Piano (company)

PIANO

Company type	Private
Industry	Entertainment
Founded	September 2011
Founder	Julio Chavezmontes, Sebastián Hofmann
Headquarters	Mexico City
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Julio Chavezmontes (CEO, Producer) Sebastián Hofmann (Partner, Creative Director) Carolina Pérez Costamagna (COO) Mónica Moreno (Head of Production) Ester Bernal (Head of Distribution) Lawrence Davin (Partner, Head of Financing) Linda Díaz (Head of TV)
Services	Film Production, Film Distribution, Finance, International Coproductions
Website	http://somospiano.com

Piano is an independent film production and distribution company based in Mexico City, started in 2011 by Julio Chavezmontes and Sebastián Hofmann as a platform for innovative filmmakers. It specializes in film production, finance, distribution, and international coproductions.^[1]

“Halley”, the company’s first feature project, premiered internationally at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. Since then, Piano has produced ten films, which have collectively premiered at over 100 international film festivals – including official selections at Sundance, Berlin, Rotterdam, Locarno and Toronto – and have received multiple awards and nominations in Mexico and abroad.^[2]

Notable past coproducers include Carlos Reygadas, Jaime Romandía, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Lisa Cortes, Yann Gonzalez, Michael Fitzgerald, Stienette Bosklopper, Moises Cosio, and Ginevra Elkann.