Marcello Paolillo

Producer and Director of StepIn and U30 & Project Manager Locarno Pro of the Locarno Film Festival

Film executive with solid experience in production, distribution, acquisitions, international sales and film festival organisation and programming. He has worked for companies such as Mikado Film (Head of Acquisitions, Co-Productions and Sales), Kimmel International (Vice President of Sales and Acquisitions), Nexo Digital (International Sales and Production), Eagle Pictures (Head of Acquisitions and Production) and Dude Originals (Head of Creative Development and Production), as well as on the official selection committee of the Rome Film Festival and as Senior English Writer at the Doha Film Institute. He is also a member of the European Film Academy.Ejecutivo cinematográfico con una sólida experiencia en producción, distribución, adquisiciones, ventas internacionales y organización y programación de festivales de cine. Ha trabajado para empresas como Mikado Film (Jefe de Adquisiciones, Coproducciones y Ventas), Kimmel International (Vicepresidente de Ventas y Adquisiciones), Nexo Digital (Ventas Internacionales y Producción), Eagle Pictures (Director de Adquisiciones y Producción) y Dude Originals (Jefe de Desarrollo Creativo y Producción), así como en el comité de selección oficial del Festival de Cine de Roma y como Senior English Writer del Doha Film Institute. También es miembro de la Academia de Cine Europeo. 

He is currently co-founder of the production company Art of Panic and Project Director of the Locarno Film Festival, where he is in charge of StepIn, an invitation-only international think tank where renowned film executives discuss the state of the industry in order to implement new behaviours, practices and business models; and U30, an international training programme for the next generation of film professionals.

His producing credits include Nel Mio Nome, a documentary directed by Nicolò Bassetti and produced by Elliot Page, which premiered at the Berlinale in the Panorama section; the feature film Tigers, written and directed by Ronnie Sandahl, which won several awards, including Best Film and Best Acting, at the Gothenburg Film Festival, and was the official Swedish entry for the 2022 Oscars; the short films Shark by Nash Edgerton and Baradar by Beppe Tufarulo; and The Man Who Stole Banksy, a documentary by Marco Proserpio about the famous street artist with voiceover narration by Iggy Pop, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival.

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