Biography

Paolo Laganà is an Italian-German filmmaker. They showed a passion for acting at a young age and starred in many plays staged by an independent theater company in their native city. At the same time they develop an interest in filmmaking and make their first experiments on super 8.

After art school they moved to New York where they took acting classes under teacher and stage director John Strasberg (son of Lee Strasberg).

They are a member of the Millenium Film Inc., an association based in lower Manhattan, where they shown their first film experiments. Dedicated to the exhibition, study, and practice of experimental film, video, and new media, the Millenium Film Inc. was founded in the 60's and resisted until nowadays. Ken Jacobs was within the founders. At the beginning Jacobs was the artistic director and curator of Millennium Film, and has then been reelected in 2012. Other members of the board are Tom Jarmusch, Jay Hudson, Howard Guttenplan, Stephanie Wuertz.

In 2009 Laganà moved to Bucharest (Romania), where they enter the flourishing Romanian film industry, working as either production assistant or assistant director in films such as Everybody in Our Family (2012), directed by Radu Jude and selected at Berlinale 2012 in the Forum section, and Of Snails and Men (2012) directed by Tudor Giurgiu.

They collaborated with screenwriter and director Gustave Reininger (Miami Vice, Crime Story, Corso: The Last Beat).

In 2012 they are involved in the pre-production of Corneliu Porumboiu 's third feature "When evening falls on Bucharest or Metabolism" (after 12:08 East of Bucharest and Police, Adjective), and in the shooting of 'Andrei Gruszniczki' 's second feature, "Quod Erat Demostrandum" (jury's prize at the Rome International Film Festival).
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Paolo Laganà (they/them) is an Italian-German filmmaker. Their passion for cinema began early, leading to the creation of several experimental shorts on Super 8. They've lived in Bucharest, Romania, working on numerous films, including works by Radu Jude, Corneliu Porumboiu and Andrei Gruzsniczki. Paolo lives and works in Berlin, where they studied at the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (DFFB). Their artistic practice centers on queer culture, exploring themes of identity and abandonment.
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Paolo Laganà (they/them), is a German-Italian film director whose cinematic work is rooted in a deeply personal exploration of queerness. Their passion for filmmaking began with experimental Super 8 shorts before moving to Bucharest, where they contributed to works by directors such as Radu Jude, Corneliu Porumboiu, and Andrei Gruzsniczki, among others, and appeared as a performer in film and television.
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