Producers on the Move 2023

Biography

Producer-director Silvana founded Berlin-based Soilfilms in 2013 and has seen her last two films Sharaf (2021) and Pamfir (2022) enjoying great success both nationally and internationally. She is currently raising finance for a slate of projects including Iranian filmmaker Nader Saeivar’s The Witness, based on a screenplay by Jafar Panahi, and the next film by director Shekhar Kapur.

selected films

Noor
in financing 2025
by Shekhar Kapur
Germany, France

The Witness
in financing 2024
by Nader Saeivar
Iran, Germany, Luxembourg

Ruby
in financing 2025
by Silvana Santamaria
Luxembourg, UK, Germany

Pamfir 2022
by Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk
Ukraine, France, Poland, Germany, Luxembourg, Chile
trailer

Sharaf 2021
by Samir Nasr
Germany, Tunisia, France, Luxembourg