biography

Flaminio Zadra ha alternato ad una carriera giornalistica la sua passione per il cinema. Nel 2001 si trasferisce ad Amburgo (Germania) dove collabora attivamente, sia in fase creativa che produttiva, con il regista Fatih Akin a la sua neo-nata società Corazon International. Nel 2004 Flaminio Zadra fa rientro a Roma, dove assieme ad Alberto Fanni e e Paolo Colombo, crea la Dorje Film. Da allora Flaminio Zadra ha prodotto e co-prodotto numerose cortometraggi, documentari e film di autori internazionali, fra i quali, oltre a Fatih Akin, Julie Bertucelli, Sergei Bodrov, Idrissa Ouédraogo, Etgar Keret, Pablo Trapero, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Zhangke Jia, Hany Abu-Assad and Jafar Panahi. Numerosi i riconoscimenti ottenuti nei maggiori festival internazionali, fra cui in ordine il recentissimo Golden Globe per Oltre la notte di Fatih Akin. Nel 2018 unisce gli sforzi alla produttrice Pilar Saavedra Perrotta, con la quale fonda la società Moliwood Films

company profile

The film production company Dorje Film was founded in November 2004 and operates from Rome, Italy. Its main activity is the development and production of film and multimedia projects.

Dorje Film has co-produced several films in collaboration with the production company of German director Fatih Akin, Corazon International:
These are three films of Fatih Akin (CROSSING THE BRIDGE, a musical documentary; THE EDGE OF HEAVEN that won the Palm for the Best Screenplay in Cannes 2008; and SOUL KITCHEN, fresh winner of the Special Jury Price in Venice 2009); furthermore TAKVA by Özer Kiziltan, that won different prices in Toronto, Berlin, Tribeca; and finally CHIKO by Özgür Yildirim, awarded at the German Film Awards.

Secondly, we are involved in a co-production with Paris-based Les Film du Poisson who are shooting, under director Julie Bertuccelli, THE TREE with Charlotte Gainsbourg in the main role.

Furthermore, we have played an active role in the development of STORIES ON HUMAN RIGHTS, a collective film with the participation of 25 directors and artists from all over the world, produced on the account of the UNHCR in occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.