Reto Stamm

Biography

Reto Stamm was born in 1967 and lives in Zurich. He spent several years working in the electronics industry and then pursued history and film studies at Zurich University. Since 1998 he has acquired hands-on experience on TV and film productions in sound and postproduction, as well as documentary directing. Since 2002 he has worked on his own projects and attended several documentary direction, postproduction and sound design courses and seminars, including the DokWerkstatt Bern (2001), the documentary master school at the Filmwerkstatt Münster (2004), and the Binger Documentary Directors’ Coaching Programme (Amsterdam 2005).

Filmography
Maria Friedensaktivistin Auf Zypern (3´, Switzerland, 2002)
Muridi Aus Zürich (30´, Switzerland, 2003)
Queen of condoms/ La Reina del Condón (co-director, 76 ’, Switzerland, Ireland, 2007)

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La Reina Del Condon

La Reina Del Condon (Orig.) / 2007 / Switzerland / 76 min

Ceschi and Stamm’s documentary tells the incredible story of Monika Krause, a former East German citizen, who became Fidel Castro's (Sexual) Education Minister.

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