

LA PRINCESA DE KAPURTHALA
Director – Michael Radford, Manuel Estudillo
Producer: Juan Antonio Casado, Davide Cottarelli
2022 | Spanish | Spain, United Kingdom, France, India
Michael James Radford is an Indian-born English film director and screenwriter. He began his career as a documentary director and television comedy writer before transitioning into features in the early 1980s. His best-Known credits include the 1984 film adaptation of George Orwell’s novel starring John Hurt and Richard Burton (in his final role), the Shakespeare adaptation The Merchant Of Venice starring Al Pacino, the thriller drama Flawless starring Michael Caine and Demi Moore.
And the 1994 Italian-language comedy drama Il Postino: The Postman, for which he won the BAFTA Awards for Best Direction and Best Film not in the English Language and earned Academy Award nominations for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay.
Manuel Estudillo, Director and Screenwriter, he has directed more than 20 projects including films, series and miniseries for TV, with shootings in Spain, Cuba, London, Morocco, Tunisia, Brazil, Argentina or India.
Throughout his more than twenty years of experience he has worked for the main production companies and TV channels: Atresmedia, TVE, Mediaset, ICAIC, Boomerang TV, Videomedia, Secuoya, Atlantia Media, Zeppelin, Mundo Ficción, BRB internacional or POK Productions.
He has received a dozen awards and nominations for his work, including the Audience Award at the Malaga Film Festival for the film El Eden Perdido (Spain-Cuba) starring Ana de Armas.
Two of his scripts: Los Mares Del Sur and Queen’s Smile were selected by the Sundance Festival for its Scriptwriters-Lab.
Juan Antonio Casado is responsible for the production and management Department of Ibolca Films and Pok Production LTD, production company that has acquired the rights for the audiovisual exploitation of The Princess of Kapurthala and The Dream of the Maharani both written by the official biographer, Elisa Vázquez de Gey. Juan Antonio Casado graduated in English philology, and has production experience in theater, radio, TV and films, The Chess Player (2017), The Cosmonaut (2013), The El Escorial Conspiracy (2008) and also takes part in other film projects such as The Stones of David, The Order, 8 Months and Borderland. He has been Technical Advisor of the Ministry of Culture and Liaison Officer for the Program 2000 of the European Commission. Member of the Advisory Committee of the International Foundation for Film Training First Team.
He is responsible for the production and management Department of POK Production LTD with particular focus on financing, negotiation with digital platforms and China market.
Davide Cottarelli holds a master degree in Public Relations major in Marketing and Advertising. He is founder of Varcale Capital Management a boutique investment company specialized in in Film & TV productions. He is also the Co-founder of the China UK Film Fund. He is the Executive Producer of the film Twist a revised modern take on the classic tale of Oliver Twist, starring Michael Caine, Lena Headey and Rita Ora.