Донато Ротунно

Donato Rotunno

The career of film director Donato Rotunno started with the short film “Fishtrip” (1996) and continued with documentaries on themes specific to Luxembourg, including immigration (“Terra Mia Terra Nostra”, 2012 ; “Les Mesures du rectangle”, 2002), cultural mixing (“Blà Blä Blá”, 2011), the role of politics in society (“André et les voix dissidentes”, 1999), and the relationship between contemporary art and film : "Making of a picture" and “Landscape with a corpse”, 2003, inspired by the work of Japanese photographer Kaoru Izima, or more recently "Dreams have a language » a docu-fiction co-directed with the french artist Sylvie Blocher. His first feature-length fiction film, “In a Dark Place” (2006), won the award for best artistic contribution at the Lëtzebuerger Filmpräis in 2007 and his second film, “Baby(a)lone”, an adaptation of the novel “Amok” by Luxembourg writer Tullio Forgiarini, tell s the story of two lost teenagers, aiming for happiness in a society which has resigned from its duties. Now, he's working in collaboration with Jean Portante on an original script extending the themes dealt with in "Terra Mia Terra Nostra ». As a producer, Donato Rotunno co-founded the production company Tarantula Luxembourg in 1995, through which, to date, he has supervised more than 24 feature films. Donato Rotunno was born in Luxembourg in 1966. He lives and works in Luxembourg.