Susanne Hertel

Writer · Dramaturg · Producer

Born in Fulda, Germany, in 1961, Susanne Hertel studied German literature in Munich. Early on, she began working on film and television productions, developing a lasting interest in the relationship between literary storytelling and cinematic form.

Since the late 1990s, she has focused on screenwriting and the development of projects for film and television. She lives and works between Munich and Rome, where she is managing director of the production company HS Media.

At Cinetel SA, she is responsible for creative project development: identifying strong stories, accompanying them dramaturgically, and working on structure, characters and tone. Her approach is rooted in dialogue and collaboration, as well as in cross-cultural and international exchange.

She believes that stories need time — and that every project can grow when treated with care, precision and openness.

Marco Serafini

Writer · Creative · Producer

Marco Serafini is a producer, writer and creative driving force behind Cinetel SA. He develops and realizes international film and television projects between Luxembourg, Italy, Germany, France and North America, with a clear focus on strong storytelling, precise dramaturgy and emotionally powerful visual worlds.

His work combines artistic vision with entrepreneurial strategy. As a producer and showrunner — and, when a project calls for it, as director — he accompanies stories from their earliest concept through international financing and production. Moving seamlessly between Luxemburgish, German, Italian, French and English, he sees co-production not merely as a financial structure, but as a creative dialogue between cultures.

With projects such as ARVIL, Making Money, and documentaries including L’Occhio del Terremoto, he develops narratives that are visually striking, thematically relevant and internationally resonant. He is drawn to characters navigating power, loss, identity and reinvention — told with stylistic clarity and structural precision.

At Cinetel, Marco Serafini represents a distinct signature that bridges European sensibility with a global perspective. For him, every project is a living process — a story that finds its full strength when vision, structure and emotion are in balance.

Jesus Gonzalez Elvira

Producer

With over 25 years of experience in the field, Jesus Gonzalez has co-produced more than fifty films, including Maddened by his absence (by Sandrine Bonnaire, with William Hurt and Alexandra Lamy, selected at the Week of the Critic in Cannes), Tip Top (by Serge Bozon, with Isabelle Huppert, Sandrine Kiberlain and François Damiens, selected at the Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes), Arrêtez-moi (by Jean-Paul Lilienfeld, with Sophie Marceau and Miou-Miou).

He focuses on both international minority co-productions, such as Mammal (by Rebecca Daly, with Rachel Griffiths, selected at Sundance, Rotterdam, etc.), Dreamland (by Bruce McDonald, with Henri Rollins and Juliette Lewis, selected at the Brussels BIFFF, Fantasia in Montreal, Torino, Whistler, etc.), The Racer (by Kieron J. Walsh, with Louis Talpe, Matteo Simoni, Iain Glen and Tara Lee, selected at SXSW, etc.), REBEL (by Adil & Bilall, with Aboubakr Bensaihi and Lubna Azabal, selected at the Cannes Film Festival), and majority co-productions, whether they are feature films by established directors, such as Toy Gun (by Marco Serafini, with Luke Allen-Gale, Anthony LaPaglia, John Hannah, Julian Sands, Federico Castelluccio, Hana Sofia Lopes), or first feature films such as Skin Walker (by Christian Neuman, with Amber Anderson, Udo Kier, Jefferson Hall, Luc Schitz, Luc Feit, Sophie Mousel), or short films, documentaries and television series.