Italia/Italy, 2009, DV, 47’ (Italian premiere)

Director: Diego Hurtago de Mendoza
Editing: Babak Karimi
Production: Fabrica

Synopsis
“Branding Kosovo” is a one-man trip into one of the most recent conflicts in Europe. It is a film about the creation of the symbols that represent the identity of the newest country in the world, the Republic of Kosovo. After the unilateral declaration of Independence on February 17th, 2008, Diego Hurtado de Mendoza travelled to Prishtina to document the international contests for the State flag and the new anthem of Kosovo.Which is the best design that could represent this new State and its citizens? What melody could symbolically identify everyone living in Kosovo? In this historical time of transition these symbols tell the story of a fragmented society seeking a new identity that could help them get away from the ethnic hatred that has caused so many conflicts in the Balkans.

Biofilmography
Diego Hurtado de Mendoza (Madrid, 1980) studied Economics at the University of Madrid as well as Visual Communication in Salamanca. He likes defining himself as “a visual communicator who goes beyond art and graphics borders”.
Diego worked through a great variety of media such as TV, press and internet, both for independent artists and international companies, and wrote a book entitled “Portuguese Tile Design”, with a preface by Paulo Henriques, director of the National Tile Museum of Portugal.
Until January 2009 Diego was in a scholarship program in the department of Media di Fabrica, the research centre on communication of Benetton. He shot “Branding Kosovo”, a documentary on the creation of the symbols that represent the identity of the newest country in the world, the Republic of Kosovo.

Italia/Italy, 2009, Mini DV, 29’ (Italian premiere)

Director: Davide Arosio, Alberto Gerosa
Editing: Davide Arosio, Alberto Gerosa
Production: Graffito Film

Synopsis
Sergent Limiac is a police officer who takes care of security in the red light district; the place where most foreigners choose to live.
“Honey Daddy” is a 75 year old australian who retired in the Philippines. He lives with Jenny, a former bar-girl who quit her job to take care of him.
Origada is a ladyboy entertainer who left his home and lives alone in the slums. He prostitutes himself to foreign men to financially support his parents, who have never accepted his homosexuality.
Rachel is a twenty-year old girl from Cebu, she works as a dancer and prostitute in a bar. She lives outside the city in a slum house with her family.
They all live in Angeles City, the former home of Clark Air Base, the largest US Air Force Base outside continental America, which was finally closed in 1991.
The base favoured the raising of many brothels and men’s clubs, turning the city into one of the most popular destinations for international sexual tourism in the world.

Biofilmography

DAVIDE AROSIO
Davide Arosio was born on October 31, 1985. Because of his love for cinema, in 2004 he started his studies at DAMS in Turin.At the beginning of 2005 he shoots his first short-film Le finestre, followed by a second work entitled Bianca, which was screened at PREMIO DAMS 2006 in Bologna. From 2006 till 2007 he worked on 4 new projects: Una gita al lago, Il ragazzo di sabbia e Ritratti di Eloise.
Il ragazzo di sabbia takes part in the 25° TORINO FILM FESTIVAL under the direction of Nanni Moretti in the section “Spazio Torino”.

ALBERTO GEROSA
Alberto Gerosa has a degree in Communication with a final reaserch-documentary on the cultural integration of Italians in China.
He worked for the per DDM Warehouse Independent Center for Contemporary Art in Shanghai, and he also was assistant editor for the international project Migration Addicts (presented at Biennale competition of Venice 2007). He cooperated with the Italian Cultural Institute in New York for the retrospective on Pier Paolo Pasolini.
Since 2007 Davide Arosio and Alberto Gerosa have been working together on several projects.