Brand new sales agency Neo Art International has picked up worldwide sales rights outside Italy to Claudio Amendola’s black comedy film trilogy “Cassamortari” (“Funeral Family”).
The film trilogy narrates the story of The Pasti Family, a Roman family who work in the funeral business.
The three titles of the saga are set up at Rome-based company Paco Cinematografica, and co-produced with Antonia Nava’s Neo Art Producciones in Barcelona.
“I Cassamortari,” the first title of the saga, was streamed in 2022 in Italy by Amazon Prime Video, described as an Amazon Exclusive production.
Written by Mary Estella Brugiati and Alessandro Bosi, “Ari-Cassamortari” (“Funeral Family 2”), the second delivery, is currently in post.
This time the film tells how the Pasti Brothers have created a name for themselves as VIP gravediggers, along with an eccentric half-sister they had no idea they had.
“Funeral Family 2” cast take in many of the stars of “I Cassamortari,...
The film trilogy narrates the story of The Pasti Family, a Roman family who work in the funeral business.
The three titles of the saga are set up at Rome-based company Paco Cinematografica, and co-produced with Antonia Nava’s Neo Art Producciones in Barcelona.
“I Cassamortari,” the first title of the saga, was streamed in 2022 in Italy by Amazon Prime Video, described as an Amazon Exclusive production.
Written by Mary Estella Brugiati and Alessandro Bosi, “Ari-Cassamortari” (“Funeral Family 2”), the second delivery, is currently in post.
This time the film tells how the Pasti Brothers have created a name for themselves as VIP gravediggers, along with an eccentric half-sister they had no idea they had.
“Funeral Family 2” cast take in many of the stars of “I Cassamortari,...
- 3/5/2024
- by Emiliano De Pablos
- Variety Film + TV
Antonia Nava’s Barcelona-based Neo Art Producciones has teamed with Rome’s Pupkin Production to co-produce gay romantic drama “Si las paredes hablasen” (“If Walls Had Ears”), the feature debut of Spanish femme director, Ceres Machado.
Scheduled to roll by this year-end or the first quarter of 2023 in Barcelona and Rome, the film will be produced by Nava and Pupkin’s Rita Rognoni.
Spanish actor Fernando Tejero is attached to star in a cast that will combine Spanish and Italian actors.
Co-written by Machado and scribe Salva Martos Cortés (“Maniac Tales”), “If Walls had Ears” will narrate, in 10 sequences, a Barcelona and Rome-set story of intense love, passion and pain between two men.
They are Juan, a 50 year-old married man who hides his homosexuality, and Leonardo, a 23-year Italian who arrives in Barcelona to try his luck as a soccer player.
Over a decade, they will live their romance, but...
Scheduled to roll by this year-end or the first quarter of 2023 in Barcelona and Rome, the film will be produced by Nava and Pupkin’s Rita Rognoni.
Spanish actor Fernando Tejero is attached to star in a cast that will combine Spanish and Italian actors.
Co-written by Machado and scribe Salva Martos Cortés (“Maniac Tales”), “If Walls had Ears” will narrate, in 10 sequences, a Barcelona and Rome-set story of intense love, passion and pain between two men.
They are Juan, a 50 year-old married man who hides his homosexuality, and Leonardo, a 23-year Italian who arrives in Barcelona to try his luck as a soccer player.
Over a decade, they will live their romance, but...
- 3/24/2022
- by Emiliano De Pablos
- Variety Film + TV
Available from 29 April, this new, Italian Netflix Original series, produced by Cattleya and revolving around a teenager’s summer love, has a slightly vintage flavour. Summer is arriving early on Netflix with the new original Italian series Summertime, which shows us everything we won’t be able to do this year, courtesy of the pandemic: parties with friends, dips in the sea all together, fleeting relationships and loving embraces in the sun. But what we can do is dream, and so from 29 April, subscribers to the global streaming platform will be able to follow the vicissitudes (very loosely based upon Federico Moccia’s book Tre metri sopra il cielo) of a group of adolescents from the Adriatic coast, caught between first loves, family conflicts and an eagerness to grow up and immersed in the hot and vibrant colours of a modern-day summer reminiscent of the 1960s ambiance in Time for Loving.
Based on real events, "Hache", the new Spanish drama series, created by Verónica Fernández, based on the novel by Federico Moccia, follows a woman "...catapulted into the heroin trafficking business in Barcelona during the drug-crazed 1960's..." streaming on Netflix November 1, 2019:
"...'Helena' (Adriana Ugarte) is a prostitute who ends up the favorite...
"...of powerful organized crime head 'Malpica' (Javier Rey), a violent man with a bad leg and an acquired morphine addiction to help numb the pain.
"Ambitious, headstrong and uncompromising, Helena – frequently called 'Hache', the Spanish pronunciation of the letter 'H' – quickly rises to the top of the organization that oversees the Barcelona ports for heroin smuggling routes between Africa to the Us..."
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"...'Helena' (Adriana Ugarte) is a prostitute who ends up the favorite...
"...of powerful organized crime head 'Malpica' (Javier Rey), a violent man with a bad leg and an acquired morphine addiction to help numb the pain.
"Ambitious, headstrong and uncompromising, Helena – frequently called 'Hache', the Spanish pronunciation of the letter 'H' – quickly rises to the top of the organization that oversees the Barcelona ports for heroin smuggling routes between Africa to the Us..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Hache"...
- 10/29/2019
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Based on real events, "Hache", the new Spanish drama series, created by Verónica Fernández, based on the novel by Federico Moccia, follows a woman "...catapulted into the heroin trafficking business in Barcelona during the drug-crazed 1960's..." streaming on Netflix November 1, 2019:
"...'Helena' (Adriana Ugarte) is a prostitute who ends up the favorite...
"...of powerful organized crime head 'Malpica' (Javier Rey), a violent man with a bad leg and an acquired morphine addiction to help numb the pain.
"Ambitious, headstrong and uncompromising, Helena – frequently called 'Hache', the Spanish pronunciation of the letter 'H' – quickly rises to the top of the organization that oversees the Barcelona ports for heroin smuggling routes between Africa to the Us..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Hache"...
"...'Helena' (Adriana Ugarte) is a prostitute who ends up the favorite...
"...of powerful organized crime head 'Malpica' (Javier Rey), a violent man with a bad leg and an acquired morphine addiction to help numb the pain.
"Ambitious, headstrong and uncompromising, Helena – frequently called 'Hache', the Spanish pronunciation of the letter 'H' – quickly rises to the top of the organization that oversees the Barcelona ports for heroin smuggling routes between Africa to the Us..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Hache"...
- 10/22/2019
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Jamie Foxx has signed on to voice the lead character in CGI animated family film Groove Tails, from Ambi Group and Imprint Entertainment.
Foxx will also produce the film with Imprint’s Michael Becker and Ambi principals Andrea Iervolino and Monika Bacardi. The script was written by Johnny Mack, who will also serve as an executive producer. Cameron Hood (co-director of Megamind) will direct.
Ambi’s Aic Studios in Toronto will animate and produce the film and Ambi Distribution, the worldwide sales arm of the Ambi Group, will oversee worldwide distribution.
Groove Tails, is about the world of competitive street dance competitions for mice. Foxx will voice lead character Biggz, who tries to regain his confidence for dance and pay off his debt to a club while cleaning up the streets from the alley cats and winning the love of a girl.
Said Iervolino: “As one of the most multidimensional and accomplished entertainers of our generation, everything...
Foxx will also produce the film with Imprint’s Michael Becker and Ambi principals Andrea Iervolino and Monika Bacardi. The script was written by Johnny Mack, who will also serve as an executive producer. Cameron Hood (co-director of Megamind) will direct.
Ambi’s Aic Studios in Toronto will animate and produce the film and Ambi Distribution, the worldwide sales arm of the Ambi Group, will oversee worldwide distribution.
Groove Tails, is about the world of competitive street dance competitions for mice. Foxx will voice lead character Biggz, who tries to regain his confidence for dance and pay off his debt to a club while cleaning up the streets from the alley cats and winning the love of a girl.
Said Iervolino: “As one of the most multidimensional and accomplished entertainers of our generation, everything...
- 10/6/2015
- ScreenDaily
Italian firm to produce animated feature film about an adventurous gang of kids in Rome.
Ambi Pictures, the Rome-based film production and finance company, is to make its first foray into animation with feature East End.
The family film will be directed by Federico Moccia, Giuseppe Squillaci and Luca Scanferla, who also teamed to write the script. Producers are Ambi Pictures heads Andrea Iervolino and Monika Bacardi.
The story follows eight-year-olds Leo and Lex who get up to mischief in the run down East End area of Rome, which lead to some “wild adventures”.
Iervolino said: “With the worldwide appetite for animated family entertainment continuing to grow, we feel it’s important for Ambi Pictures to establish a footprint in this market and deliver the most intelligent, cutting-edge and commercially viable animated family films in the marketplace.”
East End co-director and co-writer Moccia has penned novels including Three Metres Above the Sky (Tre Metri Sopra Il Cielo), which...
Ambi Pictures, the Rome-based film production and finance company, is to make its first foray into animation with feature East End.
The family film will be directed by Federico Moccia, Giuseppe Squillaci and Luca Scanferla, who also teamed to write the script. Producers are Ambi Pictures heads Andrea Iervolino and Monika Bacardi.
The story follows eight-year-olds Leo and Lex who get up to mischief in the run down East End area of Rome, which lead to some “wild adventures”.
Iervolino said: “With the worldwide appetite for animated family entertainment continuing to grow, we feel it’s important for Ambi Pictures to establish a footprint in this market and deliver the most intelligent, cutting-edge and commercially viable animated family films in the marketplace.”
East End co-director and co-writer Moccia has penned novels including Three Metres Above the Sky (Tre Metri Sopra Il Cielo), which...
- 4/11/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Selling abroad is now a life raft for Spanish films and teenage love story Tengo Ganas de Ti proves it's not just Almodóvar movies that can travel
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Russia is a secure beachhead for Hollywood at the moment, so it was a surprise to see a small Spanish film twanging The Amazing Spider-Man's web-strings there a few weeks ago. Tengo Ganas de Ti (I Want You) opened at No 2 behind Sony's reboot at the beginning of July, one of the most impressive showings ever in the country for a non-English-language film. An online marketing push for ab-festooned star Mario Casas and an introspective Twilighty pallor to the scenario – troubled hunk returns from love exile in London and has to decide on his true love – seemed to work their magic.
Tengo Ganas de Ti has taken $5.8m (£3.7m) in Russia – more than the first Twilight,...
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Russia is a secure beachhead for Hollywood at the moment, so it was a surprise to see a small Spanish film twanging The Amazing Spider-Man's web-strings there a few weeks ago. Tengo Ganas de Ti (I Want You) opened at No 2 behind Sony's reboot at the beginning of July, one of the most impressive showings ever in the country for a non-English-language film. An online marketing push for ab-festooned star Mario Casas and an introspective Twilighty pallor to the scenario – troubled hunk returns from love exile in London and has to decide on his true love – seemed to work their magic.
Tengo Ganas de Ti has taken $5.8m (£3.7m) in Russia – more than the first Twilight,...
- 8/7/2012
- by Phil Hoad
- The Guardian - Film News
It's a wrap! The Martin Gropius Bau is empty and the final pickups follow. This is a work in progress and readers are invited and welcome to contribute. Presales have returned in reaction to the reduced number of finished films on offer over the past two markets. Presales applies across the board from Us to French and even Italian films. English language films are increasingly coming out of the major non English language territories but local product is impacting sales on Us films internationally. Business was quickly wrapped up but it was done with a healthy number of buys reported. Lower prices have become accepted but the market must have product as this event proved.
Adriana Chiesa has licensed Federico Moccia’s teen trilogy to Savor to Spain. The first title, Sorry If I Love You (Scusa Ma Ti Chiamo Amore) grossed $27m when released by Medusa on 600 prints in Italy.
Adriana Chiesa has licensed Federico Moccia’s teen trilogy to Savor to Spain. The first title, Sorry If I Love You (Scusa Ma Ti Chiamo Amore) grossed $27m when released by Medusa on 600 prints in Italy.
- 3/9/2010
- by Sydney
- Sydney's Buzz
Showing modest boxoffice fatigue after more than two months dominating the foreign circuit, 20th Century Fox's "Avatar" landed in its 10th consecutive round the No. 1 film overseas, generating $48.5 million -- down 18% from the prior weekend -- from 7,247 screens in 71 markets.
Overseas gross total for director James Cameron's record-setting blockbuster was $1.780 billion with its worldwide tally weighing in at $2.468 billion. In addition to its worldwide record in current dollars, "Avatar" has now beaten 1997's "Titanic's" global boxoffice milestone on an inflation-adjusted basis as well.
Top market remains France where "Avatar" claimed $5.1 million on the weekend from 529 locations, raising its market cume to $164 million. It became on the weekend the biggest-grossing title ever to play Mexico, where the market cume stands at $42.5 million.
Director Martin Scorsese's "Shutter Island," which opened No. 1 in the U.S. and Canada, premiered in nine overseas markets via Paramount and other distributors for an opening boxoffice gross of $9.1 million.
Overseas gross total for director James Cameron's record-setting blockbuster was $1.780 billion with its worldwide tally weighing in at $2.468 billion. In addition to its worldwide record in current dollars, "Avatar" has now beaten 1997's "Titanic's" global boxoffice milestone on an inflation-adjusted basis as well.
Top market remains France where "Avatar" claimed $5.1 million on the weekend from 529 locations, raising its market cume to $164 million. It became on the weekend the biggest-grossing title ever to play Mexico, where the market cume stands at $42.5 million.
Director Martin Scorsese's "Shutter Island," which opened No. 1 in the U.S. and Canada, premiered in nine overseas markets via Paramount and other distributors for an opening boxoffice gross of $9.1 million.
- 2/21/2010
- by By Frank Segers
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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