Adriano Kestenholz
Director, Screenwriter, Cinematographer
- Website
- www.alephfilm.ch
Adriano Kestenholz was born in Locarno in 1950. He trained in Paris, where he studied cinema at Paris VIII University and art history at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales. Since 1987, he has been active as an independent director and producer of films and videos on art, as well as an author of video installations, transmedia projects and exhibition curator. He was a Fellow in Visual Arts and Advisor at the Bogliasco Foundation.
Filmography
(a selection)
Director
- 2025
- Francesco Hoch. Diabolus ex musica by Adriano Kestenholz
- 2015
- Alias Pellegrino Tibaldi. Le due anime del Cinquecento by Adriano Kestenholz
- 2010
- Segantiniana by Adriano Kestenholz
- 2008
- Villa Saluzzo Serra: la latenza del visibile by Adriano Kestenholz
- 2007
- Domenico Fontana: ingegnere, architetto, urbanista by Adriano Kestenholz
- 2005
- Mosaici di Piazza Armerina by Adriano Kestenholz
- 2005
- Carlo Maderno: l’emergenza del barocco by Adriano Kestenholz
- 2002
- Le gemetire della luce by Adriano Kestenholz
- 2001
- Les ombres de Camille Claudel by Adriano Kestenholz
- 2001
- Livio Vacchini by Adriano Kestenholz
- 2000
- Luigi Rossi – tra realtà e simbolo by Adriano Kestenholz
- 2000
- Edoardo Berta by Adriano Kestenholz
- 1997
- Caspar Wolf «Le straordinarie vedute delle alpi» by Adriano Kestenholz
- 1997
- Camesi – Il teatro dei segni by Adriano Kestenholz
- 1996
- L'isola dei morti by Adriano Kestenholz
- 1994
- Estatico Barocco by Adriano Kestenholz
- 1993
- René Auberjonois by Adriano Kestenholz
- 1991
- Adolfo Feragutti Visconti (1850-1924) by Adriano Kestenholz
- 1989
- La mano senza volto by Adriano Kestenholz
- 1989
- Albert Anker, Ritaglie dall'opera by Adriano Kestenholz
- 1988
- La toilette de Vénus by Adriano Kestenholz
- 1988
- Félix Vallotton by Adriano Kestenholz
Screenwriter
- 2015
- Alias Pellegrino Tibaldi. Le due anime del Cinquecento by Adriano Kestenholz
- 2010
- Segantiniana by Adriano Kestenholz
- 2007
- Domenico Fontana: ingegnere, architetto, urbanista by Adriano Kestenholz
- 2005
- Mosaici di Piazza Armerina by Adriano Kestenholz
- 2005
- Carlo Maderno: l’emergenza del barocco by Adriano Kestenholz
- 1997
- Camesi – Il teatro dei segni by Adriano Kestenholz
- 1996
- L'isola dei morti by Adriano Kestenholz
Cinematographer
- 2025
- Francesco Hoch. Diabolus ex musica by Adriano Kestenholz
- 2015
- Alias Pellegrino Tibaldi. Le due anime del Cinquecento by Adriano Kestenholz
- 2007
- Domenico Fontana: ingegnere, architetto, urbanista by Adriano Kestenholz
- 1997
- Camesi – Il teatro dei segni by Adriano Kestenholz