Overview

Jump Cut is an independent film production company. Its goal is to produce Arthouse films that are experimental in theme, style and type. Jump Cut was founded in Trento, Italy, in May 2011. The founder, Luigi Pepe, is a graduate of ZeLIG, the school for documentaries, television and new media based in Bolzano. In 2013 Jump Cut collaborated with producer Gianpaolo Smiraglia and produced the company’s first narrative feature film, “Piccola Patria” (Small Homeland), the debut narrative picture by acclaimed Italian documentarian Alessandro Rossetto. The film, financed through four local regional film funds, by the Italian Ministry of Culture and the EU program MEDIA, premiered at the 70th Venice Film Festival in 2013. It was then selected in Spectrum Competition at Rotterdam Film Festival 2014. Overall, it was shown in over 44 festivals, winning 12 awards. Following this successful endeavor, in 2014 Gianpaolo Smiraglia officially joined Jump Cut as a partner, bringing to the company his experience in producing both narrative and documentary films. In 2015 Jump Cut premiered the feature documentary “Bath people”, coproduced with Don Quixote and EiE Film and the feature documentary film, “Complimenti per la festa”, a music biopic of iconic Italian rock band Marlene Kuntz. The film has been sold to Sky Arte Italia and Feltrinelli Real Cinema. In 2016 we premiered the documentary “Funne - Sea dreaming girls” by Katia Bernardi in Roma Film Festival, Alice nella città section. The film is a coproduction between Jump Cut, EiE Film, Chocolat and Restart (Croatia). It has been financed by Trentino Film Commission, Hydro Dolomiti Enel, HRT Croatia, Croatian Audiovisual Center and it has been sold to Discovery Italia. Currently, Jump Cut is developing the feature film “Oliver Trans” written by Francesca Manieri (winner of the prestigious Solinas award, the main screenwriting prize in Italy and supported for development by the Italian Ministry of Culture).