La Sarraz Pictures was born in Turin in 2004, founded by Alessandro Borrelli, with the idea of developing and producing cinema that, first and foremost, was able to tell and interpret through its films, documentaries and animations produced, the world around us, trying to offer authentic and original points of view through the authors’ gaze.

A distinctive feature of its productions is that they are largely made as international co-productions, thanks to a continuous and meticulous work of presence and research in international markets, as well as training and participation in important European networks such as ACE (2011), EFP (Cannes, “Producer on the Move,” 2012), EAVE and others.

We have, in fact developed projects and co-produced officially with Australia, Argentina, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Croatia, France, Germany, Norway, Holland, Portugal, Czech Republic, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain and Switzerland, often creating virtuous reciprocal relationships.

Another distinguishing feature of the company is that it has often bet on young female authors, producing many creative films and documentaries, which have been the film debuts of many female directors.

In 2017 through the project La Sarraz Distribuzione, we decided to make more homogeneous also the part related to theatrical distribution not only of our films, but also for some titles not produced by us directly.

For those who are wondering, our name, “La Sarraz,” comes from the “Congrès International du Cinéma Indépendant” that was held in the old castle of La Sarraz, Switzerland, in 1929 and was organized by Serghej Ejzenstejn.

It was the first and historic occasion when “independent cinema” was discussed, and what inspired the name of the company, was the central theme of the short film made by Ejzenstejn himself, for the closing of the Congress, in collaboration with the participants themselves.

The eternal battle of a knight armed with only a spear with a camera at its tip, representing precisely “independent cinema”, fighting to safeguard the identity and freedom of cinema, which in our own small way, we hope to always succeed in doing.

Our logo and animated theme song, are inspired precisely by the frames dedicated to the “knight” of independent cinema fighting against the ghosts of censorship and homologation.