So much is new, so much is coming

But! We're told never to start a sentence with "but", yet here we are. Maybe there is something true about the idea that not everything we're told has to be true for everyone. There are so many conventions and mechanisms in place, just there to hold us back and prevent us from becoming our true self, from actually doing that one thing we always wanted to do. 

One year ago, I was so disillusioned about my work, I took the opportunity offered to build up a production company inside the agency I worked for. It was some kind of last straw I was grasping, to maybe find my place in a company I had tried to make better for years. And what happened was: I failed.

Don't get me wrong, I set up a wonderful team of talented people, got the system running, the work kept coming, the team kept growing - for the company a success. The one I failed was myself. It took me the rest of the year 2023 to realise, and even longer to understand, that this was not for me. I am no manager, I am a storyteller. I did not fit into this business world without destroying myself.

"Find what you love and let it kill you."

Dear Charles Bukowski, of course everything will kill us in the end, but I'd rather stick with Max Fisher:

"Find something you love to do and then do it for the rest of your life."

It just has a better ring to me.

And that is exactly what I finally started doing this year. I set myself free from the conventions and expectations and follow my path, I finally start telling my own story. Currently I am working on getting back to the world I strayed from for so long, back to telling the stories that I want to, need to tell. No more hiding behind jobs and restrictions, behind what's expected and what can or can't be done. I am back at making films, for good, for life.

So what am I working on at the moment (because we all know, you are only working, when you're working)?

Starting my own business as a screenwriter and director naturally takes up a lot of space and time. Besides this, there are several animated projects in the making: an animated feature which may or may not contain a lot of wool and some cats;  a limited miniseries (animated), as well as another short film project. And then there is something special coming up this May (no dolce vita, sumimasen). And I finally got new glasses.

I am looking for suitable representation to take me on (screenwriting and/or directing) and walk the walk with me, as well.

So stay tuned for more and hopefully more exciting news and works soon!

Amore, -T.