FELLINIANA
Federico Fellini was one of the defining figures of twentieth-century cinema.
Over the course of a forty-year career, from 1950 to 1990, he created a unique and instantly recognizable universe, populated by eccentric, poetic, and often unforgettable characters.
Over the course of his career, he won five Academy Awards, four for Best Foreign Language Film, awarded to La Strada, Nights of Cabiria, 8½ and Amarcord, followed by the Honorary Academy Award in 1993. With twelve nominations in total, Fellini secured his place in the history of cinema as one of its greatest figures.
A LEGACY THAT
BELONGS TO THE WORLD
There is something that unites millions of people around the world, a love of cinema.
Cinema has made us dream, moved us, and given us memories. It has transcended generations, languages, and cultures.
And Italy gave the world one of its greatest Masters, Federico Fellini.
Five Academy Awards, an imagery that became universal, a way of storytelling so unique that his name became a word recognized around the world, Felliniesque.
Fellini did not simply represent Italian cinema.
He represented Italy to the world.
And it is from this greatness that Felliniana was born.
There is no end. There is no beginning.
There is only an infinite passion for life.
WHAT IS
FELLINIANA
Great cultural projects have always needed people capable of recognizing their value even before their success.
For Felliniana, we have chosen to involve a limited number of entrepreneurs, people who share a passion for art, cinema, and culture, and who wish to become an active part of a project created to endure over time.
They are officially awarded the title of:
OFFICIAL PARTNER
THE ART INSIDER
The Art Insider
OFFICIAL PARTNER OF FELLINIANA
You will also be featured in an interview with The Art Insider, a leading publication dedicated to art and the art market, featured on Google News since 2017.
The interview will focus on your entrepreneurial journey, your vision, and your personal relationship with art and culture.
Because behind every great entrepreneur is, first and foremost, someone capable of seeing further.
NINO ROTA: THE SOUND OF FELLINI
GRAMMY MUSEUM
At the GRAMMY Museum, Felliniana opens a new door, the world of music. If Federico Fellini created entire universes through images, Nino Rota composed their very breath, writing music that became inseparable from Fellini’s poetic vision.
The encounter between these art forms will be brought to life by José Cura, the legendary tenor who has performed on the world’s greatest stages, from the Metropolitan Opera to La Scala and Covent Garden, as well as a conductor, composer, and sound engineer, an artist capable of moving across different creative languages with the same extraordinary power.
FELLINIANA
BOARD MEMBERS
DAVID GUIDO PIETRONI
CEL ANIMATION MOTIONS - PRESIDENT
David Guido Pietroni is a producer and President of Cel Animation, with a career spanning international music, cinema, art, and major cultural events. He began his career as a promoter and tour manager, working with leading artists and gaining significant international experience with Compay Segundo as part of the Buena Vista Social Club project.
In 2002, he produced Rigoletto for the Arturo Toscanini Foundation. Staged in Piazza del Campo in Siena before an audience of 32,000, the event led to Rigoletto Story, subsequently distributed worldwide by Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
In 2007, he served as Associate Producer of the Vivienne Westwood retrospective at Palazzo Reale in Milan, presented in collaboration with the Victoria and Albert Museum and Vittorio Sgarbi.
A member of the Recording Academy since 2004, in 2025 he participated as Additional Producer on Solid Rock Revival, a Rock For Children project featuring Alice Cooper, Slash, and Rob Halford, which received a GRAMMY® nomination.
RUBEN DARIO SALAS
MUSIC PRODUCER
GOVERNOR OF THE RECORDING ACADEMY
Rubén Darío Salas is a multi-award-winning sound engineer and producer. Throughout his career, he has worked with artists and on music, audiovisual, film, and video game productions around the world.
His experience spans a wide range of genres and creative languages, working alongside leading international performers and musicians while combining technical expertise, musical sensitivity, and sonic innovation.
He has received numerous international honors, including GRAMMY Awards, as well as multiple nominations.
In 2025, he was appointed Governor of the Recording Academy, actively contributing to the professional community representing the American music industry.
EMANUELA ZINI
ADVERTISING EXECUTIVE
Emanuela Zini is a seasoned consultant and journalist with a sharp strategic vision and a passion for storytelling.
With over 20 years of experience in finance and five as a Marketing and Communication Director, she founded Aleph Advice to help businesses grow through her expert guidance.
Throughout her career in the banking and financial sector, she has specialized in marketing and communication strategies for both Italian and international distribution networks.
She has collaborated with leading banking institutions, playing a key role in the startup of the UniCredit Group and working internationally with the AXA Group.
As a writer for art magazines and cultural journals, she blends business insight with creative expression, navigating both corporate strategy and editorial storytelling. Her work reflects a unique fusion of analytical expertise and artistic perspective, making her a sought-after voice in both consulting and journalism.
EMANUELE CASON
ADVERTISING EXECUTIVE
After graduating in Political Science from the Università Cattolica in Milan, Emanuele Cason began his career in communications in 1987.
He spent the following eleven years at the Italian office of leading American agency Lowe Lintas, working with clients including Unilever, Findus, IBM, Bayer, Johnson & Johnson, and Coca-Cola.
Over the next twenty-three years, he served as Client Director at Armando Testa, moving from the international agency environment to Italy’s largest advertising agency, where he worked with clients including Reckitt Benckiser, Nestlé, Disney Channel, Direct Line, Mediaset Premium, Esselunga, Heineken, and Mediolanum.
For the past four years, he has served as Senior Advisor and Board Advisor to major clients and partners of companies united by a strong commitment to beauty, culture, and quality, values he fully recognizes in the Felliniana project.
SABRINA INGRAVALLO
BRAND PARTNERSHIPS
Sabrina Ingravallo is part of the Cel Animation Motions team, where she focuses on developing relationships between the business community and cultural initiatives within the film industry.
With extensive experience in business development, strategic partnerships, and commercial network building, she has contributed to the growth of innovative initiatives and complex business ecosystems.
Her professional background also includes experience in the television and entertainment sectors, giving her a deep understanding of communication dynamics, audience engagement, and the creative industries.
Throughout her career, her interest in the visual arts and cultural expression has remained a constant source of inspiration and professional motivation.
JOSE CURA
COMPOSER AND CONDUCTOR
José Cura is one of the most distinguished figures in contemporary opera, a dramatic tenor, composer, and conductor who has performed on the world’s most prestigious international stages.
Trained as a composer and conductor before establishing himself as an international tenor, Cura possesses a profound understanding of musical architecture, orchestration, and acoustic space. This background allows him to conceive music as a living structure shaped by breath, resonance, and human energy.
Over decades at the highest levels of the international music scene, he has developed an artistic language that brings together composition, conducting, acoustic research, and sound design, approaching music in its entirety.
In an era increasingly dominated by synthetic sound and digital shortcuts, his philosophy remains profoundly human, real instruments, real voices, and the authentic resonance of sound in space.
José Cura’s contribution is not simply music, it is history.
WALTON ZED
ANIMATOR AND ACADEMIC
Walton Zed is a leading figure in the field of traditional animation. Trained at the Academy of Fine Arts in Naples, where he graduated with highest honors, he has built his career at the intersection of artistic research, film production, and education.
As a professor of Anatomy of Movement, Animation, and Stop Motion, he passes on to new generations an approach to animation grounded in the study of movement, the discipline of drawing, and meticulous attention to detail.
In an industry increasingly dominated by digital technologies, Walton Zed has chosen to dedicate himself to Cel Animation, keeping alive a technique that demands exceptional mastery of drawing and an entirely manual production process, frame by frame.
Through his work, he contributes to preserving the heritage of traditional animation, creating works that combine craftsmanship, artistic research, and cinematic language.