Feature film // Drama
“Lubo” by Giorgio Diritti, freely inspired by the novel “The Sower” by Mario Cavatore, delves into the persecution of minorities seeking refuge in Switzerland – a land known for its upright citizens and urban decorum. Here, between the 1930s and 1970s, the government launched a systematic assault on the nomadic Jenisch community. They executed and forcibly removed children via a national reeducation program for street kids (Hilfswerk für die Kinder der Landstrasse). These lost children were placed in orphanages, asylums, or homes where they were relegated to menial labor.
NOMINATIONS:
80th Venezia Film Festival, 2023 / “Golden Lion, Best Film“
Directed by: Giorgio Diritti
DOP: Benjamin Maier
with (cast)
Franz Rogowski
Christophe Sermet
Valentina Bellè
VFX&Post-production: Proxima Milano
> Post-production team
Editing assistant&OnLine: Amin Ali
Digital Colorist: Nazzareno Neri
Colorist&Conforming assistant: Giorgia Ripa
Colorist assistant (Laser Film, Roma): Alberto Bandini
> VFX team
VFX Executive Producer: Alberto Fusco
VFX Producer: Cristina Panizzuti
VFX Editor: Lorenzo De Mari
VFX Supervisor: Fabrizio Volpi
Compositing supervisor: Emiliano Suhner
VFX Artists:
Valentina Arcelloni
Beatrice Barberi
Laura Boscarino
Chiara Giacometti
Maria Vittoria Iacona
Kevin Luciano
Marta Mazzucco
Jessica Ossoli
Francesco Poppa
Darko Prolic
Michela Sette
Pietro Tedeschi
Technical director: Simone Aratari
WHAT WE PASSIONATELY DID:
As VFX main vendor we delivered about 300 VFX shots, supervising different processes as 3D / matte painting / compositing / camera car / clean up / rotoscoping
Produced by: Indiana Production, Aranciafilm with RAI Cinema, Hugofilm Features and Proxima Milano
Co-produced by: RSI Radiotelevisione Svizzera / SRG SSR, MIC Direzione Generale Cinema and Audiovisivo
Supported by: UFC Ufficio generale della culture, Zurcher Filmstiftung
In collaboration with: Trentino Film Commission
Supported by: IDM Film Commission Sud Tirol, Film Commission Torino Piemonte
Produced by (Indiana Production): Fabrizio Donvito, Benedetto Habib, Marco Cohen, Daniel Campo Pavoncelli
Produced by (AranciaFilm): Giorgio Diritti, Francesca Scorzoni
Produced by (HugoFilm Features): Christof Neracher
Produced by (Proxima Milano): Claudio Falconi, Alberto Fusco and Andrea Masera
Story by: Giorgio Diritti, Fredo Vall e Tania Pedroni
Freely inspired by: “Il seminatore” by Mario Cavatore published by Einaudi
Editing by: Paolo Cottignola AMC BFE with Giorgio Diritti
Set Design by: Giancarlo Basili