Impossible Maladies

Stefano Tambellini is an illustrator and independent filmmaker. After graduating in Traditional Animation at the Experimental Centre of Cinematography in Turin with the film "La Reliquia Rivoltosa", he lived for six years in London where he started working as an illustrator for major publishing houses. In 2005, he co-founded the production label SenzaTesta with his sister Alice and wrote and directed several live-action and animated short films selected at international festivals, including "Drammi di Mezzanotte", "Uncle Jake", "L'insalata del Diavolo" and "Dream of the Blue Mushroom". He also teaches puppet animation in workshops and schools.

Alice Tambellini is an independent filmmaker and animator. After graduating in Multimedia Arts at Carrara Fine Arts Academy, she attended animation courses at the École européenne supérieure de l'image in Poitiers, and at the Three Month Animation Course in Bristol, specializing in stop-motion animation. Since 2005 she directed and animated stop-motion short films working together with her brother Stefano, with whom she co-founded the label "SenZa TesTa Productions". In 2011 she worked as a stop frame animator on the short film "Oh Willy!", by Emma De Swaef and Marc J. Roels.