Giacun Caduff

Giacun Caduff was born in Switzerland and moved to Los Angeles in 2001 to pursue a career in filmmaking. He graduated from Cal State Long Beach with a Bachelor degree in Film and Electronic Arts and went on to pick up a Masters degree in Creative Producing from UCLA in 2008. His thesis film "Etienne!" by director Jeff Mizushima played at more than 30 film festivals and won multiple awards. While in school, he founded boxur]shorts(TM) Film Festival, which screened short films in movie jukeboxes at different venues around the world. In 2009 Caduff went on to create the Gässli Film Festival that takes place annually in a picturesque alley in his hometown Basel, Switzerland. It is a platform for young aspiring filmmakers to present their first short films and at the same time meet industry professionals. He's also the founder of Swiss Autokino Cinema Drive-in and organized a Movie Camp for kids from 2014-2019. 2014 he wrapped production on a feature film entitled "20 Regeln für Sylvie" that he directed and produced. In 2015 he had the opportunity to team up with director Timo von Gunten and produce the short film entitled "La femme et le TGV", starring Jane Birkin in the leading role. The film played multiple festivals and received an Oscar® nomination in 2017 for Best Live Action Short. Following that successful release, he created the Basel House of Film, an initiative that includes a filmmaker's residence and cinema club.