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Jaro Renout

Musician, Owner Checkpoint Charlie

I’m Jaro Renout, born in Amsterdam in 1963, grew up in the centre and the Wild Wild West of the city. I’m one of the owners of Checkpoint Charlie. I’m a more of a musician than a film buff, but I love all arts, and especially moving pictures, and it’s great to be able to participate in this event. I worked at Amsterdam’s second most famous venue, the Melkweg for ten years, saw things that defy any movie concept, and the same goes for playing in bands and touring Europe. My primary love was punk rock, my everlasting one is hip hop. Currently trying to lose my ‘taste’ in music in order to be able to listen to anything that falls onto my path. Music is too big for taste. I still play in a couple of bands; Amsterdelics & De Porders, and also in a very new project), I’m a dj (a good one, which I can finally say after 27 years of trying very hard), and I write random stuff.Hope this qualifies me a little bit. Looking forward to seeing you in Amsterdam!

Tenedle

Musician, Singer, Sound Designer

TENEDLE is a Composer/Songwriter, Producer, Performer and Sound Designer born in Florence (Italy) living in The Netherlands. In the second half of the ‘80s Tenedle was a member of the electronic new wave band Laughing Silence. The band breaks up in 1995 and Tenedle begins a series of collaborations and projects in the field of electronic music starting his solo career.
Since then Tenedle released 9 studio albums : Psicfreakblusbus (2003), Luminal (2005), Alter (2007) Grancassa (2010) Vulcano (2014) Odd To Love – A tribute to Emily Dickinson (2015) Traumsender (2018), The Beast of Tenedle (Songs collection 2019), Glossophobia (Soundtrack 2020) Stellar (Digital EP 2020) Dark Traumsender (Digital Remixes 2021) Shakespeare (Soundtrack 2022). Distinguished by a mix of songwriting, electronic music, themes from the ‘imaginary’, Tenedle’s projects have led the press to call him “a visionary songwriter” and his songs to be described as “small films”. Tenedle is a contemporary songwriter and his music is a personal universe.
Over the years he has participated in several Prizes gaining recognition both in Italy and in the Netherlands. Tenedle presents his live performances based on electronic sound and visuals with some acoustic moments and theatrical hints. Alone or with guest musicians, in the years, Tenedle performed in Italy, The Netherlands, United Kingdom, Spain, Belgium, Germany, France and Luxemburg. Tenedle’s new album “Demetra” is out now! Released on February 3, 2023

Rob Laloli

Singer, Actor, Theater Director

Rob Laloli has a lot of experience as a singer in various bands and as an actor with the mime company Theater het Klein in Eindhoven, Theatergroep In alle Staten, with which he also founded and played at Theater the Bank in Amsterdam and in 2016/2017 with theater group Delta Dua and in a a few films including the feature film Sprong naar de liefde. In 2022-2023 he worked as an actor with De Salon van weleer in Utrecht.
He loves films and always has a sharp look for the direction and the acting skill’s of the actors.
He was associated with theater De Cameleon for 10 years, the last 6 years as director, and presented his own show Culturia for 10 years. An open stage.
Rob still occasionally performs as a singer with musician friends.
He likes to write short comic reflections and was working on stories from his youth. He creates songs on his own on the global platform Bandlap and releases them there.

Simone Faucci

Actor, Festival Director, Producer

Simone Faucci, actor and director, producer graduated from the Bologna Theater School “Alessandra Galante Garrone” and trained with Orazio Costa Giovangigli, Claudio Remondi and Riccardo Caporossi, Ugo Chiti, Eugenio Barba and the Odin Teatret, Nikolai Karpov. He completed the Masterclass at the Piccolo Teatro in Milan with Lev Dodin, Lluìs Pasqual, Luca Ronconi and G.Ceronetti. He has had work experience in the major Italian theatres, and in addition to the directors already mentioned, he has worked with Franco Però, Henning Brockhaus and Peter Shumann of Bread and Puppet; in recent years he has had a collaboration with Teresa Pedroni working with Paolo Ferrari and Roberto Herliztka. He participated in the Spoleto, ArmuniaTeatro and VolterraTeatro festivals. With his company Teatri della Resistenza of which he was artistic director, he carries out civil theater performances based on historical research and tackles texts by contemporary authors. In cinema I participated in films financed by the Ministry, participating in the Cannes, Venice and Giffoni festivals. He has taken part in multiple independent films. He has worked in Rai and Mediaset fiction. Voice actor in various films, TV series and documentaries. From 2021 Legal Representative of the filmcompany STETI productions s.r.l. Creator and Artistic Director of the special project for the promotion of Italian cinema and audiovisual abroad with the DGCA MiC ORIZZONTI Italia Cuba 2022 edition.

Leonardo Ventura

Director

Leandro Ventura is a Dominican filmmaker, musician, and producer who has honed his skills as a film director, screenwriter, and sound expert for cinema and television. With a background in acting and musical theater, he was part of the cast of "Disney High School Musical on stage República Dominicana" in 2008.

In Madrid, Leandro premiered the documentary "Beyond the Waves," an extensive work narrating the notable stories of Dominican immigrants in Spain, featuring figures like Ángela Carrasco (singer) and María Marte (2 Michelin-starred chef).

Leandro has collaborated with prominent artists such as Víctor Víctor (EPD), Techy Fatule, Pedro Guerra, Pavel Nuñez, Covi Quintana, Roberto Antonio, among others.

He has also served as a producer and organizer of Dominican film showcases in Madrid (TC-TD 2018-2019-2020), supported by the Embassy of the Dominican Republic in the Kingdom of Spain and the Dominican Republic's Directorate General of Film (DGCINE).

Silvia Terribili

Festival Programmer

Silvia Terribili (1957) was born in Italy and moved to Amsterdam in 1980. She studied English and Dutch at the University of Perugia and graduated with a theses about Rembrandt in the Dutch Literature. Since 1988 she works at the Italian Cultural Institute where she organised various film festivals and shorts festivals in collaboration with Dutch and international institutions. She collaborated with Italian Filmfestivals a.o. NICE (New Italian Cinema Events), Cinemadamare and Lucania Film festival. She is playing theatre since 2003, her major interpretations are Medea by Patrizia Filia and Trojan Memories by Juan Tajes.