Two advertisers win screenplay promotion award in Locarno
Advertising professionals Ivan Madeo and Urs Frey received a 25,000-franc grant from the Swiss Authors' Society (SSA) in Locarno to support screenplay development. The grant is awarded each year to the three most promising feature film projects.
The feature film project "The Circle", initiated by the two advertising executives Ivan Madeo and Urs Frey, received an award at the Locarno International Film Festival on Tuesday: The story of the rise and fall of the internationally active Zurich gay organization of the same name in the 1960s was rated as one of the most promising feature film projects by the Swiss Society of Authors (SSA) and awarded CHF 25,000 as part of a screenplay grant.
Ivan Madeo is a copywriter and concept developer at the Young&Rubicam agencies Wunderman and Futurecom. Two years ago, together with Urs Frey, owner of the Biel-based advertising film production company Twin Productions, he founded Contrast Film, which is based in Zurich and Bern and develops and produces feature film projects. The Cultural Fund of the Swiss Society of Authors (SSA) awards three particularly promising feature film projects each year with a contribution of CHF 25,000 each.
Ivan Madeo is a copywriter and concept developer at the Young&Rubicam agencies Wunderman and Futurecom. Two years ago, together with Urs Frey, owner of the Biel-based advertising film production company Twin Productions, he founded Contrast Film, which is based in Zurich and Bern and develops and produces feature film projects. The Cultural Fund of the Swiss Society of Authors (SSA) awards three particularly promising feature film projects each year with a contribution of CHF 25,000 each.
