Category: Documentaries

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ZeLIG Admissions 2025-2028

Last week, I had the great honour of serving on the admissions committee of my documentary alma mater, ZeLIG School for Documentary, Television and New Media, alongside film director Marie Wilke and Emanuele Vernillo, head of the education programme.

We had the immense pleasure of welcoming 45 talented emerging filmmakers to Bolzano, 30 of whom were finally admitted to the upcoming three-year programme. It was a difficult yet inspiring decision-making process, and I would like to thank everyone who was a part of it – the candidates as much as the whole ZeLIG team, especially ZeLIG director, Gronauer Heidi and head of marketing and communications Erika Waldboth, who made each day of our stay so much more joyful.

To the new ZeLIG students: I wish you an enriching experience filled with inspiration, perseverance, courage, and meaningful friendships over the coming years. The world needs good documentary films — and documentary film needs curious, creative, and thoughtful individuals to make an impact, both within and beyond the ZeLIG universe.

See you all again soon, hopefully!

📷 (c) Erika Waldboth, ZeLIG School for Documentary, Television and New Media

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“Torino Torino” at Salone Internazionale del Libro

On 15 May 2025, 18h00, we are presenting our documentary TORINO TORINO (world premiere and release dates to be disclosed, so stay tuned!) at Salone del Libro, Turin, Italy, together with our partners Ediciclo Editore and their book “Due biciclette intorno al mondo” – both telling the story of the great adventure of Valentino Roldando and Adriano Sada in the 1950s.

Where: #SalTo25, programme #SaloneOff, Motovelodromo Torino, Corso Casale 144, Torino

With: Martin Alan Tranquillini and Alberto Favruzzo from Abisso Studio (producers of the film), Elia Tedesco (who stars in the film as Valentino Rolando’s voice), Francesco Rolando (Valentino’s son and protagonist of the film), and Alberto Fiorin (the book’s editor). Hosted by the journalist Leonardo Bizzaro.

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In Production: Torino Torino

We have successfully concluded the filming of our documentary short “TORINO TORINO” and are now entering the editing and postproduction phase, including the creative editing of the archive material, the writing process of the narrative voice and the creation of the musical soundscape. We are very much looking forward to the challenging upcoming months.