https://manuelapiemonte. wordpress.com Agency IPC – Iniziative Promozioni Cinematografiche 75

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“A good story is a mirror where the whole of humanity and the universe are reflected” Alessio Posar

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“Simplicity is true and great work is simple. It’s just hard to get there.” Irene Reiserer

What else? Irene has worked as a Writer, Director, Dramaturge, Producer, Assistant Director, Location Scout, Production Manager, Electrician, Extras Coordinator and an Actress.

What else? Alessio enjoys writing for all genres and works not only as screenwriter, but also as author of short stories and novels, reportages, interviews, critical pieces and blogs.

Awards The web series CrimeTube Südtirol won the Best Thriller award at the Roma Web Fest 2018.

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Short Biography Irene Reiserer studied Screenplay and Directing at the Vienna Film Academy, worked as a dramaturge for the film production company coop99 in Vienna, and now as a second assistant director in South Tyrol. She writes fiction scripts, counsels on documentaries and realizes image and short films as a director.

Short Biography Alessio studied philosophy at the Università degli Studi in Trento and Creative Writing at the Scuola Holden in Turin. He has written for several magazines and currently collaborates with Esquire Italia. Alessio has written several scripts for short films, web series and advertising. He lives in Turin where he works as freelance screenwriter and author.

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Awards The documentary Fahrtwind, where Irene collaborated as dramaturge, was awarded as the Diagonale Festival 2013 in the categories Best Documentary, Best Photography, Best Editing and Best Sounddesign and premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam.

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“We’re not the same as normal people. If we are here, and they are outside the walls of places like these, it’s because we’re anthropologically superior. There are two human races, Totò, the one with power and money and the one without.” Lasciare stare la gallina, Daniele Rielli

Short Biography Lorenzo began writing by publishing two young-adult novels at 18, but after an MA in foreign languages he got accepted at the National Academy Silvio d’Amico in Rome to study scriptwriting. He collaborated with Sergio Rubini in the making of a movie, then started working with productions at RAI Fiction, and as a freelancer consultant right after. In 2017 he co-wrote 10 episodes of the Disney TV series Penny on M.A.R.S., which aired all over Europe in 2018. After winning the Premio Bixio award for best concept on a TV show, he was asked to write a movie for Kilig Production and develop a teen-fantasy series for Cross Productions, which he’s currently doing.

Short Biography Daniele was born in Bolzano in 1982. He holds a Master’s degree in Philosophy and has published several creative non-fiction works for Italian National newspapers such as Il Venerdì di Repubblica and Internazionale. He writes also for TV and theatre. What else? After years of publishing under the pseudonym “Quit the doner” Daniele he published his first novel Lasciare stare la gallina using his real name. Filmography ›› Hockey Town | documentary feature | writer ›› In balance on the border | TV series | writer ›› Lasciare stare la gallina | novel | Bompiani | author ›› Quitaly | collection of reportages | Indiana Editore | author 78

City of Residence Rome Nationality Italian Email danielerielli@gmail.com

What else? He trained as a junior story editor at RAI Fiction and started working as a consulting story editor right after, focusing especially in the early development and supervision of international projects. He’s currently collaborating with the Writers Guild of Italy, of which he’s also a member. Filmography ›› Figli del Destino | docu-film | RAI Fiction, Red Film | story editor ›› Penny on M.A.R.S. | Kids | Disney, 3Zero2 | screenwriter Awards Premio Bixio 2017 – Best TV Series Concept

City of Residence Rome Nationality Italian Email lore.righi@gmail.com Agency Ovolollo Factory 79

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“I started to burn when Chris couldn’t hear me, asleep on the bed next to me, innocent. I was afraid it’d be painful, but since it was a feeling I had experienced in small doses over a lifetime, it was, indeed, pleasantly irresistible” It burns, Anita Rivaroli

Short Biography Anita studied screenwriting at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia after getting her degree in Mass Media and Communication. Some of her scripts have been mentioned at main Italian competitions. She lives in Rome and works as a freelance screenwriter and director.

Short Biography G Rockk has a BA (Hons) in Scriptwriting for Film and TV, from the Bournemouth Media School, Centre for Excellence in Media Practice in the UK, and an MA in American Literature and Psychology, from before a life in film. She is writer, director and producer of short films and is currently working on a novel.

What else? Anita’s first documentary film “We are the thousand” is currently in production. Filmography ›› SKAM Italia | TV series | Tim Vision | screenwriter ›› Tutto può succedere 2 | TV series | Rai 1 | screenwriter ›› L’insonne | short film | Mescalito Film | screenwriter ›› A summer tale | short film | screenwriter, director Awards The original family series A modo mio was awarded with the Carlo Bixio prize at Roma Fiction Fest 2013. Her first short film, A summer tale, won Best short prize at World Youth Alliance Film Festival 2012, New York 80

“Give positivity and respect, get the best films.” G Rockk

City of Residence Rome Nationality Italian Email anitarivaroli@gmail.com

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“ ‘A splendid afternoon to set out!’ said one of the friends who was seeing me off, peering at the rain.” from Patrick Leigh Fermor’s “A Time of Gifts”. My essence of storytelling, told in one brilliant sentence, the first sentence of that story, actually – An upcoming journey, friends, who escort you to the threshold into the unknown, thereby joking. Perfect! I love stories.” Tillmann Roth

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“Because of real, authentic, pain, even imbeciles have sometimes become intelligent… Pain can do this.” Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Short Biography Cammilla Ruggiero was born in Milan in 1975 and graduated with a degree in Film Directing from the Luchino Visconti Civic Cinema School in Milan and later from Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome. She has made several documentaries dealing with social and educational topics and has been holding filmmaking-workshops in high schools since 2009.

Short Biography Tillmann was born in 1975 and lives in Berlin. He studied Film and Television at the Academy of Media Arts, Cologne and worked as a freelance cutter, copywriter, stage manager and assistant director before focusing on writing. What else? Just after finishing RACCONTI #4, he runs his own Writers’ Room as head writer for an upcoming 24-part Coming-of-age drama series.

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Awards Lost and Found was selected for the Istanbul Film Festival, Festival of European Cinema in Lecce, Arcipelago Film Festival and many others and won the “Emerging European Filmmaker” Award at the MIFED, the International Film and Audiovisual Market in Milan and came second at the Festival of Women’s Cinema, “Sguardi Altrove” , in Milan in 2004.

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“Damn girl, gross! – Tell me more.” Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Short Biography Judith studied creative and serial producing at the renowned Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg. In 2011 she directed her first commercial, which was honored with the First Steps Award. Afterwards, she jumped into the world of advertising, where she shot some nice spots in weird places, like on the rooftop of the NY Waldorf Astoria starring an Ex-GI turned beekeeper. Although she enjoyed the ride, Judith wanted to immerse fully into feature length and serial storytelling. Joining X Filme Creative Pool in 2014, she worked for four years as a passionate hands-on development and creative producer of several awardnominated TV movies, before moving further on to the wild side of filmmaking: Writing. Filmography ›› This bitter earth | series concept | MEDIA development slate, Prod. X Filme Creative Pool GmbH | writer ›› Tatort - Blut | TV series | DAS ERSTE Prod. X Filme Creative Pool GmbH | producer ›› Killing all the flies | TV series | Filmakademie BadenWuerttemberg, Ufa, ProSiebenSat1 | creator, producer ›› Wir beklauen dich doch auch nicht, oder? | commercial | Constantin Film | director Awards Wunschkinder: Grimme Preis Nominee, Best TV Movie, X Filme Creative Pool. Killing all the Flies (TV series pilot): Studio Hamburg Talent Award, Best Production; Sehsüchte Talent Award, Best Production. Wir beklauen dich doch auch nicht, oder?: First Steps Award, Best commercial direction 84

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“I’ve never fallen out of love. But I’ve learned not to care. And it’s a problem.” Pietro Seghetti

Short Biography Pietro has a Professional Certificate in Screenwriting at New York University. In 2011, he won the Mattador International Screenwriting Award. That same year, he started working in the editorial staff of Sky Cinema, right until he enrolled at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome, where he graduated in screenwriting. He is a Story Editor at Pepito Productions where he works on projects both for cinema (La Tenerezza by Gianni Amelio) and TV (e.g. I wanted to be a rock star by Matteo Oleotto). Pietro also works on different projects for Indigo Film. He is active both, as writer and story editor (either in shooting or in postproduction) and is developing two TV shows. What else? In 2017, Pietro has won public funds for the realization of a movie based on a short movie of which he is the author, called 1989.

City of Residence Berlin Nationality German Email Judith.schoell@gmx.de Website https://www.linkedin.com/in/ judith-schöll-7b808665/

Filmography ›› Premio (out) | 2011 ›› Lo so che mi senti (I know that you hear me) | 2012 ›› L’amore al tempo del precariato | web series | RAI | screenwriter ›› 1989 | full-length | Morel Film | screenwriter Awards Competitions and awards won at Nastri d’Argento (Silver ribbon), Toronto Inside Out festival 2015, Visioni Italiane, European Film festival, Festival of Tremblay- en-France), HRFF – International Human Rights of Tirana 2016, ARFF – Around Film Festival Berlin 2016 and many others.

City of Residence Rome Nationality Italian Email pietro.seghetti@gmail.com 85

H A R R Y S H E R R I F F Short Biography In 2016 he made 12 short films in 12 months. In 2017 he wrote & directed a six-part comedy web series called Early Days. The series was funded by Creative England and FACT Cinema through their North West Talent Programme. Thirty filmmakers were given the opportunity to pitch for £1500 with only one being awarded funding. Inspired by independent creators like Issa Rae and the makers behind Broad City, they released six episodes every Monday across platforms (YouTube, Facebook & Vimeo) Early Days garnered 80,000+ views on Facebook alone, attracted interest from Comedy Central and has screened at Dublin Web Fest where it won awards for Spirit of the Festival and Best Director. The show has also been accepted to screen at Germany’s premiere web fest, Die Seriale and Pilot Light in Manchester. Harry has been commissioned to write his debut feature by Red Union Films (Awaydays & The Violators now streaming on Netflix). His work has been featured in Digital Filmmakers’ Magazine, Directors’ Notes, and he was recently made a One To Watch by HIIVE. What else? Harry is a filmmaker and has an MA in Creative Writing. Filmography ›› Hits Like A Girl (Creative England iShort) | 2014 ›› 12 shorts in 12 months project | 2016 ›› Early Days | web series | 2017 Awards Best director for Early Days web series at the Dublin Web Fest 2017. 86

City of Residence Manchester Nationality English Email harryjjsherriff@gmail.com Website www.harrysherriff.com

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Short Biography Fidel studied at the La Sapienza University of Rome and attended the screenplay training course RAI Script. He worked as scriptwriter for production companies such as Palomar, Grundy, Publispei, Paypermoon and wrote for several Italian TV series such as Gente di Mare, Un Medico in Famiglia, Tutti pazzi per amore. Fidel lives as freelance screenwriter for TV and cinema in Rome. Filmography ›› La strada dritta | TV movie | Cattleya, RAI Fiction | writer ›› La prima linea | feature film | Lucky Red | writer ›› Questo è il mio paese | TV series | Cross Productions, RAI 1 | writer

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“We’re born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we’re not alone.” O. Welles

Awards Top 10 finalist for the Franco Solinas Award in 2014. His short film Fib 1477 was in competition at Venezia 63. Guido was awarded numerous scholarships (RAI/Script, Mediterranean Film Insitute, Overseas). 88

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“Hello.” Raquel Stern

Short Biography Raquel Stern is a director and screenwriter living in Berlin, Germany. Originally from the USA, she has a B.F.A in Film & TV Production from New York University and holds an M.F.A. in screenwriting/dramaturgy from Filmuniversität Babelsberg Konrad Wolf. She has original projects in development (Constantin Television, Lupa Film, Neue Super, Frenchkiss Pictures) and is in the writers’ rooms for Heartbreak Hotel (VOX) and Miststück, the German adaptation of the BBC/Amazon series Fleabag. Raquel recently directed the first episodes of her original web series Pity Fu*k as well as the pilot for Deadlines (Turbokultur), a forthcoming web series.

Short Biography Before graduating in Screenwriting at Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, Guido Silei attended UCLA, where he studied theatre, tv and film. Through the years, he has worked as a writer and story editor for many broadcasters and production companies (Fox, Fremantle, Eagle Pictures, Palomar, IIF). Currently he lives between Rome and Florence, works as a writer-producer and teaches Film History at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. Filmography ›› Hotel Pianosa | documentary | Boats, Fremantle, Canale Nove | co-writer ›› Boris | TV series | Wilder, FX | story editor ›› The Monster of Florence | TV miniseries | Wilder, Fox Crime | story editor ›› Non pensarci | TV series | Pupkin, ITC, Wilder, Fox | story editor

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City of Residence Florence Nationality Italian Email guidosilei@gmail.com Agency Karasciò Consulenze Artistiche

Filmography ›› The 36 | series | Frenchkiss Pictures | co-creator, co-writer ›› Miss Holocaust Survivor | feature film | Lupa Film | co-writer ›› Heartbreak Hotel | series | Neue Super & VOX | co-creator, co-writer ›› Miststück | Bon Voyage Films | co-writer Awards Raquel and co-writer Donna Sharpe were awarded a grant from the FFA (German Federal Film Board) to develop their feature dramedy script Miss Holocaust Survivor. Also in 2018, the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg bestowed development and production funds for Deadlines, a web series directed and co-created by Raquel.

City of Residence Berlin Nationality American & Polish Email rts@raquelstern.com Website http://theagency.co.uk/ the-clients/raquel-stern/ Agency The Agency, London 89

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racconti local talent “European Champion in Fencing. Me. With just one eye, nobody knew that. With the medal around my neck I told them. Their eyes where falling out. Two out of each of them.” Ro...Ro…Romeo, Martin Thaler

Short Biography Laura has always been fascinated by how and why stories work. To find out she studied film, theatre and literature at the University of Hildesheim, focusing specifically on popular culture. She worked in a wide variety of positions on the sets of multiple short-and feature film productions and finally co-wrote and directed the web series quasinormal, as well as her own short film Shotgun. After finishing her bachelor’s degree in 2015 a short detour through period costume design led her back around to what initially sparked her passion for film: storytelling. She has been a staff writer for the legal/dramedy series Beck is Back since 2017. What else? Laura has worked in the costume-and art departments of several feature films and volunteered for film festivals in Berlin and Reykjavik.. Filmography ›› Beck is Back | series | UFA Fiction | staff writer ›› Shotgun | short film | writer, director quasinormal | web series | co-writer, director ›› quasinormal | web series | co-writer, director 90

City of Residence Berlin Nationality German Email lauratamoj@web.de

Short Biography Martin was born in Brixen, South Tyrol. In Vienna he gratuated first in Political Science, then in Acting at the Vienna Conservatoire. Along with several engagements as an actor on stage and in film he started writing. His first feature script was funded by FFF Bayern and is currently in financing. His second feature was selected for RACCONTI Local Talent mentoring program. Filmography ›› Balla Balla | feature film | writer ›› Ro…Ro…Romeo | feature film | Getaway Pictures, Jooyaa Films | writer ›› Peng | shortfilm | TAKT FILM | writer, director

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Short Biography Benjamin Thum was born and raised in Brunico in South Tyrol in the Italian Alps. In 2013, he got his degree in directing from ZeLIG, school for documentary in Bolzano. Since then, he has lived in Rome, Berlin and Bolzano, where he has worked on film sets, in production and television. His first short film Der Wolf, developed in RACCONTI Local Plus, was shown at international film festivals and won several awards. Filmography ›› Der Wolf | short film | Martin Reifer, creative studio | writer, director ›› fragments / alto fragile | experimental documentary | ZeLIG | writer, director ›› Tristan | short film | ZeLIG | writer, director Awards Der Wolf won several international awards, like BEST FILM “orizzonti vicini” at Trento FF 2018, BEST FILM at Valsusa FF 2018, Bronze Horse at Trojan Horse FF 2018 Turkey. 92

Short Biography Karsten Treber was born in 1975 in Germany. After receiving a scholarship for a study year in Toronto, Canada, he graduated with his Ph.D. thesis Auf Abwegen - Episodisches Erzählen im Film. Internships at the ZDF, Bavaria Media and several publishing houses led to his freelance work as a script editor and as a book scout for Yellow Bird Pictures. City of Residence Rome Nationality Italian Email b.thum@hotmail.com

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“I haven’t emigrated anywhere, I was born and raised here: why would I be a foreigner? Because I’m different? Because of the colour of my skin? Why would I be a foreigner?” Insiders-Outsiders, Matteo Vegetti and Sarah Trevisiol

Short Biography Matteo is an engineer turned filmmaker, Sarah is an anthropologist with a strong focus on social issues. For the past five years they’ve been working together on a series of documentaries and multimedia projects both in Italy and abroad, especially in Asia. Their continuous quest for new ways of telling stories has led them to directing music videos and ads. Stato di Gloria is their first endeavor in fiction. What else? Matteo and Sarah are the founders of Silent Storm Productions; an independent production company specialized in producing short and feature-length documentaries. Filmography ›› Stato di Gloria | short film | Silent Storm Productions | writers, directors, producers ›› Insiders - Outsiders | documentary | EVAA & Franzproduction | writers, directors, producers ›› Apatani Beauty | short documentary | National Geographic | writers, directors, producers Awards Insiders – Outsiders won an award at the Filmfestival della Lessinia as best film on an alpine topic and was screened at the Trento Film Festival, Bozner Filmtage, Münchner Ethno Film Fest and others. The short film script Stato di Gloria won an award at RACCONTI Local Plus. 94

Short Biography Ansgar Vogt studied German Philology, theatrical science and theater direction at the Humboldt University in Berlin and the Goldsmiths College University of London before graduating as Fulbright scholarship holder from the Tisch School of the Arts/New York University. He worked for several years as dramaturge and screenplay developer for the German production companies Moovie – the art of entertainment and UFA Cinema. Ansgar is a member of the selection committee at Berlin International Film Festival/Forum section, and Senior Film Programmer for the Festival Internacional de Cine de Cartagena de Indias, Cartagena, Kolumbien.

City of Residence Bolzano Nationality Italian Email matteo@silent-storm.com sarah@silent-storm.com Website silent-storm.com

City of Residence Berlin Nationality German Email ansgar.vogt@gmx.de Website www.pagemagnet.de 95

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racconti #3 & #7 “Statistically, ninety-nine of every hundred people that shoot themselves in the head with a rifle manage to die. One doesn’t. That’s me.” Mike in Coconut Hero

Short Biography Elena von Saucken was born in Munich, Germany and holds a degree in Media Planning, Development and Consultancy. In 2004/05, she attended the Masterclass for young European producers at the Baden-Württemberg Film Academy and the FEMIS in Paris. In 2010, Elena was invited to attend the screenplay workshop (Drehbuchwerkstatt München) at the Academy of Film and Television in Munich.

Awards Das Lied in mir received among others, the Best Film Award at the Chile International Film Festival, two Lolas in the categories Best Cinematography and Best Actress in a Supporting Role, the Golden Icon for the Best German-speaking Feature Film at Zürich Film Festival and the Audience Award and FPRESCI Award at FFM Montreal. 96

racconti local talent #2 “You must give birth to your images. They are the future waiting to be born. Fear not the strangeness you feel. The future must enter you long before it happens. Just wait for the birth, for the the hour of the newclarity” Rainer Maria Rilke

Short Biography She was born in Merano and raised in Amsterdam where she studied Film & TV Sciences at the University of Amsterdam. She studied in Prague at FAMU film school and in Rome at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia where she graduated with a degree in Film Directing. Anna has written and directed various short and medium length films. Under the wing of South Tyrolean producer Karl Baumgartner and with the support of the IDM Film Fund, Anna developed the script for her feature film project Porcelain Girl.

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City of Residence Berlin Nationality German Email mail@players.de Website www.players.de Agency Players

Filmography ›› Alba | short film | writer, director ›› La Zona (The Zone) | short film | writer, director ›› Porcelain Girl (second draft) | Vessel of Love (treatment) | Every Body is Perfect (treatment) Awards Anna’s Porcelain Girl won the first prize at the Sound & Scenario Writing Seminar of the Unheard Film Festival of Amsterdam. Anna got selected for the Berlinale Talent Campus, the Abbas Kiarostami Seminar of Scuola Holden, the Film Spring seminar of Kölner Filmhaus and FOCAL. Her scripts were selected for the Torino Film Lab and for EKRAN.

City of Residence The Netherlands Nationality Italian & Dutch Email annawasch@gmail.com Website www.annawasch.com 97

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“Happiness is to have fully exploited all your abilities.“ Frank Wedekind

“Those are my principles, and if you don’t like them... well, I have others.” Groucho Marx Short Biography Daniel was born in Basildon (UK), but raised in Brixen, South Tyrol. He studied History and Communication in Vienna, while working on several documentaries. He then went on to study Screenwriting in Germany, Finland and the UK. On his return to Austria, he joined Terra Mater Film Studios, before going freelance, writing, directing and producing the short films Angst and Zuflucht, that have been shown at over 50 Festival worldwide.

Short Biography Born (1977) and raised in Munich, Klaus began working for production companies and local newspapers as a junior editor and writer, later becoming a copy writer for an advertising agency based in Cologne. He stayed in Cologne to study screenwriting at the ifs international filmschool and graduated with a BA in 2005. Since then he has written and co-written feature films and epsiodes for TV series and was recently tasked with headwriting the TV Series Milk & Honey (VOX, 10x45).

What else? Became a filmmaker because a machine took his dream job as a videostore-clerk at the only rental place in his hometown Brixen. He directs documentaries and short films, works on a Graphic Novel, edits social media videos and does everything he can to help making films. Filmography ›› Zuflucht | short film | WFS | writer, director, producer ›› Angst | short film | WFS, Takt Film | writer, director, producer ›› Im Labyrinth der Lichter | TV doc | epo-film, mokino, Servus TV | writer, director ›› Val Camonica | TV doc | epo-film, mokino, Servus TV | writer, director

City of Residence Berlin Nationality German Email post@klauswolfertstetter.com

Awards Daniel’s short film script Angst was awarded at RACCONTI | Local Plus. It is loosely based on his project Generation Fear, that was selected for the Documentary Campus Masterschool in 2015. His second short Zuflucht was awarded Best Shortfilm at the Dolomitale Filmfestival 2018.

City of Residence Vienna Nationality Italian Email daniel.a.wunderer@gmail.com 99

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“Janne’s eyes are wide open. She looks at the girl differently now. Frightened? JANNE ‘You are … Piggy?’ The girl grunts excitedly. GIRL ‘See? You know everything already.’ ” Piggy, Kim Zimmermann

Short Biography One year before Pascal Yorks’ birth, his Caribbean parents decided to move to Hamburg. He spent five years of his early youth in a nearby catholic boarding school for boys. After attending Hamburg’s Wichern Highschool he took up a course in Humanities at Hamburg University. He moved to Berlin where he, after working in event and PR management, enrolled in the screenwriter’s academy at the renowned German Film-and Television Academy Berlin. He graduated in the summer of 2011. Filmography ›› MPU | short film | dffb Berlin | writer Awards His short MPU was rated “Exceptionally Valuable” by the German Film Evaluation Agency Wiesbaden. 100

Short Biography Kim lives in Berlin. She studied Screenwriting at the HFF Potsdam-Babelsberg, Writing for Children at the Akademie for Children’s Media and is an Alumna of the European postgraduate TV Serial Writing & Production program Serial Eyes. She works as a freelance screenwriter and scrip consultant. Besides developing projects for the German television market, her focus lies in projects produced as European co-productions.

City of Residence Berlin Nationality German Email pascalyorks@gmail.com

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The film funding department of IDM has served as a financial backer and service partner for film productions since 2010. The stated goal is to raise South Tyrol’s profile as a film location and to support funding for film projects that are realized wholly or partly in South Tyrol. The focus of the film funding is mainly economic. The instrument of film funding is designed to encourage investments in the province that contribute to the development and strengthening of the film infrastructure. Due to the geographical location of the province and the attendant bilingualism, IDM looks beyond borders as a matter of course and seeks to create an interface between the three film markets of Italy, Austria, Switzerland and Germany. IDM thus places special focus on promoting co-productions between these countries. In addition, IDM tries to encourage and strengthen professional exchange and mutual understanding of prevailing production and financing conditions

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