Giovanni Jussi

is a multidisciplinary artist based in Bern, whose work spans film, theater, performance, installation, music, and video production. His diverse training includes physical theater at the Scuola Teatro Dimitri, a master program at the École Philippe Gaulier in Paris, further studies in contemporary dance, as well as training as a Feldenkrais practitioner in Vienna and as a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner. Body awareness, movement, and space are integral to his artistic practice.

He has collaborated with internationally renowned artists, and his projects have been presented in numerous countries at prestigious venues such as HAU Berlin, FFT Düsseldorf, Schlachthaus Theater Bern, Ars Electronica Linz, Die Angewandte Vienna, Dschungel Wien, Stadttheater Bozen, Neimenster Luxembourg, BlackBox Oslo, MQ Vienna, La Raffinerie Brussels, Teatro Cuminetti Trento, Teatro del Buratto Milan, Schäxpir Linz, Théâtre de L’L Brussels, among others.

Alongside his work in theater and live performance, Giovanni develops professional film, video, and video art projects, bringing his multidisciplinary expertise in directing, multicam editing, and live streaming of cultural events, with a strong focus on innovative and experimental approaches.

Francesco Diaz

Francesco Diaz is a Swiss-Italian director and cinematographer, born in Italy with roots in Appenzell and Sardinia, based in Lausanne.
Trained in cinematography at the Civica Scuola di Cinema in Milan, he has worked for over twenty years in Italy, Switzerland, and Austria on film productions, video art, theater, and installation, as well as commercial and documentary work.

His research explores video as a narrative and artistic tool capable of provoking reflection in the viewer, balancing work on narrative sets with experimentation. Body, light, and framing become tools for immersive storytelling, where awareness of movement and spatial dimension are essential elements of the visual narrative.

He has collaborated with internationally renowned artists and directors and co-founded the cultural association donThink, building a creative network across Italy, Switzerland, and Austria. He is currently developing Ghosteen, his first feature film as writer-director.