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Winter returns, baptised by Tony Kelly's flying nuns
DECEMBER 2023
Starting the winter season with friend Tony Kelly gives the right energy to face the cold. The famous Irish photographer, who lives in Miami and works all over the world, took some wonderful shots on the Suvretta slopes. Four nuns and a priest skiing in the primordial style recall an old photograph found by Kelly, which he decided to interpret in his own elegant style. To launch the photographs Tony asked me to make a very introspective video
Prague, Photo-Video Shootings & Music
NOVEMBER 2023
My adventure around the world ends with the Prague Grand Prix. A complex production and long days but in a wonderful setting (Gallery). Prague won me over on everything: excellent cuisine, warm and friendly people, architecture, history and beauty in general. It was a challenging year but I am happy to have had this professional experience.
While in St. Moritz, winter is approaching and consequently the photo and video productions (Behind The Scenes in Gallery) for my clients also start "galloping"...
As far as music is concerned, I am happy to present my remix of a song by my dear friend, Ticino musician and songwriter Frank D'Amico, available on Spotify, Tidal, Apple Music and other music platforms.
In Riyadh, you don't need a cashmere ...
OCTOBER 2023
A trip to Riyadh for the Longines Global Champions Tour for the finals ahead of the Grand Prix in Prague. A difficult production, in the heat and in the sand. The biggest difficulty? Definitely not being able to enjoy a cold beer after the days work....
Then intense days with Katie Terpsma for a shoot for LAMM Cashmere St. Moritz in the wonderful Hotel Kronenhof in Pontresina.
Kronenhof… wasn’t built in a day
SEPTEMBER 2023
The Grand Hotel Kronenhof is celebrating its 175th anniversary this year, just like the Swiss Constitution. To mark the occasion, we curated a Film about the celebration. Needless to say, working with the Staff of the Kronenhof is not really work, but a true emotional and culinary pleasure. As director a quick dive into the enchanting Rome...
London and Switzerland's largest insurance company
AUGUST 2023
A busy month... Among other productions, we made an Image Film for La Mobiliare Assicurazioni, which held a three-day workshop in St. Moritz at the Suvretta House Hotel with all general agents in Switzerland. For the Longine Global Champions Tour, I visited London, a city I loved in the 1990s and that has won my heart back.
All That Jazz, Clicks and Tapas
JULY 2023
For 10 years now, July has been my favorite month where childhood passions embrace my gray hair. Every year we produce the videos for the exclusive "Festival Da Jazz" in St. Moritz. A month behind and in front of the scenes, with unforgettable encounters with musicians from all over the world and, last but not least, weeks lived with the whole festival team that has now become a real little family.
On the photo front on the set for the Kulm Hotel St. Moritz and for ENDER SPORT's "St. Moritz" fashion line (Photos).
For the "Longines Global Champions Tour”, I worked in Spain at the A Coruna racecourse. I worked with a fantastic Galician team from national TV (Video).
Milan, Paris and Stockholm
JUNE 2023
June was a month I lived with my suitcase in hand. With friend and model Katie Terpsma (Photo and Gallery), I made the second single tagged Papunk. Katie did the vocal parts of the tribute track to Tom Ford, a global fashion icon. For the cover, video clip and promotional material we went to Milan for a completely "guerilla" photoshoot. “Loving Tom Ford” is available everywhere online, from Spotify to Tidal, from Apple Music to Youtube. Enjoy listening to it!
As director of the Longines Global Champions Tour, I visited St. Tropez, Cannes, Paris and the wonderful Stockholm. This city (Gallery) enraptured my heart. Maybe it was the good fortune of having visited it during the days of the summer solstice, maybe it was the order and cleanliness that distinguishes it, or maybe it was the tasty and healthy cuisine, I don't know, but I enjoyed it both from a professional and personal point of view. An open, friendly, engaging and innovative city. A city to keep in mind for the future, who knows.
New Music Release
MAY 2023
After a month in April with several DJ-Sets, I really got the urge to produce music again. So I sat down in the studio and re-familiarized myself with music editing software, which has evolved tremendously over the past 20 years. It didn't seem real to me to be able to process sound in a much faster and simplified way. So, during a night of insomnia, I created "Sexting," as a tribute to LaTour's "People are still having sex" from 1991, however talking about the Sexting phenomenon, which is causing several parents around the world to worry.
The song is signed with my pseudonym "Papunk," a cognate name from my children that means "the Punk Daddy." The song is available everywhere online, from Spotify to Tidal, from Apple Music to Youtube. Enjoy listening to it!
Hello America
APRIL 2023
In parallel with several video productions in Engadine, I also traveled with Longines in April for the Global Champions Tour. Two intercontinental stages in very complex technical situations. In Miami we made the Live Broadcasts with the equipment of InAria, for which I work as TV-Director, in a "Fly" solution. The control rooms for the Host and Live Studio were set up inside some containers. The bad weather did not facilitate the production but we finally managed to get on air. Then Mexico City, in an also spectacular setting surrounded by the green Mexican city at 2300 meters above sea level. The equipment was provided by a local company and we shared the staff with FOX Sports. Communication with the staff, who knew little English, was a little difficult initially, but in the end we brought the project home.
On Tour
MARCH 2023
Filippo: Origin from the Greek “Philos”, friend, and “Hippos”, horse
Sometimes in life things really happen by accident. When I was a child, I never imagined that my work and passion would later meet the horse world, despite the fact that I spent a childhood with schoolmates teasing me as "the horse's friend." Well, I eventually became one.
Since 2013, I started producing video content for the famous Snow Polo St. Moritz and White Turf events. Then for three summers I also oversaw the production of CSI Longines St. Moritz. Three productions like any other for me in my personal consideration. But it didn't quite work out that way…
In fact, this year I have the honor of touring the world as TV-Director of the Formula 1 of world horse jumping, the “Longines Global Champions Tour”. From Qatar to Miami, from Mexico City to Monte Carlo, being a director in the world's best OB trucks, with technology that gets me excited, is an indescribable professional satisfaction. Shooting with OB trucks is exciting. It feels a bit like a super-technological Circus, and working outdoors involves a constant adrenaline fund for its attached risks, and when you say "We are out" the energy is indescribable.
Fashion Shooting
FEBRUARY 2023
After a few months without working in my Photography Studio, I had the pleasure of shooting a very young girl who has all the cards to become a successful model. Joana does not have a lot of experience yet but she is learning very fast. It was a pleasure to see her and her mom happy with the result that opened the doors of a well-known agency... But this is Top Secret...
Back on Stage
JANUARY 2023
Celebrating 30 years since my first dance production
In 1993 I released my first Dance single "The Time is Right" celebrating my 18th birthday by touring the best discos all over Switzerland. It is now 30 years later, the hair has become grayer, the physique is a bit more "worn out" but the desire to entertain is still great. To celebrate this anniversary I decided to return to the DJ-Console at some historic locations in St. Moritz. I also rolled up my sleeves and reopened Logic Audio after more than 20 years and had fun remixing a wonderful song by Gianni Morandi and Lucio Dalla entitled "VITA”. A production that has no pretensions of becoming who knows what, but which I dedicate with all my heart to my children's mother Allegra, a wonderful woman, perfect mom and indispensable professional partner in my life.
Thanks Allegra!
