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Karta Film

ufficio stampa — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:02:55 +0000

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Classic

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Gullane

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Gullane Filmes was founded in 1996 by Caio and Fabiano Gullane. It is regarded today as one of the best known and most respected production companies of the Brazilian film industry. Among the most recent successes, among both critics and audiences, produced by Gullane Filmes: ‘Ano em que maus pais saìram de férias’ (Berlin Film Festival 2007 - in competition), “Carandiru” (Cannes 2003 - in competition) and “Brainstorm” (presented at Locarno and Toronto Film Festivals 2001). The aim of Gullane Filmes is to devote their energies to projects of various type, combining technical and artistic levels in order to produce films which are both commercial and suitable for international film festivals.
Gullane is specialized in international co-productions. In 2008 he coproduced with Italy ‘La Terra degli Uomini Rossi - Birdwatchers’, directed by Marco Bechis and “Plastic City” by Yu Likwai with China / Hong Kong.
Besides its screen projects, Gullane worked also for television. At the moment it is producing a TV series for HBO.
Gullane Filmes is also involved in a social project, ‘Oficinas Querô’ a program supported by Unicef which promotes the process of social integration for teenagers coming from poor communities.

Gullane Filmes website

Amedeo Pagani

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Amedeo Pagani was born in Addis Abeba on the 26th June 1941. He got a Fullbright Scholarship at Brandeis University and studied English Literature and American Theatre with Modern History Professors Herbert Marcuse and Philip Rahv. After graduating in Law in Rome, he started his career as a journalist and became a member of Marsilio Editori.

Amedeo Pagani was a member of prestigious cultural and cinematographic committees and jurys, he was also the President of the Commissione Premi Qualità per il Cinema, President of Producers on the Move, member of the Premio Solinas jury and founder member of the European Film Academy.

He started to write for the cinema as an author of stories and screenplays, working on several films, among which Night Porter by Cavani, La cagna by Ferreri (dialogues), Il maestro e margherita by Petrovic, Ernesto from Saba, by Samperi.

He founded Beam distribution company (later to become Bim) and started his activity as an independent producer.

Amedeo Pagani produced or distributed about 40 films since 1988. They were often films by first rate directors, with an international cast, which were awarded dozens of prestigious prizes at cinematographic festivals all over the world: among these we remember “2046” and “IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE” by Wong Kar-wai, “THE WEEPING MEADOW”, “THE ETERNITY AND A DAY” e “ULYSSES’ GAZE” by Théo Angelopoulos”, “SIN NOTICIAS DE DIOS” by Augustìn Dìaz Yanes, “EL ABRAZO PARTIDO” by Daniel Burman, “GARAGE OLIMPO” and “FIGLI/HIJOS” by Marco Bechis.

He was personally awarded, for his work as a producer, many prestigious awards, among which, in 2000, the David di Donatello award, as “Best Producer” for the film “Garage Olimpo” by Marco Bechis.