Ph Ciompi films


My main field of work is sound design & mixing for films Over the years I developped a working relationship with many film directors, such as Elene Naveriani, Salomé Jashi, Andrew Kötting, Ben Rivers, Xiaolu Guo, the Quay Brothers and many more, as well as internationally in Switzerland, France, Germany etc I am also exploring the connex fields of picture editing and music composing for films Here is a selection of projects I've been involved with

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MONOLOGO COLECTIVO Jessica Sarah Rinland	Dir Jessica Sarah Rinland Argentina 2024 Premiere @ Locarno 2024 Sound Design & Mix Toronto TIFF 2024 San Sebastian 2024		[LOCARNO] [TIFF] [SAN SEBASTIAN]
ACTING Sophie Fiennes	Dir Sophie Fiennes United Kingdom 2024 Premiere @ Edinburgh EIFF 2024 Sound Design & Mix		[EDINBURGH]
BEING JOHN SMITH John Smith	Dir John Smith United Kingdom 2024 Premiere @ Toronto TIFF 2024 Mix		[TIFF] [LUX]


EARLIER PROJECTS [selection]

BLACKBIRD BLACKBIRD BLACKBERRY Elene Naveriani	Dir Elene Naveriani Georgia - Switzerland 2023 Premiere @ Cannes Director's Fortnight 2023 Sound Design & Mix Best Film & Best actress, Sarajevo Film Festival 2023 Swiss film awards 2024 : Best fiction, best screenplay, best editing, nominated for best sound		[CANNES DIRECTOR'S FORTNIGHT] [ALVA FILM] [SFP]

AUTOUR DU FEU Amanda Cortes & Laura Cazador	Dir Amanda Cortes & Laura Cazador Switzerland 2024 Mix Visioni Award, Solothurn 2024		[DOK MOBILE] [SWISSFILMS]

EVER SINCE, I HAVE BEEN FLYING Aylin Gökmen	Dir Aylin Gökmen Turkey - Switzerland 2023 Premiere @ Locarno 2023 Sound Design & Mix Best Short, Festival dei Popoii Florence 2023 Best Short, RIDM Montreal 2023 John Hope Franklin Award, Full Frame Durham 2024		[TIFF TRAILER] [SWISSFILMS]

THE LAND WITHIN Fisnik Maxville	Dir Fisnik Maxville Switzerland - Kosovo 2022 Sound Design & Mix Best First Feature, Tallinn Black Nights 2022 Best Director, Raindance London 2023 Best Director and Best Film, PriFest Prishtina 2023		[TALLINN BLACK NIGHTS] [ALVA FILM]

lLES PROTEURS / DE DRAGERS Sarah Vanagt	Dir. Sarah Vanagt Belgium 2022 Premiere at IDFA Amsterdam 2022 Sound Design & Mix Special Mention, IDFA 2022 Jury Award, Arkipel Jakarta 2023		[VANAGT] [IDFA]]

EARLIER FILM WORK - SELECTION
WET SAND Elene Naveriani	Dir. Elene Naveriani Georgia/Switzerland 2021 Premiere @ Locarno 2021 Sound Design, Music Best male actor, Locarno 2021 [Cineasti del Presente]		[LOCARNO] [VARIETY INTERVIEW] [MAXIMAGE]

TAMING THE GARDEN Salomé Jashi	Dir. Salomé Jashi Georgia/Switzerland/Germany 2021 Premiere @ Sundance 2021 Sound Design & Mix Best Film International Competition FICUNAM , Mexico City Docu/World Main Award, Docudays UA, Kiev		[SUNDANCE] [BERLINALE] [SALOME JASHI] [MIRA FILM] [VARIETY]

HIVE Blerta Basholli	Dir. Blerta Basholli, Kosovo/Switzerland/Macedonia/Albania 2021 Premiere @ Sundance 2021 Sound Design & Mix Sundance 2021 awards : Best Director, World cinema dramatic Grand Jury Prize Audience Award		[SUNDANCE ] [ALVA FILM]

ZWISCHEN DEN STUFEN DES ORGANISCHEN Sylvie Boisseau & Frank Westermeyer dad	Dir. Sylvie Boisseau & Frank Westermeyer Germany / Switzerland 2021 Sound Design & Mix see here		[CENTRE D'ART CONTEMPORAIN GENÉVE] [WEBSITE]

INTIMATE DISTANCES Phillip Warnell	Dir. Phillip Warnell UK 2020 Premiere @ Visions du Réel 2020 Sound Design & Mix Best edited film, Black Canvas Mexico City 2020		[VISIONS DU RÉEL] [REVIEWS]

LOOK THEN BELOW Ben Rivers dad	Dir. Ben Rivers UK 2020 Premiere @ IFFR Mix		[ROTTERDAM IFFR]

KRABI, 2562 Ben Rivers Anocha Suwichakornpong	Dir. Ben Rivers & Anocha Suwichakornpong UK / Thailand 2019 Premiere @ Locarno 2019 Mix		[ROTTERDAM IFFR] [LOCARNO] [LONDON FILM FESTIVAL]

THOSE THAT, AT A DISTANCE, RESEMBLE ANOTHER Jessica Sarah Rinland	Dir. Jessica Sarah Rinland UK / Argentina / Spain 2019 Premiere @ Locarno 2019 Sound design & Mix Special mention, Locarno 2019		[LOCARNO]

TEMPETE SILENCIEUSE Anais Moog	Dir. Anaïs Moog Switzerland 2019 Premiere @ Locarno 2019 Sound design & Mix Silver Leopard f short film, Locarno 2019		[LOCARNO]

RED ANTS BITE Elene Naveriani Thomas Reichlin	Dir. Elene Naveriani / Thomas Reichlin Switzerland / Georgia 2019 International Premiere @ IFFR Sound Design & Mix Special mention, Encounters Film Festival Brisol 2020 Nominated, Swiss Cinema Prize 2021		[ROTTERDAM IFFR]

WHALEBONE BOX Andrew Kotting	Dir. Andrew Kotting, UK 2019 Premiere @ FID Marseille 2019 Mix		[FID MARSEILLE]

DELPHINE ET CAROLE, INSOUMUSES Callisto Mc Nulty	Dir. Callisto Mc Nulty, France / Switzerland 2018 Premiere @ Berlinale 2019 Sound design & Mix Grand jury Documentary award, FIFDH Geneva 2019 GNCR Prize, FID Marseille 2019 Best TV Documentary Award, Union of Film Critics of France, 2020		[BERLINALE]

SOEURS JAJARIJU Jorge Cadena	Dir. Jorge Cadena, Colombia / Switzerland 2018 Premiere @ Berlinale 2019 Sound design & Mix Special jury mention, Berlinale Generation 2019		[BERLINALE]

PART ONE Rosalind Nashashibi	Dir. Rosalind Nashashibi, UK 2019 Premiere @ Berlinale 2019 Sound design & Mix		[BERLINALE]

LANTSKI PAPA'S STOLEN OX Elene Naveriani & Thomas Reichlin	Dir. Elene Naveriani & Thomas Reichlin, Georgia / Switzerland 2018 Sound design & Mix Grand Prix Best short film, Entrevues Belfort 2018		[ENTREVUES BELFORT]

KINSHASA MAKAMBO Dieudo Hamadi	Dir. Dieudo Hamadi, Congo / France / Switzerland / Norway 2018 /Premiere @ Berlinale 2018 Cinéma du Réel Sound design & Mix *True Vision Award - True/False 2018*		[BERLINALE] [CINEMA DU REEL]

WILD RELATIVES Jumana Manna	Dir. Jumana Manna, Lebanon/ Norway / Germany 2018 Premiere @ Berlinale 2018 Cinéma du Réel Sound design & Mix New:Vision Award, CPH:DOX 2018		[BERLINALE] [CINEMA DU REEL]

THE RARE EVENT Ben Rivers & Ben Russell	Dir. Ben Rivers & Ben Russell, Switzerland / France / UK 2018 Premiere @ Berlinale 2018 Cinéma du Réel Sound design & Mix		[BERLINALE] [CINEMA DU REEL]

THREE MEN AND A CARAVAGGIO Xiaolu Guo	Dir. Xiaolu Guo, UK 2018 Premiere @ LFF 2018 Mix		[LONDON FILM FESTIVAL]

IN LOVING MEMORY OF THE FUTURE Laurence Favre	Dir. Laurence Favre Switzerland / Germany 2018 Premiere @ Locarno 2018 Sound design & Mix		[ LOCARNO ]

UPPLAND Edward Lawrenson	Dir. Edward Lawrenson UK / Ireland 2018 Premiere @ Cinéma du Réel 2018 Sound design & Mix		[CINEMA DU REEL]

EVERY TEAR / TOUTE LARME Sarah Vanagt	Dir. Sarah Vamagt, Belgium2018 Premiere @ Visions du Réel 2018 Sound design & Mix		[VISIONS DU RÉEL]

IMFURA Samuel Ishimwe	Dir. Samuel Ishimwe, Switzerland / Rwanda 2017 Premiere @ Berlinale 2018 Competition Mix Silver Bear, Berlinale shorts competition 2018		[BERLINALE]

FOUR PARTS OF A FOLDING SCREEN Anthea Kennedy & Ian Wiblin	Dir. Anthea Kennedy & Ian Wiblin UK 2018 Premiere @ IFFR 2018 Mix		[IFFR]

JE FAIS OU TU ME DIS Marie de Maricourt	Dir. Marie de Maricourt, Switzerland 2018 Premiere @ Berlinale 2018 Mix Special Mention, Berlinale Generation14plus, 2018		[BERLINALE]

LEK AND THE DOGS Andrew Kötting	Fiction feature - Dir. Andrew Kötting UK 2017 Premiere @ London Film Festival 2017 Sound design & Mix		[LFF] [IFFR]

SILICA Pia Borg	Dir. Pia Borg Australia / UK 2017 Premiere @ Locarno 2017 London Film Festival 2017 Sound design & Mix		[ VENICE BIENNALE ] [ LOCARNO ]

VIVIAN'S GARDEN Rosalind Nashashibi	Documenta 14 / Turner Prize 2017 see here		[DOCUMENTA 14] [TURNER PRIZE]

THE FLYING PROLETARIAN Phillip Warnell	Dir. Phillip Warnell UK 2017 Premiere @ CPH:DOX Copenhagen 2017 Sound design & Mix		[ CPH:DOX ]
INSIDE THE DISTANCE Elias Grootaers	Feature - Dir.Elias Grootaers Belgium 2017 Premiere @ Rotterdam IFFR 2017 Sound design & Mix		[ IFFR ] [WEBSITE]

I AM TRULY A DROP OF SUN ON EARTH Elene Naveriani	Fiction feature - Dir.Elene Naveriani Georgia/Switzerland 2017 Premiere @ Rotterdam IFFR 2017 Sound design & Mix		[ IFFR ]

RESISTANCE Laurence Favre	Dir. Laurence Favre Switzerland 2017 Premiere @ Locarno 2017 Sound design & Mix		[ LOCARNO ] [ IFFR ]

LES HISTOIRES VRAIES Lucien Monot	Dir. Lucien Monot Switzerland 2017 Premiere @ Locarno 2017 Mix		[ LOCARNO ]

Y BERA - AQUAS DE LUZ / BRIGHT WATERS Jessica Sarah Rinland	Dir Jessica Sarah Rinland UK 2016 Sound design & Mix Explora Award, Curtocircuito Galicia 2017		[ WEBSITE ]

THE SKY TREMBLES AND THE EARTH IS AFRAID AND THE 2 EYES ARE NOT BROTHERS Ben Rivers	Fiction feature - Dir. Ben Rivers - UK 2015 Premiere at Locarno, intern. competition 2015 Sound design & Mix [feature & exhibition pieces]		[ TRAILER ] [ EXHIBITION ] [ STILLS ] [ WEBSITE ]

BY OUR SELVES Andrew Kötting	Feature - Dir. Andrew Kotting with Iain Sinclair - UK 2015 Sound design & Mix Special Mention, FID Marseille 2015		[ TRAILER ] [ FB ]

IN WAKING HOURS Sarah Vanagt	Dir. Sarah Vanagt - Belgium 2015 Sound design & Mix Audience award - Indielisboa 2015		[ WEBSITE ]

ELECTRIC GAZA Rosalind Nashashibi	Dir. Rosalind Nashashibi - UK 2015 Mix		[ WEBSITE ]

STILL HOLDING STILL Sarah Vanagt	Dir. Sarah Vanagt - Belgium 2015 Sound design & Mix		[ WEBSITE ]

VENUSIA Louise Carrin	Dir Louise Carrin - Switzerland 2015 Sound design / Mix Prizes in Oberhausen, Montreal UFF & Riga IFF 2016		[ WEBSITE ] [ CLIPS]

ABANDONED GOODS Pia Borg & Ed Lawrenson	Fiction, dir Pia Borg & Ed Lawrenson UK 2014 Picture edit, Sound design / Mix, Music GOLDEN PARDINO, Locarno Film Festival 2014		[ WEBSITE ] [ INFO ]

LATE AT NIGHT, TALES OF ORDINARY MADNESS Xiaolu Guo	Feature documentary, dir Xiaolu Guo UK 2014 Picture edit, Sound design / Mix, Music		[ TRAILER ] [ INFO ]

CAPITAINE THOMAS SANKARA Christophe Cupelin	Archive Feature, dir Christophe Cupelin Switzerland 2013 Sound design & Mix Audience award - Black Movie 2013		[ TRAILER ] [ WEBSITE ]

ATE VER A LUZ Basil da Cunha	Fiction feature - Dir. Basil da Cunha Switzerland / Portugal 2013 Premiered at Cannes director fortnight Sound design & Mix		[ TRAILER ] [ WEBSITE ]

A SPELL TO WARD OFF THE DARKNESS Ben Rivers Ben Russell	Feature - Dir Ben Rivers & Ben Russell France 2013 Sound Design, Sound Recording [Estonia] New:Vision award, CPH:DOX 2013		[ TRAILER ] [ WEBSITE ] [ VINYL ]

SWANDOWN Andrew Kötting with Iain Sinclair	Feature - Dir. Andrew Kotting with Iain Sinclair - UK 2013 Sound design & Mix		[ TRAILER ] [ WEBSITE ] [ SHORT FILMS ]

NWA-MANKAMANA Laurence Favre	Dir. Laurence Favre - Switzerland 2013 Sound design & Mix Most innovative international short film, Visions du Réel 2013		[ TRAILER ] [ VISIONS DU REEL]

OS VIVOS TAMBEN CHORAM Basil da Cunha	Fiction - Dir. Basil da Cunha Switzerland / Portugal 2012 Sound design & Mix Cannes director's fortnight ILLY award 2012		[ TRAILER ] [ WEBSITE ]

AGE IS Steve Dwoskin	Fiction feature - Dir. Steve Dwoskin - UK / France 2012 Sound design & Mix		[ TRAILER ]

THE TOXIC CAMERA Jane & Louise Wilson	Fiction - Dir Jane & Louise Wilson, 2012 Sound design & Mix		[TRAILER]

HER MASTER'S VOICE Nina Conti	Documentary, dir Nina Conti - UK 2012 Dubbing mixer Grierson Award, most entertaining documentary 2013		[ TRAILER ]

UFO IN HER EYES Xiaolu Guo	Fiction feature - Dir. Xiaolu Guo China / Germany 2011 Supervising sound editor / sound designer Citta di Venezia Award Mostra Venezia 2013		[ TRAILER ] [ WEBSITE ]

SHE, A CHINESE Xiaolu Guo	Fiction feature - Dir. Xiaolu Guo China / UK / France 2009 Sound design & Mix GOLDEN LEOPARD Locarno Film Festival 2009		[ TRAILER ]

IVUL dadaadaAndrew Kötting	Fiction Feature - Dir. Andrew Kötting - France / Switzerland 2009 Locarno, London, Pusan 2009 Sound design & Mix		[ TRAILER ]

ONCE UPON A TIME PROLETARIAN dadaadaXiaolu Guo	Documentary - Dir. Xiaolu Guo China / UK 2009 Venice, Toronto & Pusan 2009 Picture edit, Sound design / Mix, Music		[ TRAILER ] [ WEBSITE ]

ZURÜCK dadaadaBritta Rindelaub	Documentary - Dir. Britta Rindelaub Switzerland 2010 Sound design & Mix

THE PHARMACIST dadaadaPatrick von Bötticher	Fiction Feature - Dir. Patrick von Bötticher UK 2010 Sound design & Mix

NOT WAVING BUT DROWNING adaada Elias Grootaers	Documentary - Dir. Elias Grootaers Belgium 2009 Rotterdam 2010 Sound design & Mix (collaboration with Larry Sider)		[ TRAILER ]

MUSHROOM THIEF dadaadaJoan Ashworth	Animation - Dir. Joan Ashworth UK 2009 Sound design, Music

WE WENT TO WONDERLAND dadaadaXiaolu Guo	Documentary - Dir. Xiaolu Guo - China / UK - 76 min. - 2008 MoMa New-York, Rotterdam, Bafici, Edinburgh Festivals 2008 Picture edit, Music, Sound design		[ TRAILER ]

STRANGE LIGHTS dadaadaJoe King & dadaadaRosie Pedlow	Animation - Dir. Joe King & Rosie Pedlow- UK - 8 min. - 2009 Sound design, Mix		[ CLIP ] [ WEBSITE ]

THE SUN & THE MOON dadaada Steve Dwoskin	Fiction Feature - Dir. Steve Dwoskin - UK- 60 min. - 2008 Rotterdam 2009 Sound design & Mix

THE SOLITARY LIFE OF CRANES dadaadaEva Weber	Documentary - Dir. Eva Weber UK 2008 Sound design & Mix		[ TRAILER ]

AN ARCHEOLOGIST'S SUNDAY dadaadaXiaolu Guo	Fiction short - Dir. Xiaolu Guo - China/Italy - 8 min. - 2008 Venice International Film Festival & Venice Architecture Biennale 2008 Picture edit, Music, Sound design

SON dadaadaDanny Mulloy	Fiction short - Dir. Daniel Mulloy - UK - 17 min. - 2007 Best British short, Edinburgh 2007 Mix		[ CLIP }

MR BEAN'S HOLIDAY dadaadaSteve Bendelack	Comedy - Dir. Steve Bendelack, prod. Working Title - UK/FR/GER 2007 Sound effects Editor

HOW IS YOUR FISH TODAY ? dadaadaXiaolu Guo	Fiction feature - Dir. Xiaolu Guo - China / UK - 83 min. - 2006 Grand Jury Prize, Créteil-Paris 2007 Sel Sundance, Rotterdam 2007 Sound design & Mix		[ TRAILER ] [ WEBSITE ]

OBLIVION dadaada Steve Dwoskin	Fiction Feature - Dir. Steve Dwoskin UK 2006 Rotterdam 2007 Sound design & Mix

ADRESS UNKNOWN dadaadaXiaolu Guo	Fiction short - Dir. Xiaolu Guo China 2006 Rotterdam, Créteil 2008 Music

TRUE TRUE LIE dadaadaEric Styles	Thriller - Dir. Eric Styles - UK 2006 Sound effects editor

SECOND IN COMMAND dadaadaSimon Fellows	Thriller - Dir. Simon Fellows - USA / ROM 2006 Sound effects editor

KONONGA dadaada Christophe Cupelin	Documentary - Dir. Christophe Cupelin CH / Burkina Faso - 30 min. - 2006 Sound design & Mix

ANTONIO'S BREAKFAST dadaada Danny Mulloy	Fiction short - Dir. Daniel Mulloy UK - 16 min. - 2005 BAFTA for best short film, 2005 Dubbing mixer		[ CLIP ]

THE PIANO TUNER OF EARTHQUAKES dadaada The Quay brothers	Fiction feature - Dir. Brothers Quay UK / Germany 2005 Sound effects editor, in collaboration with Larry Sider		[ CLIP ]

MEMOIRES INCERTAINES dadaadaMichale Boganim	Documentary 35mm - Dir. Michale Boganim Gras Savoye award, Cannes 2002 Dubbing mixer		[ INFO ] [ CRITIQUE ]

THREE dadaadaStuart Rafill	Fiction feature - Dir. Stewart Raffill USA / UK 2005 Sound effects editor

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