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Elysia Productions is a production company founded in 2021 with the aim of offering the market socially relevant productions and supporting talented young Italian filmmakers and screenwriters by promoting their innovative ideas in an established national and international network.
Maribel started out as a professional ballerina before going into nuclear medicine. As Chief Medical Officer at Advanced Accelerator Applications, Maribel helped developed and log the first radio-receptor therapy, a revolutionary cancer treatment. After the biotech company was sold to Novartis, she co-founded Elysia Capital with her husband, Stefano Buono, a firm that invests in innovation, social impact, art, culture, wellness, and education. She also contributed to the creation of Newcleo, a company that develops and designs fourth-generation nuclear reactors. In addition, she founded the BuonoLopera Foundation, an institution that supports and promotes nonprofit initiatives in the social, cultural, healthcare, environmental, and educational sectors.
Marco is an award-winning filmmaker and director in Italian cinematography with a wealth of experience in international TV production. His feature-length films include the Pasinetti Award winner Pa-ra-da, nominated for two David di Donatello Awards, and Tempo Instabile con Probabili Schiarite [Partly Cloudy with Sunny Spells], a festival favourite.
Nuclear physicist and successful entrepreneur, Stefano started out by spending 10 years working with the Nobel Prize winner Carlo Rubbia at the CERN and CRS4 research centres within Accelerator Driven Systems and nuclear waste transmutation. In 2002, he founded Advanced Accelerator Applications, traded on the NASDAQ stock exchange until it was acquired by Novartis for 3.9 billion dollars. Stefano is chairman of several organisations and, in 2018, he and his wife, Maribel Lopera Sierra, founded Elysia Capital: their family office. As of 2021 he is the founder and CEO of newcleo, a company committed to developing next generation nuclear reactors for safe, clean and sustainable energy.
Gianfilippo is a lawyer specialized in copyright law and has his own firm in the center of Rome, where he practices by representing actors, screenwriters, and directors in the film and audiovisual industries. Since 2011, he has been a member of the David di Donatello awards jury, and since 2016, he practices law before the Corte di Cassazione.