Christian Cinetto

Filmmaker

About

I am a filmmaker who works in fiction, adv and documentary projects. Personally I am focused in human stories, I like to explore the bright side in the dark.

I was born in Padua, Italy, and studied filmmaking in Rome, Bozen, Berlin and London. My career started in 2005 with a short documentary on the local hip hop scene, I ragazzi delle banche. Between 2008 and 2010 I directed and wrote adv and branded content projects for some media agencies and I was the acting coach of more than 70 actors. In 2010 started my collaboration with Red Bull and directed the TV documentary biopic on Jenny Lavarda(free climber) broadcasted by DeeJay TV and Servus TV. For Red Bull I directed more than 20 different projects from 2010 and 2016, working with athletes, musicians and crazy events. In 2010 I founded the production company Jengafilm for which I directed commercials and branded contents till 2018. In 2015 my first documentary feature, A tempo debito(In due time), was released theatrically in Italy and was selected by more than 30 International Film Festivals and received several awards, included Annecy Italian film festival. 
I directed the first Italian Facebook series, Maxibon the PoolFrom 2016 to 2018 I collaborated with Red Bull Media House and I developed and produced TV docs and factual for several broadcasters: Discovery, Italia1, Red Bull TV, Sky Sport. In 2018 I wrote and directed OFF,  a teen web series for the Ministry of Agricolture and Tourism. In 2019 I was the creative producer of the documentary Andrea Dovizioso: Undaunted, released worldwide in April 2020. In summer 2021 I filmed the research of Airship Italia in the north of Svalbard, close to the North Pole. I directed the Diadora 2022 spring national campaign.