UN RIFF PARA LAZARO

A Riff for Lazaro

Suiza. 2007. Color. 17 min. Ficción. .
  • Film Director: Rémi Borgeaud.
  • Producer: Irina Ruiz Figueroa.
  • Co-production: Reino Unido, Cuba
Lazaro, a young trumpet player from La Havana, prepares a music exam with a new trumpet mouthpiece. One day this trumpet mouthpiece disappears. Lazaro decides to look for his father, who is also a trumpeter...

Rémi Borgeaud
Rémi Borgeaud is a Swiss filmmaker born in Geneva. After a B.A in Musicology, Spanish and History and two diplomas at the Geneva Conservatory in classical and jazz clarinet, he obtains a master degree in History at the Geneva University (2001). He spends three years at the London Film School to get a master in filmmaking (2007). He finished his filmmaking studies with a short film, “Un Riff Para Lazaro”, shot during his student exchange with the Cuban Film School of San Antonio de los Baños (EICTV). During this same year he collaborates as a script editor with the Israeli director, Miri Shapiro, for a short film in 35mm shot in the Negev Desert. Now Rémi Borgeaud writes a feature script with the Spanish script writer David Pareja and develops documentaries project in Europe and South America. FILMOGRAPHY Co-Director/camera operator European Commission/French Institute/LFS 2007 ° Documentary with Hana Valentova for “European Voyage/Map of London” project”. London. Mini DV. 6min. Script editor London Film School, London/Tel Aviv University 2007 ° Script editor for “4 km” a project by Miri Shapiro. Néguev, Israel. 35mm Writer-Director/Sound designer London Film School/Escuela International de Cine y TV. Cuba 2007 ° Wrote and shot “A riff for Lazaro”. Graduation Movie based in La Havana. Cuba Shot in Super 16mm. Col. 17min Director London Film School, London 2005 ° Wrote and shot “The Edge of Tomorrow”. London Movie selected for the Guest Screening by the London Film School. Shot in 35mm. Col.15 min Writer-Director/Editor/sound designer London Film School. London 2004 ° Wrote, directed and edited “Once upon a time Europe”. 16mm. 4 min. Writer-Director London Film School. London 2004 ° Wrote and directed “The show must go on”. 16mm.