ROLE: Additional editor (offline)
FORMAT: Documentary series, 4 x 60′, HD
COMMISSIONER: Netflix
PRODUCTION COMPANY: Raw TV
SYNOPSIS: Rome, 1983. After leaving a music lesson, 15-year-old Emanuela Orlandi vanishes — embroiling the Vatican in a decades-long mystery. Between falsified evidence and alleged tracks, the director Mark Lewis (former author of “Don’t F**k with Cats”) analyses what we know so far in this new Netflix original docu-series.
ROLE: Offline editor
FORMAT: Short Film, 1 x 3′, HD
COMMISIONER: BBC2. The film was funded as part of the BBC Two Minute Masterpiece programme.
DIRECTOR: Naomi Waring
SYNOPSIS: Using Arthur O’Shaughnessy’s ode as inspiration, Naomi Waring’s film celebrates the confidence, pride and beauty that disco dancing brings to a working class community in Northern Ireland.
FESTIVALS: Official selection at: Aesthetica Short Film Festival (BAFTA-Qualifying), Chicago International Children’s Film Festival, Uppsala Short Film Festival, Dublin International Film Festival.
HIGHLIGHTS: Feeling motivated by this story of youth empowerment and dreaming to fly through the air as the young performers.
ROLE: Offline editor
FORMAT: Feature documentary, 1 x 52′, HD. Please have a look at the trailer and feel free to get in touch to request a copy of the full episode.
COMMISIONER: History Channel
PRODUCTION COMPANY: TVF International
SYNOPSIS: This groundbreaking historical documentary investigates, for the first time, the epic struggle between China and Japan during the second world war and its long-lasting effects in modern China and beyond. Based on the acclaimed book, Forgotten Ally, by renowned China expert Rana Mitter, the film combines eye witness testimony with rare archive footage and stunning animated reconstructions. An emotional, eye-opening journey that re-writes history as we know it.
HIGHLIGHTS: Creating breathing space in a sequence while at the same time summarising 8 years of human suffering in just 52 minutes.
ROLE: Offline editor
FORMAT: Feature Film, 1 x 94′, DCI 4K.
COMMISIONER: B.F.I.
DIRECTOR: Flavia Casà
SYNOPSIS: Set in the British seaside, Beautiful in the Morning is a coming of age story about Marielle, an 18 years old girl who during the summer travels to her family country house to reconnect with the women in her family, only for them to be torn apart by an intrusive stranger.
FILM PREMIERE: Los Angeles Femme Int’l Film Festival, Official Selection
AWARDS:
HIGHLIGHTS: The late editing sessions with the director, discussing passionately on how to represent realistically the emotional world of an 18 years old.
ROLE: Offline editor
FORMAT: Short documentary, 1 x 4′, HD
PRODUCTION COMPANIES: Jungle Creations and Baldwin&
SYNOPSIS: In 2010, U.S. Sergeant J.D. Williams was leading a small recon team in Afghanistan when an IED detonated directly underneath him. J.D. was badly injured but survived. And when back home, he found a way to challenge himself again.
The film was featured on Muse by Clio Magazine. Please read the full review here
HIGHLIGHTS: Being inspired by J.D. story of resilience and superation. And when a message is so meaningful, cutting it down to just 4 minutes proves quite challenging.
ROLE: Offline editor
FORMAT: Short Film,1 x 17′, DCI 4K Cinemascope
DIRECTOR: Chris Carr
CHANNEL: Amazon Prime
SYNOPSIS: The Dry Cleaner is a contemporary short spy film about the moral dilemma of agent recruitment. British Intelligence officer George Collins makes contact with Middle Eastern student Lydia, who at her university knows members of a revolutionary group called the FKA. George tries to persuade Lydia to work with him and provide information. Will Lydia spy on her friends in Britain or will she leave George out in the cold?
The film is currently in development with the same characters as a feature film. Shot in London on Red Epic.
AWARDS:
HIGHLIGHTS: Experimenting with suspense while getting into the mindset of an hesitant aspiring young spy.
