El Paraíso

Julio (Edoardo Pesce) is almost 40 years old and still lives with his mother in the house they have by the river in the seaside area of Fiumicino, near Rome. The mother (Margarita Rosa De Francisco Baquero), forced to leave Colombia in her youth pregnant with her son, is a strong woman with whom Julio has a complicated, symbiotic, deep and morbid relationship.

A bond that leads them to share everything, from a passion for Latin American dancing to working as drug couriers. A bond that will be disrupted by the arrival of a young Colombian woman also involved in trafficking.

THIS IS NOT HOLLYWOOD – AVETRANA

On August 26, 2010, in Avetrana, a small town on the edge of the holiday destination called Salento, a young girl leaves home never to return. Her name is Sarah Scazzi, she is 15. The whole town is in turmoil, especially her cousin Sabrina, a beautician who is waiting for her, in her house in Via Deledda, to go to the beach later that afternoon. But while everyone is looking for her, Sarah has disappeared into the void, buried at the bottom of a well where she will be found forty-two days after her disappearance, in what will become a real life horror show with intimate secrets and unspoken grudges.

Directed by Pippo Mezzapesa, who also wrote the screenplay along with Antonella Gaeta and Davide Serino in collaboration with Flavia Piccinni and Carmine Gazzanni.

“This is not Hollywood – Avetrana” stars Vanessa Scalera as Cosima Misseri, Paolo De Vita as Michele Misseri, Giulia Perulli as Sabrina Misseri, Federica Pala as Sarah Scazzi, Imma Villa as Concetta Serrano, Anna Ferzetti in the role of the journalist Daniela, with Giancarlo Commare as Ivano Russo.

The series is based on “Sarah: la ragazza di Avetrana” book, written by Carmine Gazzanni and Flavia Piccinni and published by Fandango Libri.

Delta

Osso is a volunteer watching overthe protected area around the Delta of the Po river , a fascinating yet ghostly swamp. One day a group of Eastern European poachers arrive and when he realises Elia is amongst them, his life gets ruffled. Elia was in fact an old friend who ran away many years before and is still in love with his wife Anna, with whom he had a relationship. Osso tries to maintain some sort of peace but the criminal offences of Elia’s gang and the residents’ hostility will force Osso to face the scariest ghost from his past.

Screenplay by Massimo Gaudioso, Fabio Natale, Anita Otto e Michele Vannucci
DOP: Matteo Vieille
Producers: Matteo Rovere e Giovanni Pompili

Like sheep among wolves

Vera is an undercover police officer. Her personality is strong and appears impermeable, toughened by her occupational hazards and marked by a painful family history. She is tasked with infiltrating an international gang of robbers, and discovers that among them is her younger brother Bruno, from whom she’s been estranged for some time. Bruno has just been released from prison, he’s broke and wants to partake in the heist to start anew with his daughter Marta.

After years apart, Vera and Bruno will find each other face-to-face, in opposite roles and obliged to keep the secret that bonds them: old wounds will resurface, and the pair will have to make some choices that will seriously jeopardize their goals.

Mixed by Erry

Mixed by Erry, written and directed by Sydney Sibilia, and produced by Groenlandia with Rai Cinema.

A tale of passion and dreams that starts in a street-level apartment in Naples and turns into an incredible international adventure. In the mythical Italian town of the 1980s, where Maradona is worshipped like a god, Enrico “Erry” Frattasio and his brothers Peppe and Angelo create an empire with the cassettes Erry makes for his friends. A sensational feat that will change their lives and Italy’s very definition of piracy, bringing music into the lives of everyone.

The three Frattasio brothers are played by Luigi D’Oriano (Erry), Giuseppe Arena (Peppe), Emanuele Palumbo (Angelo). The movie also stars Fabrizio Gifuni, Francesco Di Leva, Greta Esposito, and Cristiana Dell’Anna.

The cinematography is by Valerio Azzali, set design by Tonino Zera, costumes by Valentina Taviani. Casting is by Francesca Borromeo (u.i.c.d.).

The movie, produced by Matteo Rovere, is a Groenlandia production with Rai Cinema. It received the support of Regione Campania, Fondazione Film Commission Regione Campania, and Genova Liguria Film Commission. It will be distributed by 01 Distribution.

Lidia Poët

Turin, 1884. A court ruling prevents Lidia Poët from practicing the profession of lawyer because she is a woman. Penniless but full of pride, Lidia asks her brother Enrico for a job at his law firm and prepares an appeal, determined to overturn the Court’s conclusions.

Through a gaze that goes beyond her time, Lidia deals with the suspects looking for the truth behind appearances and prejudices. Jacopo, a mysterious journalist and Lidia’s brother-in-law, passes her information and guides her into the hidden worlds of a magniloquent Turin.

Hypersleep

Italy, near future. The old penitentiaries, filthy, overcrowded, brimming with violence and abuse , are just a memory. Inmates now serve their sentence in a state of deep sleep that renders them harmless, and has drastically reduced recidivism. Ipersonno ( Hypersleep ) is an effective system, economical and reliable. Until the day , that is, when David Damiani (Stefano Accorsi), a psychologist tasked with m onitoring the inmates’ mental state, finds himself before a prisoner for whom all data has been lost. An unprecedented setback that will set in motion a chain of unpredictable events, and force David to face the demons from his own past.

The good season

It is 1990 and a small club goes on an adventure that will change the history of Italian football. The players and the journalists who wrote about that sports season take turns telling the story of that incredible journey, sharing their memories and emotions. Exclusive, unpublished archive material adds to the tale. A journey that lasted one year, when the legendary U.C. Sampdoria of Gianluca Vialli and Roberto Mancini set off in the 1990/91 season to become not only the strongest, but also the most beautiful club. An adventure that has lasted a lifetime, starting at a time when the club never stopped supporting its members, not even in the hardest moments, all the way to the magical and unforgettable evening in the summer of 2021, when the “goal twins” shared a tearful embrace after winning the European Championship at Wembley Stadium.

The docufilm written by Marco Ponti, Pierdomenico Baccalario, Shadi Cioffi, and Andrea Delmonte, and creative produced by Emanuele Cava, was filmed in four weeks in London and Genoa. It is based on the book by the same name published by Mondadori and written by Gianluca Vialli and Roberto Mancini in collaboration with all the champions of that legendary Sampdoria team, edited by Pierdomenico Baccalario with the support of Massimo Prosperi and creative developed in collaboration with Book on a Tree.

BEAUTIFUL SEASON is directed by Marco Ponti, who also wrote the cult movie “Santa Maradona,” and produced by Matteo Rovere and Leonardo Godano for Groenlandia and Rai Cinema, with the support of Genova Liguria Film Commission.

Travelers

Milan, 8 November, 2021. Sky announces the filming of TRAVELERS, the new Sky Original film produced by Groenlandia. Directed by Ludovico Di Martino (Skam Italia 3, The Beast) and written by Ludovico Di Martino and Gabriele Scarfone, TRAVELERS is an adventure film about a group of friends who time travel in a time machine to Benito Mussolini’s Rome of 1939.

The film stars Matteo Schiavone as Max, Fabio Bizzarro (The Knights of Castelcorvo) as Flebo, Andrea Gaia Wlderk as Greta, Francesca Alice Antonini (Gomorrah) as Lena, Gianmarco Saurino (Maschile singolare) as Beo, and Federico Tocci (On My Skin, La Squadra, Speravo de Morì prima) as Vulcano. Fabrizio Gifuni (We Still Talk, Human Capital) plays Luzio and Vanessa Scalera (Romulus, Dormant Beauty) is Dr. Sestrieri.

SYNOPSIS
A group of friends on a mission to find the missing brother of one of them mistakenly activate a mysterious machine with which they time travel to Rome in 1939, where racial laws have been passed and fascist militias are everywhere. A journey back in time to the Eternal City on the brink of a new world war.

TERNA – We Are Energy

‘We are Energy’ is the awareness campaign to promote a conscious, rational and virtuous use of electricity in Italy. With its first television campaign, Terna, the company that manages the national high-voltage and extra-high-voltage transmission grid, has devised the communication campaign, in agreement with the Ministry for the Environment and Energy Security, that identifies a series of behaviours that help contain consumption, and therefore costs, with a view to sustainability, cost savings and greater energy efficiency, to the benefit of everyone, citizens and businesses alike.

AGENCY DLV BBDO
DIRECTON Giuseppe G. Stasi, Giancarlo Fontana
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Leonardo Godano
LINE PRODUCER Cecilia Passa
PRODUCTION MANAGER Giovanni Sabatini
PRODUCER Paolo Gentilella
DOP Andrea Reitano
SET DESIGN Gaspare De Pascali
STYLING Michela Bazzardi
MAKE-UP Beatrice Leucadito Müller