Carlo Cresto-Dina

After graduating with honors in Eastern Classical Philology from the University of Turin, Carlo Cresto-Dina worked as a journalist and freelance producer across Europe. In 1999, he began his collaboration with Fandango, where he founded the documentary division and produced films by Ken Loach, Abbas Kiarostami, and Ermanno Olmi. He directed the Feltrinelli Real Cinema collection until 2008, publishing over 80 titles.

In 2009, he founded tempesta, a film production company based in Bologna and London, which has produced all of Alice Rohrwacher’s feature films (Corpo Celeste, Directors’ Fortnight – Cannes 2011; Le Meraviglie, Grand Prix – Cannes 2014; Lazzaro Felice, Best Screenplay – Cannes 2018; La Chimera, Official Competition – Cannes 2023), as well as her short films De Djess (Miu Miu Women's Tales, 2015) and Le Pupille (Disney, 2022), which was nominated for an Academy Award in 2023.

Carlo Cresto-Dina also produced the films of Leonardo Di Costanzo (L’Intervallo, Venice 2012; L’Intrusa, Directors’ Fortnight – Cannes 2017; Ariaferma, Venice 2021), along with works by emerging directors selected at major international festivals, including Palazzo di giustizia, written and directed by Chiara Bellosi, and Gloria! by Margherita Vicario (in competition at Berlinale 2024 and winner of three David di Donatello awards).