Whitesfilm Wedding Videography

Whitesfilm is the studio of Claudio Sichel, a videographer born and raised in Padua. He studied Arts, Music and Performing Arts (DAMS) at the University of Bologna, completed a Master’s at the Bologna Film Academy and founded Whitesfilm in 2014, after years making music videos, company films and documentaries, some broadcast on Sky, Rai and Mediaset. He has won awards at international festivals as a director of animated music videos.

He films weddings with Silvia, his partner in work and life, who shoots alongside him and runs production. The two describe themselves as a couple filming couples, from small elopements to large luxury weddings. For bigger days, camera operators Alberto and Ciprian join them, and a team of editors, Paola, Thomas, Chiara and Alessio, keeps delivery moving through the high season. Behind them are camera operators Alberto and Ciprian and an editing team of Paola, Thomas, Chiara and Alessio.

“We don’t work on a set with actors, but with real people and real emotions, which I strive to portray in the most sincere, elegant, and intimate way possible.”

Claudio Sichel, founder and lead videographer

The approach is reportage. Claudio does not pose couples or stage moments; he works with essential equipment rather than a large crew, heavy lights or a bulky stabiliser, and tries to move among the guests without being noticed. The edit follows the rules of cinema in a style he calls sober, fresh, dynamic and elegant, with music chosen for each story: a short, concentrated film rather than a long record.

From the Padua studio they film all over Italy, with published work in Venice, Lake Como, Tuscany, Ravello and Sicily, and in Provence, and they list Verona, Lake Garda, Apulia, Capri, Portofino, Taormina, Rome, the French Riviera and Greece among their destinations. Their Venice films include a three-day wedding at Aman Venice that was also covered by Vogue, and the wedding of footballer Alvaro Morata and Alice Campello at the Redentore, filmed with the discretion a wedding with press outside the church requires.

Their most recent published film, from November 2025, follows the wedding of Charlotte and footballer Sam Byram at Château de Tourreau in Provence, planned by Wanderlust Wedding and photographed by Andrew Bayda.