The Producers

Bruno Bigoni — Director

Bruno Bigoni (Milan, 1950) is a director and writer whose work spans film, theatre and documentary for over four decades. A founding member of the Teatro dell’Elfo, he debuted in cinema in the early 1980s and has since directed numerous award-winning films, including Veleno (Casa Rossa Prize), Il colore del vento (Rome International Film Festival), and My War Is Not Over (Nastro d’Argento finalist). His films have premiered in Locarno, Torino, Rotterdam, and Seattle, among others. In 2025 he directed the feature film Cinque Stanze. Bigoni has taught directing and acting at IULM University and the Scuola Nazionale di Cinema. The Fairy (2025), co-directed with Luca Schilirò, continues his exploration of identity, performance and the human gaze.

Luca Schilirò — Director

Luca Schilirò (Turin, 2000) is a filmmaker and screenwriter graduated in Film and Audiovisual Arts from the Civica Scuola di Cinema Luchino Visconti in Milan. His debut short film L’arte di Perdersi received several awards at national and international festivals, followed by the experimental short Il Volo del Pavone, also widely acclaimed. He has worked across film and editorial fields as screenwriter, editor, critic and copywriter, collaborating with Taxi Drivers magazine and with various production companies. In 2023 he founded Colombina P., a creative studio dedicated to contemporary representations of the body. The Fairy (2025), co-directed with Bruno Bigoni, marks his first feature documentary.