Stefano Da Frè
PRESIDENT OF RFI
Stefano Da Frè is the President & CEO of Rosso Films International, a global Film Production Company with offices in New York City, USA & Montreal, Canada.
He is an Award-Winning Filmmaker, with a recent documentary “The Girl Who Cannot Speak” that played on NBC.com & was featured on MSNBC. The film was selected for "Coup De Foudre" honors at the Cannes Film Festival emerging filmmakers program in France & won First place in four Oscar-qualifying film festivals respectively.
Stefano's directorial focus has been on social justice issues, namely climate change & school shootings.
Currently, his newest documentary “The Day I Had To Grow Up” was released in November 2020, featuring six youth activists involved in Black Lives Matter, the Parkland school shooting, & America's student debt crisis.
This film has earned high praise from critics & has been featured on CBS News, NBC News, and ABC News, as well as RT on the World According to Jesse Ventura, where Stefano Da Frè was a featured guest with the former Minnesota Governor.
This past year, Stefano Da Frè won a Platinum REMI Award at WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival and “Best Documentary” at the Switzerland International Film Festival.
Stefano has a humanistic vision as a filmmaker - where no person or subject matter is made to feel small. With narrative films & documentaries alike, creating art house films that inspire a human connection.
Laura Pellegrini
VICE PRESIDENT OF RFI
Laura Pellegrini is the Vice President of Rosso Films International.
Her collaborations include NBC Universal, MSNBC, Peacock.com as well as numerous advertising clients.
Her most notable documentary, “The Girl Who Cannot Speak,” screened at the Meet-The-Press Film Festival (in collaboration with AFI). It earned the Top 5 ‘Coup De Foudre’ recognition at the Cannes Film Festival, and went on to screen at two prestigious Oscar-Qualifiers: the St. Louis International Film Festival & Festival REGARD.
The film has won a Platinum REMI Award at WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival and “Best Documentary” at the Switzerland International Film Festival.
Her latest documentary "The Day I Had To Grow Up" is about Youth Activism in America. The film showcases 6 activists & the events that shaped their political lives. It explores how modern children have had to cope with school shootings, climate crises, and national tragedies.
"The Day I Had To Grow Up" has been featured on numerous networks such as: NBCLX, FOX NEWS, CBS NEWS, and ABC NEWS.
Julia Bolt
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER OF RFI
Julia is a Producer based out of NYC. She has worked on documentary projects such as AKA Jane Roe (FX), Quincy (Netflix), Screened Out (Jon Hyatt), and Code Switching (Interlock Media). She has also worked in Reality TV on programs such as Freakshow Cakes, Get Out of My Room, Long Lost Family and narrative films such as Hustlers and the King of Knives. With Rosso Films International, Julia has worked on The Girl Who Can Not Speak & The Moon in Deep Winter as Script Supervisor, and was an Executive Producer on The Day I had to Grow Up (Available on Amazon Prime). Julia loves being a part of the Rosso Family and looks forward to making more beautiful films together.
Brandon Delosreyes
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER OF RFI
Brandon is a young content producer and creative from Long Island, now based in New York City. Professionally, he specializes in making original video content.
He has produced commercial content, music videos, as well as short & feature films that have screened at many prestigious festivals. In recent years, he has worked largely in New York for world class production companies such as Anonymous Content, Sawyer Studios Entertainment, and Click3X which has brought him onto professional sets for clients like Crest, AT&T, Little Caesars, Carefree, Chase and CBS 'The Amazing Race.'