Francesco Garbo
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Biography
Francesco Garbo is an Italian filmmaker based in France. He began his career in Berlin, working as a cinematographer on internationally co-produced documentaries for broadcasters such as ARTE, ZDF and ORF, including the award-winning Free Lunch Society (dir. Christian Tod), Fuck Fame (dir. Robert Cibis) and trustWHO (dir. Lilian Franck), as well as the short fiction film Perghuzat by Pierluigi Muscolino. While in Germany, he co-founded the independent production company Katzbach Film together with Pierluigi Muscolino. In 2018, he directed his first fiction short film, Stuck, which was selected at several international film festivals. He later directed his first documentary, Ulicama, shot in Bosnia. After moving to Marseille, he co-directed the short film Lievito Madre (2020) with Pierluigi Muscolino, selected at international festivals and included in the AG Kurz 2021 catalogue of the best German short films of the year. In 2023, his first feature-length documentary, Viananda, co-directed with Gianmaria Zago, premiered at several festivals and received a Special Mention at the Tulipani di Seta Nera – Social Film Festival in Rome. He is currently developing new film projects and teaches filmmaking at cinema schools such as Sup de Sub, La Cinéfabrique and YNOV Campus.
Known For
Is the WHO sick? The filmmaker and mother Lilian Franck reveals clandestine influences by the tobacco, pharmaceutical and nuclear industries on the organization. She shows a frightening portrayal of our present society, in which governmental politics is becoming obsolete. "Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane." - Martin Luther King
trustWHO
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Viananda
What would you do if your basic income was taken care of month after month? Would you stop working? Follow your passions? Take more risks? The four-figure sum that all four members of the Wardwell family receive each year from the Alaskan government’s crude oil profits goes towards a college fund for their children, something they would otherwise be unable to afford. Filmmaker Christian Tod, himself a fervent supporter of the idea, explores the model of an unconditional basic income and takes a look at trial systems already underway in the US, Canada and Namibia. Wandering the history of this utopia reminiscent of science fiction he eventually ends up in Switzerland, where the new system was voted on in 2016. In this multifaceted and highly entertaining documentary, Tod broaches life’s existential questions and fuels the debate on one of the most prevalent economic topics of our generation.
Free Lunch Society
Forced by the dangerous state of his homeland, Perghuzat moved to Berlin. He is alone, working small jobs day and night to survive. The profound clash of cultures, the linguistic barrier and the lack of spare time lead him into a condition of extreme isolation.
Perghuzat
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Endzeit
An eighty year old man stuck in quarantine relives the memories of his youth. Triggered by a familiar scent, he travels back in time and rediscovers the simple pleasures of his childhood that were overshadowed by a forced exodous from his homeland and a sudden exile to an unknown country.
Lievito Madre
A young man in Berlin struggles to accept the fading of a long-distance relationship; torn between lingering memories and his own growing indifference.