ITALY Production Listings - August 12 2004

ITALY - August 12

PRE-PRODUCTION

ADIUS, LA FESTA E' FINITA
(Verdecchi Film) Backer: Fondo diGaranzia. Word gets out in high-flying Roman society that a well-known Italiansinger-songwriter is to make his comeback - despite the fact that his death wasofficially announced in 1980. Prod: Alessandro Verdecchi. Dir: Ezio Alovisi.Scr: Ezio Alovisi.
Contact: Verdecchi Film, (39) 06 39 388 751

ALL'OMBRA DEL PADRE
(Tea Nova) Drama about an oppressivefather and his repressed son who undertake a road trip across Europe togetherto try to sort out their problems. Prod:Rean Mazzone. Dir: Rean Mazzone. Scr: Denis Jacobs. Main cast: Jean-Pierre Cassel, Philippe Volter, Stefania Sandrelli.
Contact: Tea Nova,(39) 06 625 9260

LEALTRE STELLE
(Movie Factory)Backer: Medusa (It). Dist: Medusa (It). Drama about three women who have familylinks which are a source of conflict rather than protection. Prod: FrancescoPaolo Moontini. Dir: Laura Muscardin. Scr: Laura Muscardin, Massimo De Pascale,Monica Rametta. Main cast: Claudio Pistilli.
Contact, Movie Factory, (39) 06 32 32937

AMICI MIEI '400
(Filmauro) Dist: Filmauro (It). Comedy set in medieval Florence.Prod: Aurelio De Laurentiis. Dir: Neri Parenti. Scr: Neri Parenti. Main cast:Gerard Depardieu, Giorgio Panariello, Luca Zingaretti, Paolo Hendel.
Contact: Filmauro, (39) 06 69 95 81

ANNI RAPACI
(PoeticheCinematografiche.) Budget: $3m. Backer: Telepiu. Dist: Sharada (It). Inspiredfrom a novel by Luca Fazzo and Piero Colaprico which traces 20 years in thelife of a major southern Italian organized crime family who live in Milan.Prod: Andrea de Liberato. Dir: Claudio Caligari. Scr: Claudio Caligari. Ed:Mauro Bonanni. Prod des: Marta Maffucci. Cost des: Angela Buscemi. Main cast:Fabrizio Gifuni, Valerio Mastandrea, Toni Bertorelli, Claudia Coli, MarcoGiallini.
Contact: Poetiche Cinematografiche, (39) 06 6880 9752

L'AQUILONE BLUE
(Progetto Visivo) Backer: Fondo diGaranzia. The love story between anItalian textile businessman, who is married with children, who buys textiles inMorocco, and a young Moroccan worker. Prod: Roberto De Laurentiis. Dir: AntonioBaiocco. Scr: Franco Cardi', Antonio Baiocco. DoP; Ugo Menegatti. Set des:Franco Vanorio. Cos des: Luigi Bonanno. Main cast: Franco Nero, Marta Bifano,Nourchene Cherif, Rachid Benhadi.
Contact: Progetto Visivo, (39) 06 37 500694

ARRIVEDERCIAMORE CIAO
(StudioCanalUrania) Int'l sales: StudioCanal. Adapted from Massimo Carlotto's eponymousnovel, the film tells the story of Giorgio Pellegrini, a subversiveex-politician on the run, who discovers the pleasure of killing people toachieve his political goal. Prod: Conchita Airoldi. Dir: Michele Soavi. Scr:Michele Soavi, Lorenzo Favella.
Contact: StudioCanal Urania, (39) 06 3265 12 78

AVVENTURE SEMI SERIE DIUN RAGAZZO PADRE
(Cattleya) Adapted from the novelPerfect Skin by Nick Earls, about a young dermatologist who is widowed and leftto cope alone with his small daughter. Prods: Giovanni Stabilini, RiccardoTozzi, Marco Chimenz. Main cast: Stefano Accorsi.
Contact: Cattleya, (39) 06 367201

ANASTASZI
(Sintra Film, Mate Productions [Sp])Co-prod: F&ME (UK). Budget: Euros 5m. Gothic, psychological thriller about a famous musician who conducts a seminar in hisretreat in the south of Italy for Europe's most talented musicians. Prods:Rosanna Seregni, Mate Cantero. Dir: Miguel Alcantud.Scr: Fiorenzo Senese, Salvatore De Molo, Martin Casariego. Starts shooting atthe end of August 2004 in Puglia, Italy.
Contact, Sintra Film, (39) 06 44 51 256

BAD BLOOD
(Pequod) Debut feature. A vampire storyset in Budapest, in the not-too-distant future. Prod: Rosario Rinaldo. Dir: EdoTagliavini. Scr: Edo Tagliavini.
Contact: Pequod. (39) 06 88 40 121

BASTA UN NIENTE
(Movie Factory) Drama about threefriends whose lives are turned upside down by when they discover that a Mafiaboss, whom everyone thought was dead, exhumes corpses in the local cemetry.Prod: Francesco Paolo Montini. Dir: Ivan Polidoro. Scr: Ivan Polidoro.
Contact: Movie Factory, (39) 06 32 32937

BONJOUR MICHEL
(Casablanca Entertainment) Backer: Fondodi Garanzia (It). Dist: Sharada (It). Prod: Vincenzo Ferone. Drama abouta 68-year-old noble Sicilian, who wants to commit suicide. He turns towards anold friend, who decides to hire a hitman to shoot him when he least expects it.Dir: Arcangelo Bonaccorso. DoP: Ennio Guarnieri. Main cast: Ben Gazzara, ElenaArvigo, Beatrice Palme, Luciano Scarpa, Ruben Rigillo.

CANE BLU
(Dharma 3) A group of friends decides tolive in the country, in a small village where other young people have alreadymoved to. Over a two day period, the two groups confront one another. Prod:Massimo Ciavarro. Dir: Andrea De Carlo. Scr: Andrea De Carlo.
Contact: Dharma 3, (39) 06 32 36 421

CARAVAGGIO
(Pacific Pictures) Budget: $15m. Biopic of the troubled but revolutionaryItalian Renaissance artist.
Contact: Pacific Pictures, (39) 06 32 20200

CENTO COLPI DI SPAZZOLAPRIMA DI ANDARE A DORMIRE
(Francesca Neri) Adaptationof Italy's literary sensation of 2003, an erotic diary penned by a 17-year-oldSicilian schoolgirl known as Melissa P. Prods: Francesca Neri, ClaudioAmendola.
Contact: Francesca Neri, Studio LegaleG.Cau, (39) 06 36 109 78

CHA-CHA-CHA
(Cattleya) Co-prods: Estudios Picasso(Sp), Flamenco Films (Sp). Remake of Antonio Del Real's 1998 Spanish comedy aboutpeople partying in the 1980s. Set to shoot in 2004 in Milan. Prods: GiovanniStabilini, Marco Chimenz, Riccardo Tozzi.
Contact: Cattleya, (39) 06 36 7201

CHANT D'AMOUR
(Revolver) Backer: Commission Fonds SudCinema (Fr). Budget: Euros 1m. Black comedy set in the Balkans. Prod: PaoloSpina. Dir: Yliet Alicka, Spartak Papadhimitri.
Contact: Revolver, (39) 06 58 13106

CIECO COME UNA TALPA
(Dodici Dicembre) Backer: Rai Cinema.Drama about a young South American man who works for a wealthy Italian family andfalls in love with the lady of the house. Prod: Giorgio Magliulo. Dir: MaurizioZaccaro. Scr: Sabrina Cusano.
Contact: Dodici Dicembre, (39) 06 47 826 313

CIELO DEI VIOLENTI
(Orango Film, Axion Film [UK], TarantulaFilm [Lux]) Drama set in Rome in the 1970s. A young boy decides to create a gang to control Romancriminality. Prod: Alessandro Verdecchi. Dir: Ivan Carlei. Scr: Claudio Lizza,Ivan Carlei.
Contact: Orango Film, (39) 06 39 388 751

CUORE SACRO
(R&C Produzioni) Drama about thecontrast between poverty and wealth in Naples. Prods: Tilde Corsi, GianniRomoli. Dir: Ferzan Ozpetek. Scr: Ferzan Ozpetek, Gianni Romoli.
Contact: R&C Produzioni, (39) 06 57 28 85 91

DESIDERI [Working Title]
(Storie) Drama. Prod: Amedeo Pagani.Dir: Marco Bechis. Scr: Marco Bechis.
Contact: Storie, (39) 06 85 53 439

ECCESSO D'AMORE
(Bell Film) Psychological thrillerinspired by the scandalous story of the Casati Stampa in the early 1970s. Prod:Pierfrancesco Campanella. Dir: Pierfrancesco Campanella.
Contact: Bell Film, (39) 06 32 12299

FUMO NEGLI OCCHI
(AE Media Corporation) Backer: MBAC(It). Comedy about extraordinary events that turn upside down a quiet villagein southern Italy. Prod: Gabriele Andreoli. Dir: Nicola Scorza, Michele DeVirgilio. Scr: Nicola Scorza, Michele De Virgilio, Debora Alessi.
Contact, AE Media Corporation, (39) 06 45 428060

THE GENESISCODE
(Eagle Pictures) Dist: EaglePictures (It). Int'lsales: Senator Int'l. English-language picture based on John Case's 1998 novelabout a private investigator whose family is persecuted by an extremistreligious order after visiting an Italian fertility clinic. Prod: CiroDammicco. Scr: Ronald Shusett, Ian Rabin, Julian Mitchell.
Contact: Eagle Pictures, (39) 06 32 69 101

GIANCARLO SIANI [WorkingTitle]
(Sorpasso Film) Backer: Rai Cinema.Drama inspired by the Siani affair, a young journalist who was killed in 1985by the Neapolitan Mafia, the Camorra, for having written articles about thelinks between organized crime, politicians and construction contracts. Prods:Maurizio Tedesco, Marco Risi. Dir: Marco Risi. Scr: Marco Risi, AndreaPurgatori, Jim Carrington.
Contact: Sorpasso Film. (39) 06 8069 1059

GO GO TALES
(Gam Film, Poetiche Cinematografiche)Co-prod: Euro American (Fr). Backer: Istituto Luce (It). Dist: Istituto Luce(It). Budget: $4m. Screwball comedy about a Manhattan lap dance club. Prod:Andrea De Liberato. Dir: Abel Ferrara. Scr: Abel Ferrara. Main cast: HarveyKeitel, Anna Falchi, Naomi Campbell, Eva Herzigova.
Contact: Gam Film, (39) 06 70 454515

LA GUERRA PRIVATA DELTENENTE GUILLET
(Cattleya) WW2 drama about the life ofAmedeo Guillet, an Italian Lawrence of Arabia. Prods: Marco Chimenz, RiccardoTozzi, Giovanni Stabilini. Dir: Edoardo Winspeare. Scr: Edoardo Winspeare.
Contact: Cattleya, (39) 06 36 7201

HELL AND PARADISE
(Medusa Film) Dist: Medusa Film (It). Drama focusing on a trip by Russian musician IgorStravinsky and his wife to Naples in 1951. There, Stravinsky re-discovers theinnovative music of Carlo de Gesualdo, a Neapolitan prince who was forced toflee his native city after killing his wife, Maria d'Avalos, and her lover. Dir:Bernardo Bertolucci. Scr: Bernardo Bertolucci. Expected to shoot in Naples in2004.
Contact: Medusa, (39) 06 66 3901

INSTANT LOVE
(I.T.C. Movie)Comedy about a happy couple's encounter with another man. Prod: BeppeCaschetto. Dir: Franco Angeli. Scr: Luca Bianchini, Marco Ponti, Lucia Moisio.DoP: Marcello Montarsi. Ed: Walter Fasano.
Contact: I.T.C. Movie, (39) 051 233 447

GABRIEL'S GIFT (IL DONODI GABRIEL)
(StudioCanal Urania) Drama adapted fromHanif Kureishi's novel about a talented 15-year-old guitarist whose parentshave split up. Prod: Conchita Airoldi. Dir: Daniele Luchetti. Scr: DanieleLuchetti, Sandro Petraglia, Ivan Cotroneo.
Contact: Studiocanalurania, (39) 06 32 65 1278

IL GIOCATORE [WorkingTitle]
(Rita Rusic Company) Drama. The story ofan Italian-American gambler in the 1980s who travelled regularly between Sicilyand the US. Prods: Rita Rusic, Lierka Rusic. Dir: Roberta Torre. Scr: Torre,Massimo D'Anolfi.
Contact: Rita Rusic Company, (39) 06 3600 4076

THE GOLDEN GATE
(Fandango) Co-prod: Arte Cinema (Fr),Memento Films (Fr). Budget: Euros 8m. Period drama following the sea voyage andarrival of Italian immigrants in New York's Ellis Island in 1900. Prods:Domenico Procacci, Emilie Georges, Alexandre Mallet-Guy. Dir: EmanueleCrialese. Scr: Emanuele Crialese. Main cast: Charlotte Gainsbourg, DonatellaFinocchiaro, Vincenzo Amato.
Contact: Fandango, (39) 06 97 745001

I GIORNI DELL'ABBANDONO
(Jean Vigo Italia) Budget: Euros 5m. Dist: Medusa (It). Drama. Based on ElenaFerrante's novel, I Giorni dell'Abbandono, focuses ona married mother-of-two whose husband suddenly leaves her. Prod: Elda Ferri.Dir: Roberto Faenza. Scr: Roberto Faenza. Main cast: Margherita Buy.
Contact: Jean Vigo, (39) 06 67 80003

L'ISOLA [working title]
(Donwtown Pictures) Backer: Rai Cinema.Budget: Euros 2-2.5m. Through a parallel structure, the picture will tell thestory of a woman named Anna in three periods of her life, at the age of 9, 27and 84. Prod: Marco Mueller. Dir: Chiara Caselli. Scr: Caselli, Monica Zapelli,Jaco Van Dormael.
Contact: Downtown Pictures, (39) 051 52 06 29

KING SHOT
(Gam Film) Backer: Istituto Luce. Dist:Istituto Luce (It). Budget: Euros 3m. Metaphysical spaghetti ganster film setin a saloon. Prod: Gherardo Pagliei. Dir: Alejandro Jodorowsky. Scr: AlejandroJodorowsky.
Contact: Gam Film, (39) 06 70 45 4515

LA GRANDE BELLEZZA
(Dodici Dicembre) A young actor, whomakes his living by delivering pizzas, has a passionate three-day love affairwith a strange French girl. The girl returns to France and the actor finallyfinds a role as a protagonist in a film. Prod: Giorgio Magliulo. Dir: RobertoDe Francesco. Scr: Matteo De Simone, Roberto De Francesco, Antonio Pascale.
Contact: Dodici Dicembre, (39) 06 47 82 6313

LENINGRAD
(Sciarlo, Medusa) Dist: Medusa (It).English-language picture about the Nazi attack on Leningrad during World WarII. Prod: Francesco Tornatore. Dir: Giuseppe Tornatore. Scr: Giuseppe Tornatore.
Contact: Sciarlo, (39) 06 39 72 35 66

LEZIONI DI VOLO
(Cattleya) Backer: India cultureministry. English language drama about two Italians in India who encounter adisillusioned French doctor. Prods: Riccardo Tozzi, Marco Chimenz, GiovanniStabilini. Dir: Francesca Archibugi. Scr: Doriana Leondeff. Due to startshooting in October in India and Rome.
Contact: Cattleya, (39) 06 367201

LA MIA MANO DESTRA
(Cattleya) Budget: Eur 10m.English-language drama about the tumultuous love life between Clara Wieck andRobert Schumann. Prods: Riccardo Tozzi, Marco Chimenz, Giovanni Stabilini. Dir:Cristina Comencini. Scr: Frederic Raphael. Due to shoot in India and Rome.
Contact: Cattleya, (39) 06 36 7201

LAURA DA RIMINI
(Digital Film) Crime thriller based onCarlo Lucarelli's eponymous novel. Prod: Galliano Juso. Dir: Maria Martinelli.Scr: Maria Martinelli, Carlo Lucarelli.
Contact: Digital Film, (39) 06 32 077 34

LE LIVRE A RENDRE
(Elzevir Film [Fr]) Co-prods: Revolver,Imposible Film (Sp), Atlantis Film (Rom). Backer: Eurimages.Budget: Euros 3m.Drama about the friendship between a Chilean pilotand a boy, which begins during World War II. Prod: Paolo Maria Spina. Maincast: Marisa Paredes, Bernard Giraudeau, Gregoire Colin.
Contact: Revolver, (39) 069 58 13 106

MARLOWE THE GREAT HOAX
(Movieweb) Co-prods: Studio Eight (UK),GFT Entertainment (Can). Int'l sales: Peace Arch Films (UK). Budget: Euros 23m.English-language period drama about Shakespeare's alleged ghost writer. Prod:Massimo Pacilio, Gary Howsam, Jamie Brown. Scr: Ron Base, Francois Tabarelli.
Contact: Movieweb, (39) 06 8091551

MATTEO RICCI
(Pacific Pictures) Co-prod: Titania.Backer: Rai Cinema. Budget: $25m. Prods: MarioCotone, Ida De Benedetta. Drama about Matteo Ricci, alegendary 16th century Italian Jesuit missionary and scientist who lived inChina during the late Ming dynasty.
Contact: Pacific Pictures, (39) 06 3220200

MEMOIRS OFHADRIAN
(Olympus, Movieweb, GamFilm) Backer: Istituto Luce, Rai Cinema. Budget: $20-25m. Historical dramaadapted from Marguerite Yourcenar's 1951 fictional novel about the dying Romanimperial leader. Exec prod: Gherardo Pagliei. Prods: Enzo Peri, MassimoPacilio. Dir: John Boorman. Scr: Valerio Massimo Manfredi.
Contact: Movieweb, (39) 06 8091551

NATALE DUE VOLTE
(Cinemart) Drama about a dying old manwho decides to leave all his possessions to his two grandchildren. Prods:Giuseppe Di Palma, Paolo Marcantonini. Dir: Marco Falaguasta. Scr: MarcoFalaguasta. Main cast: Franco Interlenghi, Francesca Rettondini, Valeria Fabrizi,Nathalie Caldonazzo.
Contact: Cinemart, (39) 06 68 32361

LA PASSIONE DI ANGELA
(Casablanca Entertainment) Backer: Fondodi Garanzia. Drama set in the 14th century, about a noble woman whois unhappily married and has a young lover. Prod: Vincenzo Ferone. Dir: CarloLizzani. Scr: Carlo Lizzani. DoP: Ennio Guarnieri. Main cast: DonatellaFinocchiaro, Raoul Bova.
Contact: Casablanca Entertainment, (39) 06 33 366 70

LA PASSIONE DI GIOSUE'L'EBREO
(Arbash Coop) Co-prod: Poetiche Cinematografiche. Backers: Istituto Luce, Fondodi Garanzia. Historical drama about the period when a royal edict forcedthousands of persecuted Jews to leave Spain. Prods: Leo Pescarolo, Andrea DeLiberato, Pasquale Scimeca. Dir: Pasquale Scimeca. Scr: Pasquale Scimeca. Maincast: Toni Servillo.
Contact: Arbash Coop, (39) 0918997036

PERICLE IL NERO
(Pequod, Kubla Khan) Drama based on thenovel by Giuseppe Ferrandino, about a young man, Pericle, who has never knownany life outside the Neapolitan Mafia. Prod: Umberto Massa, Rosario Rinaldo.Dir: Francesco Patierno. Scr: Giuseppe Ferrandino, Patierno. Main cast: PietroTaricone, Ernesto Mahieux.
Contact: Pequod, (39) 06 88 40 121

IL PIONIERE
(Settima Luna) Drama. Set in 1858 and based on the diaries of Italian CarloPiaggia, who became the first European to enter the Niam Niam region in thesouth of Sudan and meet its cannibal tribes. Prod: Gianfranco Piccioli. Dir:Michael Radford. Scr: Faliero Rosati.
Contact: Settima Luna, (39) 06 32 23 255

IL PROCESSO DEL SECOLO
(Cecchi Gori Group) Dist: Cecchi Gori Group (It). Drama based on Italiansenator Lino Jannuzzi's novel reconstructing the legal trials and tribulationsof seven-time prime minister Giulio Andreotti. Prod: Vittorio Cecchi Gori. Dir:Pasquale Squitieri. Scr: Pasquale Squitieri, Lino Jannuzzi.
Contact: Cecchi Gori Group, (39) 06 32 4721

QUANDO SEI NATO
(Cattleya) Backer: Rai Cinema. Budget: Euros 4-5m. Drama inspired by RudyardKipling's classic adventure novel, Captain Courageous. Dir: Marco TullioGiordana. Scr: Sandro Petraglia, Stefano Rulli.
Contact: Cattleya, (39) 06 36 7201.

QUELLO CHE VEDO
(Movie Factory) Drama about the life of Luigi Tenco, a famousItalian singer who committed suicide during the 1967 Sanremo Festival. Prod:Francesco Paolo Montini. Dir: Gianpaolo Prigione. Scr: Gianpaolo Prigione,Marco Buttazzi. Main cast: Claudio Santamaria.
Contact: Movie Factory, (39) 06 32 32 937

IL REGISTA DI MATRIMONI
(Filmalbatros) Backer: Rai Cinema. Budget: Euros 3-4m. Drama about a troubledfilm director who travels to Sicily where he meets a friend who makes a livingshooting videos at weddings. Prod: Sergio Pelone. Dir: Marco Bellocchio. Scr:Marco Bellocchio. Main cast: Sergio Castellitto
Contact: Filmalbatros, (39) 06 44 232 442

ROMANZO CRIMINALE
(Cattleya) Dist: 01 Distribution (It). Budget: Euros 7.5m. Drama adapted fromGiancarlo De Cataldo's novel about a Roman gang of young criminals. Prods:Riccardo Tozzi, Giovanni Stabilini, Marco Chimenz.Dir: Michele Placido. Scr:Stefano Rulli, Sandro Petraglia. Due to shoot in Rome in October 2004.
Contact: Cattleya, (39) 06 36 7201

SECOND SIN
(Revolver) Budget: Euros 1.6m. Period drama about thefeud between two aristocrats in post-Napoleonic times. Prod: Paolo Spina. Dir:Alberto Rondalli. Scr: Alberto Rondalli.
Contact: Revolver, (39) 06 58 13 106

SEGUI IL BASSO
(Movie Factory) Backer: Medusa Film. Dist:Medusa (It). Drama about Leo, a talented guitarist without much ambition, andhis nemesis, Mauro, who end up sharing the same tragic destiny. Prod: FrancescoP. Montini. Dir: Laura Muscardin. Scr: Laura Muscardin, Massimo De Pascale,Monica Rametta.
Contact: Movie Factory, (39) 06 32 32 937

SHE
(Imago Film, Movieweb) Co-prods: Salon Media Films (HK), Mandarin Films (Fr),CMW Film Company (Germ), Darnley House Productions (Australia). Dist: 01Distribution) Budget: $18m. Backers: Rai Cinema, Film Financial Services (US).English-language fantasy tale loosely based on H.Rider Haggard's adventureabout an immortal woman who is inspired by immortal love. Prods: Leo Pescarolo,Massimo Pacilio, Fred Wang. Dir: Mauro Borrelli. Scr: Fausto Brizzi, MarcoMartani, Aldo Lado, Mauro Borrelli. Set to shoot for 12 weeks in Hong Kong,Shanghai, the Gobi Desert, and Cambridge, England.
Contact: Imago Film, (39) 06 58 330806

LA STELLA CHE NON C'E'
(Cattleya) Budget: Eur 10m. Backer: Rai Cinema (It) . Prod: Riccardo Tozzi,Marco Chimenz, Giovanni Stabilini, Enzo Porcelli. Romantic drama freely adaptedfrom Ermanno Rea's novel La Dimissione, about the dismantlement of an ironplant in Italy that is sold to the Chinese government. Dir: Gianni Amelio. Scr:Gianni Amelio. Main cast: Sergio Castellitto. Due to shoot near Shanghai and inRome in September-October, 2004.
Contact, Cattleya: tel, (39) 06 36 7201.

THE TIGER AND THE SNOW
(Melampo Cinematografica,Jean Vigo Italia) Comedy drama. Prod: Elda Ferri. Dir: Roberto Benigni. Scr:Roberto Benigni, Vincenzo Cerami. Main cast: Jean Reno, Roberto Benigni,Nicoletta Braschi.
Contact: Jean Vigo, (39) 06 67 80003

UN GIORNO QUALSIASI
(Cattleya) Budget: Euros 3.5m. Romanticdrama with erotic overtones set in Rome. Prods: Marco Chimenz, GiovanniStabilini, Riccardo Tozzi. Dir: Roberta Torre. Scr: Roberta Torre. Due to shootin Rome in July 2004.
Contact Cattleya, (39) 06 36 7201.

UNTITLED
(Cattleya) Romantic drama. Prods: MarcoChimenz, Riccardo Tozzi, Giovanni Stabilini. Dir: Maria Sole Tognazzi. Scr:Maria Sole Tognazzi. Set to shoot in October 2004.
Contact Cattleya, (39) 06 36 7201

Il VIAGGIO DI SOFIA
(Fandango) Drama about an 18-year-oldgirl and her voyage of self-discovery. Prod: Domenico Procacci. Dir: GabrieleMuccino. Scr: Gabriele Muccino, Silvio Muccino, Elena Majoni.
Contact: Fandango, (39) 06 97 745001

VITA
(Cattleya) Prods: Marco Chimenz, Riccardo Tozzi, Giovanni Stabilini. Comedybased on Melania Mazzuocco's book, Vita. Dir: Paolo Virzi. Scr: Paolo Virzi.Due to shoot early 2005.
Contact, Cattleya, (39) 06 36 7201.

IN-PRODUCTION

CONTRONATURA
(R&C Produzioni) Backer: Fondo di Garanzia. Drama about a man, Giacomo anda girl, Francesca, who is in love with him. Prods: Tilde Corsi, Gianni Romoli.Dir: Alessandro Tofanelli, Scr: Alessandro Tofanelli. Main cast: Maya Sansa,Valeria Cavalli, Andrea Di Stefano, Cesare Bocci. Ed: Gian Vittorio Baldi.
Contact: R&C Produzioni, (39) 06 57 288 591

LIOLA
(Globe Films) Co-prods: Aquarius FilmCompany (UK),Terrafilm (Austria), Zip Films (Sp), Almaz Film Productions (Fr),Liza Nicole Films (South Africa), Roadshow (Aus). Comedy inspired by LuigiPirandello's play. Prod: Pietro Innocenzi. Dir: Gabriele Lavia. Scr: GabrieleLavia, Filippo Arriva. Main cast: Giancarlo Giannini, Raoul Bova, Leo Gullotta,Michele Placido, Serena Autieri, Irene Papas.
Contact: Globe Films, (39) 06 36 10 729

LA FEBBRE
(Rodeo Drive) Backer: Rai Cinema. Dist:01 Distribution (It). Romantic drama. Prod: Marco Poccioni, Marco Valsania.Dir: Alessandro D'Alatri. Scr: Alessandro D'Alatri, Gennaro Nunziante, DomenicoStarnone. DoP: Italo Petriccione. Ed: Osvaldo Bargero. Main cast: Fabio Volo,Valeria Solarino, Cochi Ponzoni, Gisella Burinato, Marco Baliani.
Contact: Rodeo Drive, (39) 06 42014715

LA FIAMMA SUL GHIACCIO
(Albatross AMP Spa. Backer: Fondo diGaranzia. Drama about a maths profession who suffers from Asperger's syndrome,who becomes friends with a woman tramp. Prods: Alessandro Jacchia, MaurizioMomi. Dir: Umberto Marino. Scr: Umberto Marino. Main cast: Raoul Bova,Donatella Finocchiaro, Max Giusti.
Contact: Albatross, (39) 06 85 30 621

THE LAZARUS CHILD
(Eagle Pictures) Co-prods: TandemCommunciations (Ger), UK20 (UK), Illusions/Telefilm (Can). Budget: $30m. Dist:Eagle Pictures (It), Morgan Creek/Warner Bros (US). Int'l sales: Senator Int'l.English-language picture based on Robert Mawson's bestseller, focusing on a girl who falls into a coma after being hit by a bus.Her only hope for recovery hinges on an eccentric researcher, who manages topropel the girl's 12-year-old brother into her mind in the hope of luring herback to consciousness. Prods: Ciro Dammicco, Ron Bass, Bruce Harvey. Dir:Graham Theakston. Scr: Ron Bass. Main cast: Andy Garcia, Angela Bassett.Shooting in London and Alberta, Canada.
Contact: Eagle Pictures, (39) 06 32 69 101

L'ORIZZONTI DEGLI EVENTI
(Fandango) Dist: Medusa (It). Backer:Medusa. Drama inspired by Uomini e Lupi (Men and Wolves), Daniele Vicari's owndocumentary about a group of Macedonian shepherds living in central Italy underextreme conditions. Prod: Domenico Procacci. Dir: Daniele Vicari. Scr: DanieleVicari, Antonio Leotti, Laura Paolucci. Main cast: Valerio Mastandrea.
Contact: Fandango, (39) 06 97 745001

LA PAURA DEGLI ANGELI
(IIF Italian International Film, SettimaLuna) Dist: IIF (It). Drama about two separated parents who haven't yetresolved their problems. Prods: Fulvio Lucisano, Gianfranco Piccioli. Dir:Angelo Longoni. Scr: Angelo Longoni, Massimo Sgorbani. Main cast: LauraMorante, Alessio Boni, Eleonora Ivone, Cesare Bocci, Valeria Milillo.
Contact: IIF, (39) 06 36 11377

POST-PRODUCTION

A LUCI SPENTE
(Cinemart) Backer: Fondo diGaranzia. Dist: Istituto Luce (It). Drama set in 1943 tracing the making ofRedemption, a film financed by the Vatican. Prods: Giuseppe Di Palma. Dir:Maurizio Ponzi. Scr: Ponzi, Stefano Tummolini, Pietro Spila. DoP: Luigi Verga. Prod des: FrancoCeraolo. Main cast: Giuliana De Sio, Toni Bertorelli, Giulio Scarpati, FilippoNigro.
Contact: Cinemart, (39) 06 68 32 361

AMATEMI
(Tangram Film) Backer: Fondo diGaranzia/ Drama about a woman who has recently separated from her husband, andrealizes that she can be happy on her own. Prod: Matteo Levi, Roberto Levi.Dir: Renato De Maria. Scr: De Maria, Francesco Piccolo. Main cast: IsabellaFerrari.
Contact: Tangram Film, (39) 06 58 06 965

AMORE E LIBERTA',MASANIELLO
(Factory) Co-prod: Sunday FilmInternational. Backer: Fondo di Garanzia. Dist: Revolver (It). The life of TommasoAniello d'Amalfi, aka Masaniello, a Neapolitan fishmonger who started therebellion against the Duke of D'Arcos in July 1647. Prod: Amedeo Letizia,Mariella Li Sacchi. Dir: Angelo Antonucci. Scr: Angelo Antonucci. Main cast:Sergio Assisi, Anna Ammirati, Anna Galiena, Nicola Di Pinto, Gabriele Lavia.
Contact: Factory, (39) 06 58 332895.

ANIME
(Duea Film, Erreti Film) Prod: AntonioAvati, Rosanna Thau. Drama about a troubled 30-year-old priest who moves to anew parish and takes over his murdered predecessor's investigations into themysterious death of a child. Dir: Mariantonia Avati. Scr: Mariantonia Avati.DoP: Cesare Bastelli. Prod des: Biago Fersini. Ed: Jenny Loutfy. Main cast:Lorenzo Balducci, Patrizio La Bella, Alessia Goria.
Contact: Duea Film, (39) 06 32 14851

APNEA
(Indigo Film) Backer: Fondodi Garanzia. Drama/thriller. At 35, Paolo is a sports journalist who has had asuccessful fencing career. Suddenly, a friend of his, also a sportsman,inexplicably dies of a heart attack and Paolo uncovers some dark truths. Prods:Francesca Cima, Nicola Giuliano. Dir: Roberto Dordit. Scr: Roberto Dordit,Serena Brugnolo. DoP: Tommaso Borgstrom. Prod des: Beatrice Scarpato. Music:Giuliano Taviani. Main cast: Claudio Santamaria, Elia de Capitani, Fabrizia Sacchi,Michela Noonan, Diego Ribon.
Contact: Indigo Film, (39) 06 77 25 055

BAL-CAN-CAN
(Verdecchi Film, Partysans Film [Maced])Black comedy set in Macedonia in 2001. The film focuses on one man's attempt tobring his step-mother's body from Bulgaria to Macedonia amidst absurdburocracy. Prods: Alessandro Verdecchi, Darko Mitrevski, Loris Curci. Dir:Darko Mitrevski. Scr: Mitrevski. Main cast: Lazar Ristovski.
Contact: Verdecchi Film. (39) 06 39 388 751

BARBABLU'
(Vaca Movie) Drama set in the north ofItaly just before World War I. Dirs: Luisa Pretolani, Massimiliano Valli. DoP:Claudio Fontanel. Main cast: Umberto Giovannini, Elena Bucci, Ivano Marescotti,Maria Costantini, Angela Gorini.

BASTA UN NIENTE
(Movie Factory) Prod: Francesco PaoloMontini. Drama about three friends who play music in unpleasant night spots.Dir: Ivan Polidoro. Scr: Ivano Polidro.
Contact: Movie Factory, (39) 06 3232937

BELL'E POKER
(MediterraneaFilm) Backer: Fondo di Garanzia. Dist: Lantia (It). A film about dance andMoulin Rouge-style cabaret. Prod: Nico Cirasola. Dir: Nico Cirasola. Scr: NicoCirasola. DoP: Fabio de Franceschi. Main cast: Dino Abbrescia, Toto' Onnis,Laura Marinelli, Susanna Capusso, Sabrina Colle.
Contact: Mediterranea Film, (39) 080 56 18 382

BLU EYES
(La Perla Nera) A beautiful 18-year-oldis kidnapped and forced to work in porn. Her mother hires a private detectiveto find her. Prod: Giovanni Paolucci. Dir: Bruno Mattei. Scr: Bruno Mattei.DoP: Gigi Ciccarese. Set des: Alterio Angela. Cos des: Tanzilli Natascia. Maincast: Carla Solaro, Carlo Mucari, Gabriele Gori.
Contact: La Perla Nera, (39) 06 74 80630

CHECHNYA (CECENIA)
(I.P.E.) Dist: Pasquino Distribuzione Stazione Marittima (It). Drama. The storyof Italian Radio Radicale journalist Antonio Russo, who was killed in Chechnyain 2000. Prods: Caterina Nardi, Leonardo Giuliano. Dir: Leonardo Giuliano. Scr:Aurelio Grimaldi. DoP: Giulio Pietromarchi. Ed: Giuseppe Pagano. Cos des:Claudia Vaccaro. Main cast: Gianmarco Tognazzi, Bruno Armando.
Contact: I.P.E., (39) 06 68 19 3115

CIELO E TERRA
(Saleo Produzioni) Drama set in 1944.Samuele, a Jewish violin teacher and his sister find shelter with a group ofnorthern Italian peasants. However, they are caught by the Nazis and findthemselves trying to save each other as well as the peasants who helped them.Prod: Giorgio Leopardi. Dir: Luca Mazzieri. Scr: Luca Mazzieri. Main cast:Gianmarco Tognazzi, Anita Caprioli, Fabrizia Sacchi, Giuseppe Cederna.

IL COLORE DEI SOGNI
(Jean Vigo' Italia) Drama about the 1993murder of Don Puglisi, a Sicilian priest who fought the Mafia. Prod: EldaFerri. Dir: Roberto Faenza. Scr: Roberto Faenza. Main cast: Luca Zingaretti,Corrado Fortuna, Alessia Goria.
Contact: Jean Vigo' Italia, (39) 06 67 80003.

IL COMPAGNO AMERICANO
(MetropolisFilm) Backer: Fondo di Garanzia Dist: Columbia Tristar Italia (It) At theheight of Italian fascism in the early 1940s, a fashionable film directorworking at Cinecitta decides to secretely shoot a film in colour, usingAmerican equipment. Prod: Enzo Gallo. Dir: Barbara Barni. Scr: Barbara Barni.DoP: Ennio Guarnieri. Prod des: Marco Dentici. Cost des: Enrica Barbano. Maincast: Nancy Brilli, Tosca D'Aquino, Augusto Zucchi, Franco Diogene.
Contact: Metropolis Film, (39) 06 88 44 629

CONCORSO DI COLPA
(Blu Cinematografic) Backer: Fondo diGaranzia) Int'l sales: Variety Communications. Dist: Istituto Luce (It). Prod:Massimo Ferrero. Thriller. Dir: Claudio Fragasso. Scr: Claudio Fragasso,Rossella Drudi. Main cast: Francesco Nuti, Alessandro Benvenuti, MassimoBonetti, Antonella Ponziani, Luca Lionello.
Contact: Variety Communications, (39) 06 36 001417

IL CONQUISTATORE DI MOSCA
(Emmegi Communication) Drama set inMoscow in 1991, just after the botched August coup and Gobarchev's resignation.In the midst of severe economic hardship, a man arrives in Russia to sell meat.Prod: Giovanni Marcari. Dir: Salvatore Mereu. Scr: Salvatore Mereu, Oscar DeGennaro.
Contact: Emmegi, (39) 06 33 28 018

CORONA VALT [WorkingTitle]
(Poetiche Cinematografiche) Co-prod: RAICinema. Dist: Lion Pictures (It). Budget: $3m. Thriller set in the 1940s. Prod:Andrea De Liberato. Dir: Lucio Gaudino. Scr: Brenta, Angelo Pasquini. DoP:Vincenzo Marano. Prod man: Bruno Tribbioli. Main cast: Non-professional actors.
Contact: Poetiche Cinematografiche, (39) 06 6880 9752.

EDEN
(Viva Cinematografica) Backer: Fondo diGaranzia (It) Int'l sales: Filmexport. Drama set at the end of the 1950s, abouttwo sisters who own a bordello. Prod: Laura Noia. Dir: Fabio Bonzi. Scr: FabioBonzi. Main cast: Sonia Aquino, Guja Jelo, Marco Bonini, Federica Lenzi,Marilyn Gallo.
Contact: Filmexport, (39) 06 52 207 432

E RIDENDO L'UCCISE
(Italgest Video, IPE) Backer: Fondo diGaranzia. Drama set in the king's palace at the beginning of the 16thcentury in Ferrara, northern Italy. Prod: Renata Ranieri, Ugo Tucci. Dir:Florestano Vancini. Scr: Vancini, Massimo Felisatti. DoP: Maurizio Calvesi. Ed:Enzo Meniconi. Prod des: Giantito Burchiellaro. Cos: Lia Francesca Morandini.Music: Ennio Morricone. Main cast: Manlio Dovi, Sabrina Colle, Ruben Rigillo,Marianna De Micheli, Giorgio Lupano.
Contact: Italgest Video, (39) 06 68 76626

FANKINAIT
(Filmauro) Backer: Fondo di Garanzia.Dist: Filmauro (It). Thriller. Shortly before travelling to New York with hiswife, a man agrees to give a friend his house keys and let him meet a woman inhis house. Prod: Aurelio De Laurentiis. Dir: Franco Bertini. Scr: FrancoBertini. DoP: Daniele Poli. Ed: Fulvio Molena. Set des: Francesco Priori. Cosdes: Francesco Priori. Mus: Marco Manusso. Main cast: Flavio Insinna, LucianoScarpa, Georgia Lepore, Elena Russo, Rolando Ravello.
Contact: Filmauro, (39) 06 69 9581

FORSE SI FORSE NO
(Axelotil) Co-prod: Mariposa Film. Dramasurrounding the daily lives of four young students. Prod: Gianluca Arcopinto.Dir: Stefano Chiantini. Scr: Stefano Chiantini. Main cast: Luciano Federico,Cristiana Capodondi, Alessandro Tiberi, Nicola Siri.
Contact: Axelotil, (39) 06 57 45004

FRAMMENTI DEL '900
(Lantia Film) Co-prod: Istituto Luce.Italian culture from the 1930s to the 1960s narrated by veteran Italiandirector Citto Maselli and his guests, the protagonists of those years. Prod:Beppe Atene. Dir: Citto Maselli.
Contact: Lantia, (39) 06 37 51 2743.

FUORI GIOCO - ILLATITANTE
(Quality Sound) Backer: Fondo di Garanzia.Drama about a young Neapolitan workman who gets involved in crime to help hisfather who is sick. Dir: Nini Grassia. Scr: Grassia. DoP: Giancarlo Ferrando.Prod des: Alessandra Cadoppi. Cos: Patrizio Di Bernardi. Main cast: AntonioCapuano, Barbara Chiappini, Nicola Di Pinto.
Contact: Quality Sound, (39) 081 81 95 270

GUARDIANI DELLE NUVOLE
(Heller Produzioni Televisive eCinematografiche) Backer: Fondo di Garanzia. Drama set in a small town on theoutskirts of Naples, in 1962. A shepherd sets off on the trail of anunscrupulous businessman. Prod: Giorgio Heller. Dir: Luciano Odorisio. Scr:Luciano Odorisio, Angelo Cannavacciuolo. DoP: Romano Albani. Ed: DomenicoVarone. Set des: Emilio Baldelli. Cos des: Alfonsina Lettier. Main cast: AnnaGaliena, Alessandro Gassman, Claudia Gerini, Leo Gullotta, Franco Nero.
Contact: Heller Produzioni, (39) 06 36 38 1924

HANOVER
(A.L.B.A. Produzioni) Co-prod: Xi'anFilm Studio (China). Prods: Ferdinando Vicentini Orgnani, Sandro Frezza, SergioBernardi. Dir: Ferdinando Vicentini Orgnani. Scr: Orgnani, Lorenzo Favella.DoP: Ugo Menegatti. DoP: Carlo Balestrieri. Prod des: Giada Calabria. Cos:Alessandro Consiglio. Music: Pierangelo Fornaro, Corrado Carosio. Main cast:Francesco Castellano, Antonio Iuorio, Francesco Carnelutti, Federico Pacifici.
Contact: A.L.B.A., Contact: (39) 06 52 98 244

HOLLYWOOD FLIES (MOSCHE AHOLLYWOOD)
(Imago Film, Movieweb) Co-prods:Moneyflies Entertainment (Can), Studio 8 (UK). Budget: $6m. Backer: Rai Cinema(It). Dist: 01 Distribution) English-language adventure picture which followstwo Italians who end up in LA. Based on Mosche a Hollywood, a novel byAlessandro Fabbri. Prod: Leo Pescarolo, Massimo Pacilio, Pieter Kroonenburg,Gary Howsam. Dir: Fabio Segatori. Scr: Gino Ventriglia, Chiara Laudani, RobertoScarpetti, Alessandro Fabbri, Fabio Segatori, Aldo Lado, Allan Moyle.
Contact: Imago Films (It), (39) 06 58330806

I GIRASOLI
(Orisa Produzioni, Axelotil) Backer:Fondo di Garanzia. An Eastern European father who has emigrated to Italy triesto earn a living and support his 15-year-old son by getting involved in theAlbanian Mafia. One day, however, his son rebels. Prods: Cristiano Bortone,Daniele Mazzocca, Gianluca Arcopinto. Dir: Francesco Munzi. Scr: FrancescoMunzi, Serena Brugnolo, Dino Gentili.
Contact: Orisa, (39) 06 39 75 0996

INTO THE NIGHT
(Polyvideo Produzioni) Int'l sales:Gruppo Minerva International (It). A beautiful Russian girl gets involved in anEastern European prostitution ring in Italy. Dir: David Bracci. Scr: David Bracci.Main cast: Yuliana Ieregun, Aurelio Levante, Danilo Verde, Linda Di Pietro.
Contact: Gruppo Minerva International, (39) 06 85 43 841

IO CHE AMO SOLO TE
(Blue Film) Drama about a 45-year-oldarchitect who is no longer satisfied with his life or his 20-year-old marriage.He meets a prostitute, realizes he still loves his family but ends up losingeverything. Prods: Bruno Tribbioli, Alessandro Bonifazi. Dir: GianfrancoPannone. Scr: Gianfranco Pannone. Main cast: Gianna Breil, Cesare Bocci,Francesca Giordani, Francesca Cuttica.
Contact: Blue Film, (39) 06 32 15 486

KATE
(Crayons) Animation feature about thelove story between a strong, agressive woman and a play-boy who wants to marrya rich woman so that he can pay off his gambling debts. Prod: Roberto Lione.Dir: Roberto Lione. Scr: Roberto Lione.
Contact: Crayons, (39) 0744 978714.

LA CASA DEI GERANI
(Solaris Cinematografica) Backer: MBAC.Int'l sales: Filmexport (It). Prod: Adriano Arie. Dir: Lina Wertmueller. Scr:Lina Wertmueller, Umberto Marino, Elvio Porta Main cast: Sophia Loren, F.Murray Abraham, Angela Pagano, Carolina Rosi.
Contact, (39) 06 52207432

LEGAMI SPORCHI
(Surf Film) Co-prods: Peca (Sp), JacintoSantos Parras (Sp). Int'l sales: Surf Film) Drama about Timothy, a rich oldman, who is killed during a robbery. His young and beautiful lover discoversshe is the sole heir to his fortune, but Timothy's daughter becomes suspicious.Prods: Massimo Vigliar, Mariano Arditi. Dir: Giorgio Molteni. Scr: GiorgioMolteni, Massimo Piesco.
Contact: Surf Film, (39) 06 52 62 101

L'ESTATE DI MIO FRATELLO
(Nuvola Film) Co-prod: Axelotil. Dramaabout a young boy from a well-to-do family. Every year, the family spends thesummer in a country house. Prod: Antonio Ciano. Dir: Pietro Reggiani. Scr:Pietro Reggiani. DoP: Luca Coassin, Werther Germondari. Ed: Luca Benedetti.Main cast: Pietro Botnempo, Maria Paiato, Davide Veronese, Tommaso Ferro,Beatrice Panizzolo.
Contact: Nuvola Film, (39) 06 42 90 5173

LETTERE DALSAHARA
(A.S.P.) Co-prod: Metafilm.Backer: Fondo di Garanzia. Docu-drama about the voyage of a Senegaleseimmigrant across Italy. Prod: Donatella Palermo. Dir: Vittorio de Seta. Scr:Vittorio de Seta. Main cast: Marco Baliani, Claudia Muzzi.
Contact, A.S.P. (39) 06 32 11 799

L'UOMO CHE COLORAVA I SOGNI [Working Title]
(Jean Vigo Italia) Budget:Euros 3.8m. Dist: Mikado (It). Drama based on the true story of outspokenPalermo priest Don Puglisi and his relationship with the under-priviledgedchildren he tried to keep out of the Mafia's reach. Prod: Elda Ferri. Dir:Roberto Faenza. Scr: Roberto Faenza. Main cast: Luca Zingaretti.
Contact: Jean Vigo Italia, (39) 06 67 80003

LUNA E LE ALTRE
(Emme Produzioni) Backer: Fondo diGaranzia. A woman named Luna writes to four school friends who, on their lastday of school, had promised to meet up again twenty years later. Prods: MarcoQuintili, Marisa Grieco. Dir: Elisabetta Villaggio. Scr: Elisabetta Villaggio.Main cast: Agnese Nano, Lorenza Indovina, Antonella Ponziani, Elda Alvigini,Paolo Villaggio.
Contact: Emme, (39) 011 436 2609

THE MARK
(Surf Film) Co-prods:Jinko-Communications, Filmax (Sp), Duque Film (Sp). Int'l sales: Surf Film.Drama set in the north of Italy in 2003. A charismatic 19-year-old gang leaderwho leaves his pregnat girlfriend despite still loving her. Prods: MassimoVigliar, Davide Mancori. Dir: Mariano Equizzi. Scr: Andrea Materia. Main cast:Robert Purvis, Milena Mancini, Alla Bulankina, Raquel Merono, Yoon C. Joyce.
Contact: Surf Film, (39) 06 52 62101

MA QUANDO ARRIVANO LERAGAZZE
(Duea Film) Backer: Rai Cinema. Dist: 01Distribution. Prod: Antonio Avati. A film about the forming of an Italian jazzgroup. Dir: Pupi Avati. Scr: Pupi Avati. Main cast: Vittoria Puccini, ClaudioSantamaria, Paolo Briguglia.
Contact Duea Film, (39) 06 321 4851

MARIA SI'
(Tecnofilm) Backer: Fondo di Garanzia.Int'l sales: Gruppo Minerva International (It). Romantic comedy set inSardinia, exploring the relationship between a fourteen year-old boy and hisparents. Prod: Alessandro Perrella. Dir: Piero Livi. Scr: Piero Livi, StefanoPomilia, Roberto Natale. Main cast: Jacques Perrin, Anna Galiena, FrancescoCastellano, Matteo Urzia, Kristina Novikova.
Contact: Gruppo Minerva International, (39) 06 85 43841

MATHILDE
(E.T. Fiction Group) Co-prod: SilvaFilm. Backer: Rai Cinema, Fondo di Garanzia. Drama about an Italian colonel isfound dead on a beach in ex-Yugoslavia, lying next to Mathilde, a 15-year-oldgirl. Prods: Rocco Cesareo, Rosaria Cutuli. Dir: Nina Mimica. Scr: Nina Mimica.Main cast: Jeremy Irons, Clarita Ziniti Gatto, Cecilia Roth.
Contact: E.T.Fiction Group, (39) 06 32 22 791

MODENA MODENA
(N.C. Produzioni) Co-prod: Filand.Backer: Fondo di Garanzia. Drama about a university student and a graduate whoworks as a mechanic. Prods: Filippo Ascione, Nicola Conticello. Dir: DanieleMalavolta. Scr: Daniele Malavolta. Main cast: Isabella Borromeo, Wilson Saba,Patrizia Pezza, Paolo Bonanni, Ivan Bacchi.
Contact: N.C. Produzioni, (39) 095 313646

MOGADOR LOVERS
(Poetiche Cinematografiche) Backer:State of Morocco. Dist: Sharada Distribuzione (It). Prods: Leo Pescarolo,Andrea De Liberato. Dir: Souheil Ben Barka. Main cast: Violante Placido, MaxVon Sydow.
Contact: Poetiche Cinematografiche, (39) 06 6880 9752

MOTO BOY
(Axelotil) Drama set in Sao Paolo,Brazil, focusing on bikers who risk their lives to carry parcels across town.Prods: Gianluca Arcopinto, Elisabetta Pandimilio, Cesar Augusto Meneghetti.Dir: Elisabetta Pandimilio, Cesar Augusto Meneghetti. Scr: ElisabettaPandimilio, Cesar Augusto Meneghetti. DoP: Elisabetta Pandimilio, Cesar AugustoMeneghetti. Ed: Elisabetta Pandimilio, Cesar Augusto Meneghetti.
Contact, Axelotil, (39) 06 57 45 004

MOVIMENTI
(Axelotil) Black comedy/road movie withsix intertwining stories that all happen during one night. Prod: GianlucaArcopinto. Dir: Serafino Murri, Claudio Fausti. Scr: Serafino Murri, ClaudioFausti. Main cast: Cecilia Dazzi, Fabrizio Gifuni, Gabriele Parrillo, FrancescoPini, Paolo Zuccari.
Contact, Axelotil, (39) 06 57 45 004.

NEL MIO AMORE
(I.I.F. - Italian International Film)Backer: Fondo di Garanzia. Dist: IIF (It) Drama based on Susanna Tamaro's novel"Rispondimi" about the love life of a couple which becomesnightmarish after their marriage and birth of their first child. Prod: FulvioLucisano. Dir: Susanna Tamaro. Scr: Susanna Tamaro, Roberta Mazzone. Main cast:Licia Maglietta, Urbano Barberini, Alessia Fugardi.
Contact: I.I.F. (39) 06 36 11377

NESSUN MESSAGGIO INSEGRETERIA
(A-Movie Productions) Comedy about anenergetic pensioner who decides to do whacky things. Prod: Enrico Mole'. Dir:Luca Miniero, Paolo Genovese. Scr: Luca Miniero, Paolo Genovese. Main cast:Carlo Delle Piane, Pier Francesco Favino, Lorenza Indovina, Natalie Guetta,Valerio Mastandrea.
Cotnact: A-Movie Productions, (39) 06 32 13 536.

NO BRAKES (SENZA FRENI)
(Lantia)Backer: Fondo di Garanzia. Drama about a troubled 10 year-old boy who sees hisuncle murder his father. Prod: Paola Ermini. Dir: Felice Farina. Scr: FeliceFarina, Mauro Casiraghi, Eleonora Fiorini. DoP: Luca Bigazzi. Ed: RobertoSchiavone. Prod des: Enrico Serafini. Cost des: Angela Buono. Main cast:Claudio Amendola, Paola Cortellesi.
Contact: Lantia, (39) 06 37 512743

ORA E PER SEMPRE
(Veradia Film) Co-prod: Misami Film. Int'l sales: Verdecchifilm. Dist: OrangoFilm Distribuzione) Backer: Fondo d Garanzia) Prod: Alessandro Verdecchi. Dramaabout the legendary Torino football team who were all killed in an airplanecrash in 1949. Dir: Vincenzo Verdecchi. Scr: Carmelo Pennisi, MassimilianoDurante. Main cast: Kasia Smutniak, Gioele Dix, Giorgio Albertazzi, DinoAbbrescia.
Contact: Verdecchifilm, (39) 06 39 388751

IL PANE NUDO
(Progetto Visivo) Backer: Fondo diGaranzia. Drama about hardship in the life of a young Moroccan man. Prod:Roberto De Laurentiis. Dir: Rachid Benhadj. Scr: Rachid Benhadj. Main cast:Soraya Arterse, Mujah Maraini, David Halevin, Karim Benhadj, Rachid Benhadj.
Contact: Progetto Visivo, (39) 06 37 500694

PER GIUSTO OMICIDIO
(D & F Cinematografica) Backer:Fondo di Garanzia. Drama set in 1996 in post-war Sarajevo. Prods: Mario Puliti,Diego Febbraro. Dir: Diego Febbraro. Scr: Diego Febbraro. Main cast: Barbarad'Urso, Fabio Fulco, Marco Bonini, Pino Morabito.
Contact: D & F Cinematografica, (39) 06 41 734 311

PROMISED LAND
(Orione Cienmatografica) Co-prods:Istituto Luce, Amka Films Productions S.A. (Switz), Lumen Film (Fr). Dist:Istituto Luce (It). Drama. Prod: Silvia Innocenzi, Giovanni Saulini, TizianaSoudani. Dir: Michael Beltrami. Scr: Michael Beltrami, Francesca Demichelis.Main cast: Chad Smith, Giuseppe Cederna, Susan Johnston, Lalaine Vergara-Paras,Ruth Gerson.
Contact: Orione Cinematografica, (39) 06 32 434 77

RAUL
(Cinema e Societa') Backer: Fondo diGaranzia. Drama inspired by Dostoevsky 's Crime and Punishment, set in Italy in1938 during the Fascist regime. Prod: Manolo Bolognini. Dir: Andrea Bolognini.Scr: Suso Cecchi D'Amico. Main cast: Giancarlo Giannini, Stefano Dionisi,Alessandro Haber, Ernesto Mahieux, Violante Placido.
Contact: Cinema e Societa', (39) 06 35 34 7908

SE DEVO ESSERE SINCERA
(I.T.C. Movie) Backer: Medusa Film.Dist: Medusa Film (It). Comedy adapted from Margherita Oggero's novel LaCollega Tatuata. Prod: Beppe Caschetto. Dir: Davide Ferrario. Scr: LucianaLittizzetto, Anna Pavignano. Ed: Claudio Cormio. Main cast: LucianaLittizzetto, Dino Abbrescia, Neri Marcore, Donatella Finocchiaro.
Contact: I.T.C. Movie, (39) 051 548 490

SEGRETARIO PARTICOLARE
(Poetiche Cinematografiche) Backer:Fondo di Garanzia. Drama about a 70-year-old man who has always worked as asecretary, until he gets involved in a web of corruption. Prod: Andrea DeLiberato. Dir: Nicola Molina. Scr: Nicola Molina.
Contact: Poetiche Cinematografiche, (39) 06 68 212303

SEVEN DAYS, SEVEN NIGHTS[WORKING TITLE]
(SintraFilms) Co-prods Joel Cano (Cub), Les Films du Requin (Fr), Melange (Fr).Digitally-shot film revolving around 5 women. Prod: Rosanna Seregni, Joel Cano,Michel Reilhac. Dir: Joel Cano. Scr: Cano.
Contact: Sintra, (39) 06 4451256

THE SHADOW DANCER
(Movieweb) Co-prods: Studio Eight (UK),GFT Entertainment (Can), Closeup Films (Fr). Backer: Istituto Luce. Int'lsales: Peace Arch Films (UK). Budget: $10m. English-language drama about ayoung New York editor who travels to Tuscany to try and persuade a reclusivewriter to get back to work. Prod: Massimo Pacilio, Gary Howsam, Jamie Brown.Dir: Brad Milman. Scr: Brad Milman. Main cast: Harvey Keitel, GiancarloGiannini, Gerard Depardieu, Claire Forlani, Joshua Jackson.
Contact: Movieweb, (39) 06 8091551

TICKET
(Fandango, Sixteen Films [UK]) Backers:Medusa (It), Film Council (UK). Int'l sales: The Works (UK). Budget: Euros 4m.Drama which takes place on a train where the protagonists, who each have their own problems, anxieties and hopes, meet forthe first time. Prod: Carlo Cresto-Dina, Domenico Procacci, Rebecca O'Brien,Babak Karimi. Dir: Ermanno Olmi, Ken Loach, Abbas Kiarostami. Scr: ErmannoOlmi, Ken Loach, Abbas Kiarostami. Main cast: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, SilvanaDe Santis, Carlo Delle Piane, Martin Compston, William Ruane.
Contact: The Works, (44) 207 612 1080

IL TRAMITE
(Lantia)Backers: Rai Cinema, Fondi di Garanzia. Int'l sales: Intramovies. Dist:Istituto Luce (It). Drama. A male nurse, who is involved in dubious ongoings,is asked to drive a young black boy to Switzerland, in the company of a youngtroubled southern Italian. During the car ride, the friendship the two men formwill save the life of the boy, who was destined to become a victim oforgan-trafficking. Prod: Paola Ermini. Dir: Stefano Reali. Scr: Stefano Reali.DoP: Stefano Coletta. Ed: Paolo Benassi. Prod des: Giada Calabria. Main cast:Maurizio Mattioli, Manrico Gammarota.
Contact: Lantia Cinema e Audiovisivi, (39) 06 37 512 743

TREDICI A TAVOLA
(Leading Entertainment) Drama about thechildhood of a 50-year-old man. Prod: Enrico Mole. Dir: Enrico Oldoini. Scr:Enrico Oldoini. Main cast: Giancarlo Giannini, Paolo Bonacelli, KaasiaSmutniak, Alessandro Benvenuti, Angela Finocchiaro.
Contact: Leading Entertainment, (39) 06 32 13 536

UN GESTO DI CORAGGIO
(International Forum) Backer: Fondo diGaranzia. Dist: Istituto Luce (It). Drama based on the life of Cecco d'Ascoli,a scientist who was accused of heresy and condemned to death by the Inquisitionin 1327. Prod: Alessandra Martucci, Lampo Calenda. Dir: Pietro Maria Benfatti.Scr: Pietro Maria Benfatti. DoP: Massimo Intoppa. Prod des: Francesco Bronzi.Cost des: Alfonsina Lettieri. Main cast: Giorgio Albertazzi.
Contact: International Forum, (39) 06 86 20 31 58

LA VITA CHE VORREI
(Lumiere & Co) Backer: Rai Cinema. Dist: 01 Distribution (It). Drama. Prod:Lionello Cerri. Dir: Giuseppe Piccioni. Scr: Giuseppe Piccioni, Linda Ferri,Rosella Gualtiero. Main cast: Sandra Ceccarelli, Luigi Lo Cascio.
Contact: Lumiere, (39) 02 6571052.

VOCI [working title]
(Downtown Pictures) Backer: Rai Cinema. Budget: Euros 2-2.5m. Drama set incontemporary Genova. Prod: Marco Mueller. Dir: Pippo Delbone. Scr: Delbono,Lara Fremder. Shooting in Genoa from October 20, 2003 to January 2004.
Contact: Downtown Pictures, (39) 051 52 06 29

WELL TEMPERED CORPSES
(Studio Maj[Slovenia], A.S.A.P [Fr], Cinemarc [Fr], Flash [Sarajevo], Casablanca[Ljubljana]) Co-prod: Sintra Film. Budget: Euros 1.5m. Dist: Lady Film (It).Set in Sarajevo in 2001, the film tells the story of four corpses who arebrought to the city's morgue on the same day. Their deaths, however, are not acoincidence as it turns out that all four people are connected in some way.Dir: Benjamin Filipovic.
Contact: Sintra Film, (39) 06 44 51256