Graduated with honour at the Academy of Fine Arts of Turin, Simone Catania established himself as a producer, artist creative and film-maker. Throughout the years he worked for several production companies in Rome, Turin and London, among which are IntelFilm, Movimento Film, Seven Dreams, LittleFischFilm. In 2007, together with friends and professionals, he co-founded Indyca, an independent production company based in Turin. Within Indyca, he produced or directed several short films, including “MONday –il mio giorno” starring Alessandro Gassman, “Onde Corte” produced and interpreted by Maria Grazia Cucinotta. Since 2010 he's been producing international feature documentaries such as "Becoming Zlatan" by Fredrik and Magnus Gertten, “smoKings” by M. Fornasero, “My Journey to Meet You” by Marco S. Puccioni, "Imprisoned Lullaby" by Rossella Schillaci "Il colore dell’Erba" (aka ’The colour of Grass’) by J. Biasi Hendel. Currently he's producing "Happy Winter" (best pitch HotDocs Toronto Forum 2016), "The Killer and The Butterfly", the feature film “SAMIA” (based on the novel "Don't tell me you're afraid" by G. Catozzella) and his film “Drive Me Home”. Simone attended several international pitching for films, international forum market such as Berlinale, Cannes, IDFA, HotDocs, Beijing IFF, master training like EURODOC in 2011 and EAVE in 2013. He's also member of Doc/it board.
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