TURBOFILM

AMBARADAN (coming soon)
Omo Valley / Ethiopia 2014

SURFING WITH SATOSHI
Puerto Rico 2013

PER TROPPO AMORE
Sicily 2012

FReD
Berlin 2012

HOTEL MILANO
Milan 2012

2012
Paris 2012

BLIND BARBER
New York 2011

BLACK RAIN
Lampedusa 2010

ALL MY FRIENDS ARE DEAD
Bandjoun / Cameroon 2009

ARTISTS' SERIAL KILLER
footage from videoart archive 2008

TURBO FILM MANIFESTO

1. The first rule is that there are no rules

Turbo Films is where hustlers turn into filmmakers and vice versa.
No matter what, the films comes home with you.

2. Make your weakness become your strength

In Turbo Films creative solutions are defined by necessity.
An economy of exchange that shapes the film itself and opens it up

3. Use what you have, it is more than enough.

Adapt your aesthetics and learn from the technology at your disposal.
Special effects tutorials are on Youtube

4. Shoot, Edit, shit and shoot again.

Turbo Films undue the efficient, linear logic of pre production/production/post production.
Film as a mean without an end.

5. Writing is a dreadful practice.

Turbo Films require no scripts, at least no proper ones; the story is a seed from which the movie will grow and adapt itself.

6. Keep Your friends close, but keep your enemies closer

Night casting is a key element , eventually reality and fiction will merge into a disorientating experience that makes sense

7. The location is half of the job: make sure you pick the right one.

Let the location act itself out. Let it scream and it will spit on your script .

8. Play it yourself.

To give your cinematic monster a special kick, find or form a temporary local band, make them write, compose and play the soundtrack while you’re shooting.

9. Readapt to survive.

Change format, movie length or even story accordingly to the context in which the screenings will take place.
Develop a fluid distribution strategy

10. Fight back

Bring your scenes home, at all costs and by all means.
You don’t always need a permit to shoot a scene