Giancarlo Fontana

Giancarlo Fontana (director and editor) and Giuseppe G. Stasi (director and screenwriter) began their career in 2011, making a number of satirical videos for the web such as Inception Made in Italy and Il Processo Ruby, which enjoyed great success online, getting over one million views. Later they make spoof trailers and shorts for the television shows Un due tre stella by Sabina Guzzanti (La7), Blob and NeriPoppins by Neri Marcorè (Rai3), and Gli Sgommati (SkyUno), sending up Italian politics, society and news. Their first feature film, Amore Oggi, produced by Sky Cinema and broadcast on 14 February 2014 on Sky Cinema Uno, got excellent ratings and was subsequently distributed in cinemas by Warner Bros. on the occasion of the 'Cinema Days' event. Their first official film for the cinema was Put Grandma in the Freezer, with Miriam Leone and Fabio De Luigi, written by Fabio Bonifacci and produced by Indigo Film. Released in March 2018 in 400 cinemas, it was a big hit with audiences and critics, making the top 10 for box office takings for the year and winning a nomination for the Silver Ribbon for Best Comedy of the Year. In March 2019, Bentornato Presidente was released (the sequel to 2013's Welcome Mr. President! by Riccardo Milani), starring Claudio Bisio, Sarah Felberbaum, Pietro Sermonti, Guglielmo Poggi and Paolo Calabresi. The film gained two Silver Ribbon nominations including Best Comedy.