Director / Cinematographer / Camera Operator

Born in 1996 in Milan, Ludovico Emanuele Tesoro-Tess holds a BA in philosophy at Milan University. His passion for filmmaking and photography accompanied him throughout his studies, and soon turned into a fulltime career. Ludovico started collaborating with independent production companies focusing on documentary, at first as a camera assistant, then as camera operator and DoP. In 2018 he attended the Jerusalem Film Workshop alongside 20 participants coming from all over the world. At the end of the two months’ experience, Ludovico released the documentary Miriam, screened at the Jerusalem Film Festival.

In 2020 he cooperated in the project (Be)Longing as cinematographer. The documentary, dealing with the subject of non-European artists and their experience with the European art market, was awarded by the King’s College with the prize for the best Major thesis.

Ludovico is currently working on a French documentary portraying the story of the Tunisian Jewish Community, shot between Paris and Tunis.

E-mail: ludovico@tesoro-tess.com

Instagram: @ludovico_tesoro_tess

Producer

I was born and raised in Milan, in a family where arts and culture have always been at the core. After attending an artistic High school, I decided to complete a BA in International Relations at the University of Kent as I wanted to explore the relationship between societies and how politics interact within and between them. My interest in art did not diminish during the degree; on the contrary, I tried to blend my two interest, writing my dissertation on the relationship between arts and politics, the role of cultural institutions and how art could have an impact on society. Following a similar path, I recently graduated in Arts and cultural management at King's college London. My MA thesis was a debut documentary film named (Be)Longing where I combined my political and artistic interest. In (Be)Longing, the concept of Europe is deconstructed by four contemporary artists who retrace the phases that brought them to Europe and their art expresses their dissent to the current situation. My purpose was to question, create a debate around a theme and a reality that too often is not taken into account. I see the power of art as a catalyst for many social issues that need to be addressed.

In order to make the documentary I’ve collaborated with two of my closest childhood friends, creating a close-knit team with whom I intend to work on many more projects in the future.

E-mail: edoardogabbai@gmail.com

Editor / Producer

Chiara Passoni was born and raised in Italy in a multicultural family. Starting from an early age, her love for cinema as a passionate viewer turned into the wish to be active part of the world which works behind and for the film. In 2014 she translated for the publisher Mimesis from French to Italian a philosophical essay by author and professor Maxime Coulombe on the figure of the living dead in the history of cinema. She later graduated in Italian Language and Literature and obtained her MA in Publishing and Communication. Her thesis on the representation of the urban context of Milan in contemporary Italian documentary was awarded with the Ermanno Olmi prize for the best thesis on cinema.

She currently works for the Italian independent company Forma International as author, producer and editor. Through her academic career and her first working experiences she channeled her focus on documentary, the cinematic genre which most fascinates and captivates her for its ability to represent reality in its several forms and aspects. Starting from 2021, Chiara collaborates as a film critic with Italian online magazines such as NPC Magazine and Critical Eye.

E-mail: chiara@formainternational.it

Sound - sound recordist, mixing engineer, musician

Born in 1996 in Milan, from a jewish laic family he began to study music at the age of ten developing a great passion.

After finishing the highscool Giulio began to work as a cook for the first two years, before in Italy and later in Ireland.

After coming back to Italy he started his studies in sound engineering, following his dream to work with music. After graduating Giulio started working as a freelance musician and sound engineer for concerts, recording studios, cultural associations and documentaries productions.

In the first summer of the pandemic Giulio with two childhood friends realizes their first self- produced documentary “Be-longing”. After the positive experiment, they decided to found an independent production company.

At the end of 2020 he began to work as a projectionist in a little cinema in Milano called “Il Cinemino”, and in 2021 he built with a friend his recording studio.