Fishermen's Conversations

Chiara Bove Makiedo is a filmmaker of Italian, Serbian and Croatian descent. She studied filmmaking at PCFE Film School in Prague and at LCC, University of the Arts, London, where she was awarded a BA in Film & Video. She has directed and co-produced various short films that were screened at the BFI, Southbank. Amongst these was the docufiction, ‘I Sette Vizi della Capitale’ , a collaboration between UAL and UK Film Council, featuring internationally renowned actress Milena Vukotic and up-and-coming talents Marco Iermanò and Giulia Michelini. Chiara was commissioned by award-winning senior producer, Emily Caston, to co-direct a five-minute behind-the--scenes documentary, (UAL/BFI): ‘The making of: ‘The Projectionist’, a film reconstructing the mysteries associated with Alfred Hitchcock’s missing film, ‘The Mountain Eagle’. Chiara has worked for several directors on independent feature- and short-film productions in Rome and London, including with the award-winning production company, Pinch Media. Forming a collaboration with Pinch Media in 2012, Chiara wrote, directed and co-produced her first feature-length documentary, ‘Fishermen’s Conversations’. The film was officially selected and premiered at the Raindance Film Festival in 2014 as well as reaching several others in 2015. Chiara is currently developing her next documentary feature film. ‘Il Coloraro’ (‘The Colourist’), a documentary portraying the journey of an artisan from the heart of Rome who, with his custom-made colours, supplied some of the most important artists of the past and present centuries. “Dali and his wife would always travel to Rome for that essence of Lavender I would purposely create for them.” She is also co-directing a documentary following the collaboration between the Indie/Rock band Franz Ferdinand and glam/rock duo ‘Sparks’, the film is currently in production.