smoKings
Italy / Switzerland, April 2014
FILM,
Documentary,
90 min.
- directed by
- Michele Fornasero
- Written by
- Michele Fornasero
- Status
- In distribution
The Messina brothers are Yesmoke, a little tobacco company based in Turin, Italy. Originally Yesmoke was an online store for cheap cigarettes, selling mainly Philip Morris to millions of customers around the world. When sales reached over one hundred million a year, “Big Tobacco” sued them for USD 550 million, obligating them to shut their website down. As a result, the two brothers decided to build their own cigarette manufacturing company in the outskirts of Turin, taking the fight to Philip Morris in an effort to level the playing field.
credits
- World Premiere
- April 2014
- Original Version
- Italian, English, German (english subtitles), colour, DCP, 90 min.
- Production
- Indyca, ventura film sa, RSI Radiotelevisione svizzera, MA.ja.de Filmproduktion
- Producer
- Simone Catania, Elda Guidinetti, Andres Pfaeffli
- directed by
- Michele Fornasero
- Written by
- Michele Fornasero
- Cinematography
- Paolo Ferrari
- Editing
- Jesper Osmund, Marco Rezoagli
- Sound Editing
- Davide Favargiotti
- Re-Recording Mix
- Davide Favargiotti
- Music
- Giorgio Giampa
- Location Sound Mix
- Gigi Miniotti
World Sales / World Rights
- World Sales
- Film Harbour
Worldwide Distribution
- Italy
-
I Wonder
Distribution
Release date: 19.03.2015
Awards
(a selection)
- Nyon, Visions du Réel, Prix de postproduction C-Side pour le meilleur film suisse toutes sections confondues 2014 (Winner)
Festivals
(a selection)
-
Euganea Monselice, 14th Euganea Film Festival
03.07.2015 - 19.07.2015 -
Florence, 55° Festival dei Popoli Firenze
28.11.2014 - 05.12.2014 -
Zagreb, 12th Zagreb Film Festival
19.10.2014 - 26.10.2014 -
Nyon, 20e Visions du Réel Festival international de cinéma Nyon
25.04.2014 - 03.05.2014