Only dreamers

move mountains

About us

Mandorla Films is an independent production company based in Switzerland with a documentary approach. It was born four years ago due to the main interest of being able to show in an audiovisual way the different social problems of the contemporary world.

In this way, we generate a positive impact on the community and visualize conflicts that demand immediate answers or knowledge at a global level. We have a small team but with a variety of perspectives and work backgrounds working together to achieve a common goal: to be transforming agents of a better world.

"Only dreamers move mountains". (Fitzcarraldo, 1982) is a phrase that represents the values of Mandorla Films. We know that we live in a world where mobilizing positive change is difficult, but dreaming of doing so motivates us to manage transformative projects.

We aim to develop a critical outlook, to design solid work processes and objectives that are surpassed project by project. Since we started, we have materialized our dreams with three documentary projects and will continue to move mountains because we dream big.

Company values

We have an

interdisciplinary team

  • Nicolás Braguinsky Cascini

    Co-founder of Mandorla Films

    Nicolás Braguinsky Cascini is an audiovisual director based in Geneva with a BA in Literature from the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) and more than 15 years of experience.

    Nicolás leads audiovisual projects from conception to shooting as a director, as well as in post production as a video editor and graphic animator.

    Director of four documentary films: “Institute de Droit International” (to be launch in 2023), “Para volverte a ver” (2022), "Beyond Impunity" (2020) and "Solidarity Crime. The borders of democracy" (2019). Nicolás has been working with various organisations such as International Organisation for Migration (OIM), Releg-UN Women, Institute de Droit International, Centre for Climate Crime Analysis, Instituto Catalán Internacional para la Paz (ICIP), Civitas Maxima, Wayamo Foundation, International Court of Justice (ICJ), International BAR Association, King's College (training in Sierra Leone), University of York, University of Buenos Aires, Transport Public Genevois (TPG), Concours Jean Pictet, Foreign Office of Argentina, Ministry of Economy of Argentina, among others.

    Some of the countries where “Para volverte a ver”, “Solidarity Crime” and “Beyond Impunity” have been screened in Europe (Spain, Italy, France, Switzerland, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands), in South America (Argentina, Uruguay, Venezuela, Chile), and Africa (Cabo Verde, Morocco, Nigeria, Liberia).

  • Juan Pablo Aris Escarcena

    Co-founder of Mandorla Films

    Juan Pablo Aris Escarcena is an visual anthropologist and researcher (University of Seville). He holds a PhD in Social Anthropology, a Master Degree in Social research and a Bachelor Degree in History.

    He specialized in the application of scientific research methods for the design of contents and the production of audiovisual material. He is also a member of the “Laboratorio de Sociologia Visuale” of the University of Genoa.

    For the past six years, his research has focused on the use and interconnections of culture, arts and political expression. He has developed audiovisual products exploring how to convey complex messages in a simple way. In his latest research project (Migrascapes), he has explored the role of identities and sense of belonging in european politics through visual sociology.

    He has conducted ethnographic research on three continents and in more than ten countries, such as France, Italy, Spain, Greece, United Kingdom, Mexico, Argentina, Guatemala, Morocco, Senegal, and Burkina Faso.

  • Sofía Gabelli Suárez

    Member Mandorla Films

    Sofía Gabelli Suárez is a Image and Sound Designer from the University of Buenos Aires (UBA), with a specialisation in photography direction at the Professional Training Centre SICA-APMA. She has been working since 2015 in advertising, film and events as a photographer, cameraman or assistant. She has also worked as a content creator for social networks in the advertising agency Wonder and for private companies.

    Member of Flamenco Productora Audiovisual from Buenos Aires, Argentina, she participated in three short films: "Teteras" (2017), selected in eleven international festivals such as Sweden, Paraguay, Colombia and Spain; "La Orca" (2017) selected in 33º Mar del Plata Film Fest (Arg. 2018); "Descenso" (2020).