Looking for Mister S.

The elderly painter Sergio Ceccotti has gone missing leaving an ambitious documentarian without the subject for his movie. Intentioned to close his piece the filmmaker investigates by questioning the artist's collaborators and daughter and by reviewing the first interviews with Mister S.

'Looking for Mister S.' is a documentary with a noir fiction frame: a tribute to Ceccotti's art but also a reflection about the relationship between director and subject in documentary filmmaking.

  • Arianna Tedesco
    Director
  • Federico Yang Maoloni
    Based on an idea by
  • Federico Yang Maoloni
    Writer
  • Lorenzo Palombo
    Writer
  • Arianna Tedesco
    Writer
  • Martina Moriello
    Director of photography
  • Carmine Lautieri
    Editors
  • Sharon Grace Badia
    Editors
  • Arianna Tedesco
    Editors
  • Enrico Catani
    Key Cast
    "The director"
  • Alessia Filiberti
    Key Cast
    "The editor"
  • Sergio Ceccotti
    Key Cast
    "self"
  • Lorenzo Canova
    Key Cast
    "self"
  • Cesare Biasini Selvaggi
    Key Cast
    "self"
  • Carla Mazzoni
    Key Cast
    "self"
  • Domenico Mancini
    Key Cast
    "self"
  • Jean-Marie Oger
    Key Cast
    "self"
  • Martina Ceccotti
    Key Cast
    "self"
  • Ludovico Pratesi
    Key Cast
    "self"
  • Alberto Bracalente
    Voice-over
  • Giacomo Scarabicchi
    Camera operators
  • Francesca Vitiello
    Camera operators
  • Simone Sabatini
    Sound guy
  • Federico Landini
    Mix engineer
  • Rut Ruffolo
    Producer
  • Arianna Tedesco
    Producer
  • Ilaria Galanti
    English subtitles by
  • Martina Moriello
    Colorist
  • Arianna Tedesco
    Colorist
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Cercando il Signor S.
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Student
  • Genres:
    Art, Noir
  • Runtime:
    29 minutes 50 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    March 26, 2020
  • Production Budget:
    700 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Italy
  • Country of Filming:
    Italy
  • Language:
    Italian
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes - Rome University of Fine Arts - RUFA
  • Rome Independent Prisma Awards
    Rome
    Italy
    Official Selection
  • Vision Film Festival
    Rome
    Italy
    Winner Awards
  • Latina Independent Film Festival

    Italy
    Official Selection
  • Lane Doc Fest

    United States
    Official Selection
Distribution Information
  • Rai
    Distributor
    Country: Italy
    Rights: Free TV
Director Biography - Arianna Tedesco

I was born and raised in Switzerland, yet soon after Middle School my curiosity for the arts brought me to have a look at how they did things in an Art School in Como.

Since childhood I have always been passionate about writing, drawing as well as photography and during the High School years, I got to study and learn videography in all its forms. And I never left it since.

This lead me to Rome, where I attended the Rome University of Fine Arts graduating in Cinematography.

After a couple of years always in Rome where I worked and took part in different projects, I decided to move back home once the Covid-19 Pandemic broke out and since 2020 I have been working as a video-maker at RSI (Swiss Radio Television).

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