Elevate Sicily
Ysis Leotta-Neuvenheim
Ysis plans destination weddings on the Ionian coast, between Taormina and the slopes of Etna, for couples who arrive from far away and want a day that feels like Sicily without a single thing left to chance.
She is also a celebrant: when she opens a ceremony, the place becomes part of the words.
With Ysis we have worked on the Etna side of the island, where the vineyards climb towards the volcano and the sea is always somewhere in the frame. In 2026 she brought us a couple from California for two days: a welcome party among the vines on the Friday, the wedding on the Saturday, with a church in Linguaglossa and a wine estate at Rovittello. We were four that weekend, two filmmakers and two photographers, plus a third camera for her own backstage.
A few months earlier, in Savoca, she had opened the ceremony of a Brazilian couple who had come to say yes in the village of The Godfather: the words she chose for them are the first thing you hear in their film. That is the thing about Ysis. She does not only put the day together; when the moment comes, she knows how to say it.
Together
- Linguaglossa and Rovittello, Etna · 2026A welcome party in the vineyard and a wedding the day after: photographs and film, four of us.
- Savoca · 2026An elopement, with Ysis as celebrant. The film is below.
- Eastern Sicily · 2026A wedding in September, on film.
