
“I think cinema, movies, and magic have always been closely associated. The very earliest people who made film were magicians. ”
DIRECTOR
2024 GODDESS OF SLIDE: THE FORGOTTEN STORY OF ELLEN MCILWAINE
Feature Documentary Film / CBC Documentary Channel & CBC Gem / Writer & Director: Alfonso Maiorana / Co- Producers: Alfonso Maiorana, Agata De Santis / Editor: Fannie Daoust
Cast: Ellen McIlwaine, Taj Mahal, Jennifer Batten, Chris Zaloom, Sue Foley, Don Moore, Amanda Marshall, Joanna Connor, Ani DiFranco, Bill Gagnon
2020 HEART'S DESIRE
Feature Documentary film / Co-writers: Akiemi Glenn, Imani Altemus-Williams, Alfonso Maiorana / Producers: Akiemi Glenn, Imani Altemus-Williams / THE POPOLO PROJECT (Hawaii) CAST: Kamakakehau Fernandez
2020 LA VERITÀ DI UN IMPERFETTO SCONOSCIUTO
Feature Film (In Development) / Co-writers: Alfonso Maiorana & Mariano Di Nardo / Co-production: Italy - Canada
2019-2020 THE KAHEA
Feature Film Documentary / Co-writers: Alfonso Maiorana, Barbara Altemus / Producers: Barbara Altemus, Imani Altemus-Williams, Hilary Hacker, Vince Keala Lucero / SOVEREIGN FILMS (Hawaii)
2018 RUN BOBBY RUN
Short Film (5 mins.) / Writer: Matt Ferguson / Producers: Tamara Dupuis, Francesco Giannini, Matt Ferguson / Franky Films & LES PRODUCTION FERGULI / Cast: Helene Joy, Matt Ferguson
2017 RUMBLE: The Indians Who Rocked The World
Feature documentary / PBS, ARTE, NETFLIX, AMAZON PRIME , HBO CANADA, HULU / Co-Directors: Catherine Bainbridge, Alfonso Maiorana / Co-writers: Catherine Bainbridge, Alfonso Maiorana / Music: Benoit Charest / Executive Producers: Catherine Bainbridge, Tim Johnson, Ernest Webb, Christina Fon, Linda Ludwick / REZOLUTION PICTURES /
Cast: Robbie Robertson, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Jackson Brown, Stevie Van Zandt, Martin Scorsese, Iggy Pop, Marky Ramone, Buddy Guy, Taj Mahal, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Dan Auerbach, Pura Fe, Rhiannon Giddens, Pat Vegas, Taboo, Monk Boudreaux, Cyril Neville
FESTIVALS :
2017 Sundance Film Festival World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Masterful Storytelling
2017 Hot Docs Audience Award and Rogers Audience Award for Best Canadian Documentary
2012 PAPO & YO
Video game Trailer / D.O.P / Creator: Vander Caballero / MINORITY MEDIA
FESTIVAL: 2013 Cannes Corporate Media & TV awards, Playstation
2004 CASSADEE
Music video / Co-Director & Co-D.O.P. / Artist: Cassadee Pope
1999 WEB
Music Video / Producers: Alfonso Maiorana, Christina Fon / RUBEE FILMS / Artist: Web
1996 THE BIG WORLD
Short film (30 mins.) Writer: Alfonso Maiorana / D.O.P. : Pierre Jodoin / Editor: Teresa De Luca / Music: Daniel Toussaint / Producers: Alfonso Maiorana, Christina Fon / RUBEE FILMS
Cast: David La Haye, Maxim Roy, Audrey Benoit, Stefano Gallo
FESTIVALS:
1996 Premiere at The Montreal World Film Festival
1996 Clermont Ferrand International Short Film Festival
1993 ANNABELLE
Short film (24 mins.) Writers: Alfonso Maiorana & Michael B. Foster / D.O.P. : Brian Baker / Editor: Teresa De Luca / Music: Ginette Bellavance & Daniel Toussaint / Producers: Alfonso Maiorana, Christina Fon / RUBEE FILMS
Cast: Sonia Laplante, Audrey Benoit, Carlo D’Orlando, Darcy Laurie
FESTIVALS:
1993 Sao Paulo International Film Festival
1993 Santa Barbara Film Festival
1993 Rendez-Vous du Cinema Quebecois
1989 THE SPLITTING SEAMS
Music video / Producers: Alfonso Maiorana, Christian Medawar / FABLE FILMS /Artist: The Splitting Seams





















