Donato ROTUNNO

Donato Rotunno was born in Luxembourg in 1966 and graduated from the IAD in Belgium in 1992. He founded Tarantula Luxembourg in 1995, with which he has since produced over 50 feature films. 

His career as a director began with his graduation film Nebbiolo Rosso and has expanded with documentaries on subjects specific to Luxembourg, including immigration (Terra Mia Terra Nostra, Measurements of a rectangle), the multicultural society (Blà Blä Blá); films dealing with politics such as André and dissenting voicesor the relationship between contemporary art and film through Making of a picture, Landscape with a corpse or Dreams have a language. 

His first feature film, In a Dark Place won the prize for best artistic contribution at the Lëtzebuerger Filmpräis in 2007. His second film, Baby(a)loneadapted from the novel 'Amok' by Tullio Forgiarini, was selected for a number of international festivals and chosen to represent Luxembourg at the 88th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Film. Io sto bene, his third film, had its world premiere at the Alice nella cita Festival in Rome in 2020 and was also chosen to represent Luxembourg at the Academy Awards for Best Foreign Film in 2021. He is now returning to documentary with The Left Fork to look at the Cercle Culturel Curiel and its influence on political and cultural life in Luxembourg.