Donald Ranvaud (UK)

Donald Ranvaud founded «Framework Journal» in 1975 and taught at UK universities for 12 years. He wrote for «The Guardian», «La Repubblica», «MFB», and «Cahiers du Cinéma» among others. He directed items in C4 and RAIUno magazine programs, and co-directed Visioni private. As script editor (MEDIA 1) he read 6000 proposals and backed 320 in 18 months. Producing full time since 1989, he worked on Life on a String, Farewell my Concubine, Central do Brasil, Familia Rodante, Lavoura Arcaica, Madame Sata, City of God  and The Constant Gardener, with 12 Oscar nominations in total. As Buena Onda’s president since 2003, he continued to discover and nurture filmmakers, empowering them to access world markets. He set up joint ventures with Cinergia and with Puerto Rico Film Fund, then, after establishing La Fábrica, he created Artes Andes Americas, an institute for theater and cinema in Bolivia. Since early 2005 he focused on the central question for the future of a possible cinema. A cost effective distribution platform that becomes the new digital paradigm for the fruition of the cinema that matters.

Heidrun Schleef (Germany)

Heidrun Schleef was born in Germany in 1962. After completing her classical studies she attended a course on the Theory of Cinema at New York University and went on to study production at the Experimental Film Center in Rome. In 1995 she wrote the subject and co-scripted Mimmo Calopresti’s La seconda volta  (The Second Time); she also worked with Calopresti on La parola amore esiste  (Notes of Love) (not competing at the Cannes Festival and awarded the Nastro d’Argento for the best subject in 1999), Preferisco il rumore del mare  (I Prefer the Sound of the Sea) and La felicità non costa niente  (Happiness Costs Nothing). Together with Nanni Moretti she wrote the script for La stanza del figlio  (The Son’s Room), Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 2001, and the subject of Il Caimano  (The Caiman). In 2003 she co-scripted Ricordati di me  (Remember Me) by Gabriele Muccino. The most important scripts she has worked together on include: Giro di lune tra terra e mare  (Round the Moons between Earth and Sea) by Giuseppe M. Gaudino, Un viaggio chiamato amore  (A Journey Called Love) by Michele Placido, Te lo leggo negli occhi  (I Can See It in Your Eyes) by Valia Santella, Mare nero  (The Dark Sea) by Roberta Torre and L’uomo di vetro  by Stefano Incerti.