A year in Lara Gut’s universe, from the victory of the Alpine Ski World Cup Overall title in 2016 to the comeback after an injury at the peak of her career.
A documentary about a young woman and a champion trying to find her way amidst self-fulfillment and public expectations.
Lara is an archetype of many characters in the continuous search of overcoming themselves, the achievement of something that speaks to your heart, of the spontaneity that is the basis of what you love to do.
SCREENINGS & AWARDS
2019 World Premiere: Solothurn Film Festival
2019 MICGenero Film Festival (Latin American Premier)
2019 Kitzbuehel Film Festival
2019 Whistler Film Festival
PRESS
DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY & FILMOGRAPHY
Niccolò Castelli
Born in 1982, passionate about music, sounds and images, since 1998 he has been collaborating with the third network of the Swiss National Radio broadcaster RSI. In the meantime he has made several short films, reportages and music videos. Graduated (2005) from the Faculty of Letters and Philosophy at DAMS in Bologna and member of ipotesICinema by Ermanno Olmi, he obtained a Master’s degree in film direction and editing at the Zurich University of the Arts ZHdK (2008). His graduation project is «Endsieg». In the following years he collaborated in the production of some feature films as well as writer and director of short films, documentaries, reportages and music videos. «Tutti Giù – Everybody sometimes falls» (2012), his first feature film, had its premiere at the Locarno International Film Festival. After a film writing specialization in Munich (Drehbuchwerkstatt München 2014), he developed his activity as a director for documentaries, reportages and films and in scriptwriting. In parallel with film making, he continues to collaborate in various cultural fields. He is currently in production with his new fictional feature film «Atlas».
Member of:
ARF/FDS Swiss Filmmakers Association
AFAT Ticino Film and Audiovisual Association
SUISSIMAGE Swiss Authors’ Rights Cooperative for Audiovisual Works
SUISA Cooperative Society of Music Authors
Vice President of the Ticino Film Commission Foundation
Filmography
2019 – Atlas, feature film – in production
2018 – Looking for Sunshine, TV documentary
2016 – Sotto il gigante, experimental shortfilm
2015 – Derby, TV documentary
2014 / 2016 – Locarno Festival director’s shortfilms
2014 – Skateistan, Art Skate & School in Kabul, short documentary
2014 – Rahim Walizada, contemporary art in Afghanistan, short documentary
2014 – Unesco in Switzerland, mini serie (3 episodes)
2013 – Un giorno in ospedale, TV documentary
2012 – Tutti Giù, feature film
2011 – Abilmente Diverso, TV documentary
2010 – Moving Forest, shortfilm
2008 – Endsieg – Everything Changes in One Shot, shortfilm
2007 / 2016 Music Videos
PRODUCER’S BIOGRAPHY & FILMOGRAPHY
Niccolò Castelli
PRODUCTION COMPANY
Paranoiko pictures
Via Ciseri 3
6900 Lugano – Switzerland
info@paranoiko.com
http://www.niccolocastelli.ch/
CREDITS
Camera Niccolò Castelli
Sound engeneer Niccolò Castelli, Sandro Hess
Editing Claudio Cea, Niccolò Castelli, Giulia Eppi
Sound editing Riccardo Studer
Sound editing TV version Sandro Hess
Original music Jon Deerhill (Yan Hirschbühl)
Animations Andrea Masciadri
Graphic design Manuela Bieri
Post-production images Jürgen Kupka
Post-production images TV version Simon Guy Fässler
Digitization family Gut archives Emanuele Di Marco
Additional images and archives Archivi Famiglia Gut, Teche RSI Radiotelevisione svizzera, Blaž Oman
Additional production delegate Nicola Bernasconi
Production assistants and press office Ursina Haller, Lisa Barzaghi, Victoria Manconi
Journalistic consultants Ellade Ossola, Giampaolo Giannoni
Organisator Ursina Haller
Communication and organization Lara Gut Alexandre Ahr, Giulia Candiago
Translations Ursina Haller, Daniel Casparis, Victoria Manconi, Francesca Pedrocchi, Mediamix.tre
Web: Latitude46
RSI production assistants Alessandra Witzig, Luisella Formenti
Sport RSI production collaborators Tanja Valentin, Maura Meroni Cavalli
Editing at Spazio 1929, Lugano
Post-production images at 8horses, Zurigo
Archives digitization at REC, Lugano
Produced by Niccolò Castelli
SRG SSR production Diana Segantini, Silvana Bezzola Rigolini, Michael Beltrami