The Crew
Daniele Marzeddu
Filmmaker & Photographer
Daniele was born in Italy in 1978.He usually calls himself son of emigration, and he is a sort of stateless person.
Having lived in South Austria, Venice, Portugal, Spain and several different cities in Europe, he has settled in the UK since 2015.
Graduated in Art and Heritage from the University of Venice, Daniele has been shooting since he was 7.
Saxophonist, events organiser and traveller he has collaborated with cultural institutions of Portugal, Italy and the UK.
A multi award-winning director with his documentaries about social history, he is currently carrying out photographic and crossing-art projects between the British Isles and the Continent.
In 2019 he founded thevisualguys.com together with the multimedia technician Antonio Meloni.
Glåsbird
Composer
Glåsbird is an anonymous project by an established artist, built specifically to branch into the world of composing music for film and creating far-flung fictitious journeys. Working alongside British record label whitelabrecs, Glåsbird is developing a series of albums, each themed around different geographic locations. Glåsbird has been active since 2018 and the following year their debut album Grønland emerged, which soundtracked a sonic expedition to Greenland.
They have gone on to 'migrate' to other remote lands such as Svalbard, the Norwegian fjords and Novaya Zemlya as the series continues.
The Glåsbird sound is both cinematic and ambient but the medium of sound is used as a storytelling tool, to weave in a narrative specific to a location.
They join the Return to Sea and Sardinia project to compose the soundtrack to the film, in which the approach will be similar to their location-specific sound design.
More information about glåsbird
Rita Carta Manias
Communications Manager
An independent curator originally from Sardinia, living in London since 2014. Alongside her career in adult education and professional training, Rita has fulfilled her lifetime dream of gaining a BA Hons degree in History of Art (Birkbeck University, London), focusing on Italian Renaissance and Baroque period and recently completed a Master in Art Management (London Southbank University).
Rita is an enthusiastic supporter and collaborator at ArtCan organisation and an active advocate in fostering collaborations and new opportunities for artists and cultural events. Following Island2IslandArt exhibition in October 2020, Rita has become a keen promoter of Sea and Sardinia film-documentary and photo-book project produced by Daniele Marzeddu which was included, with an introductory promo-video, at the Island2IslandArt exhibition.
Rita is collaborating on promotional aspects (online & off-line), social media networking, fundraising and distribution.
Antonio Meloni
Director, editor, VFX specialist and graphic designer
Film and television director, graduated in Cinema and new media at the University of Bologna. He has gained work experience in both national and regional television stations. He has also directed and produced several projects for the film industry. Alongside his directing experience, he has been involved in video post-production, as an editor and visual effects specialist (VFX).
For several years, he has also been responsible for graphics and design for various national magazines.
His latest works include Unhumans (2017), a 24-minute sci-fi medium-length film rich in visual effects, where he edited the subject, script, editing, VFX, and also composed the entire soundtrack.
In 2018 he made the film "We against any violence" as director and editor, which was awarded as the best social project at the Venice exhibition.
In 2020 he produced, together with daniele Marzeddu and the group "The visual guys”, the feature film" Side Effect ", taking care of direction, editing and visual effects.
More information about Antonio Meloni.
Andrea Mameli
Organisations manager
Andrea Mameli, Laurea (M.Sc.) degree in Physics (1995, University of Cagliari) and Master degree in Science Communication (1999, International School for Advanced Studies, Trieste), has been attending diction and acting classes since 2012. In 1998 he won the Italian Journalism Award SMAU (Milano) thus being able to undertake an internship in England (The Trevithick Trust) and in Austria (Terra Mystica, Bad Bleiberg).
He participated in the organization of shows (Art& Scienza, Cagliari, 2006) and events (History Festival, Cagliari, 2009; Science Festival, Orgosolo, 2010).
Since 2012 he has been attending courses in diction and acting.
He began his acting career with some small roles in movies and tv series (Bellas Mariposas, 2011; L’isola di Pietro, 2016; Nieuwe buren 4, 2018; Side Effect, 2020; Emilio Lussu, il processo, 2021) and the main role in a short film (Paranoia, 2017).
In 2020 he wrote and performed a monologue that was produced by the Cagliari Science Festival (Il bidello di Pacinotti).
More information about Andrea Mameli.
Professor Nick Ceramella
Nick Ceramella taught English literature and language in various Italian universities: Naples (l’Orientale, Federico II), Rome (La Sapienza, Roma Tre, LUMSA), l’Aquila, Perugia (University for Foreigners), Trento.
Visiting professor Universities of Moscow (Russia), Maceiò (Brazil), Podgorica (Montenegro), Minsk (Belaruss).
He lectured in most European countries, Brazil, and the United States.
Rob Mulholland
Marketing Manager
Rob Mulholland Specialisms – Data Analysis, Digital Analytics, Strategic Design, Delivery Planning
In 2014, Rob established McQueenie Mulholland with Sue McQueenie. He brings a wealth of strategic marketing communications experience to the team, chiefly within data analysis, objectives setting, strategic design, delivery planning and impact measurement.
Rob provides strategic leadership on client projects and supports our team in the practical delivery of campaigns across traditional and digital media.
Working for clients with national, regional and global ambitions he has worked with the likes of British Red Cross, Water Aid, The Stroke Association, Oxfam, Citizens Advice, Tesco, Asda and M&S.
Large or small, Rob helps McQueenie Mulholland’s clients interpret marketing objectives into actions.
Vicki Baker
Director Assistant/Social media manager.
She has worked at the Northampton Film House liaising with suppliers and customers