Projects
Projects
Romeo is Juliet
Category: Cannes Remakes Selection
Directed by: Giovanni Veronesi
Produced by: Indiana Production S.P.A
Original title: Romeo è Giulietta
Completed in: 2024
Synopsis:
A young actress gets rudely turned down for the role as Juliet by a famous director, who’s star is waning. She returns in disguise to audition as Romeo just to show him how good she really is and is cast for the role. Classic and fun shakespearian gender role confusion all in Rome
Director’s biography:
Giovanni Veronesi is an acclaimed Italian director, screenwriter, and producer. Known for his work in both comedy and drama, he gained fame for films like Che ne sarà di Noi (2004) and Manuale d’amore (2005). Veronesi’s style blends humor with emotional depth, making him a key figure in contemporary Italian cinema. He frequently collaborates with actors like Leonardo Pieraccioni and has earned numerous awards for his contributions to film.
Producer’s biography:
Fabrizio Donvito and Marco Cohen, founders and Co-CEOs of Indiana Production, lead the company alongside Partners and Producers Benedetto Habib and Daniel Campos Pavoncelli. They oversee acclaimed films and international projects, establishing Indiana Production as a key player in European cinema and TV.
Massimo Proietti graduated from LUISS University in Rome in Market Research Techniques with a thesis on film distribution. He trained in his first professional experience at Cecchi Gori Distribuzione, reaching the position of Marketing Director. He continued his career in other companies such as Polygram Filmed Ent., Universal Pictures where he also took on the role of Home Video Marketing Director. After a move to Rai Cinema, he moved to United International Pictures and then permanen
Virginia Valsecchi, born in 1993, is a young producer. She has lived and breathed cinema since she was a child. In 2018 he founded the production company Capri Entertainment with one goal: to intercept and tell the story of the new generations. Stories with an innovative slant thanks to the work of young authors capable of capturing and connecting with the tastes and sensitivity of the new generations. Also in 2021 he opened Sirene Records, a new reality dedicated to podcasts.
IP Holders: Indiana Production
Indiana Production is an Italian independent production company specializing in film, TV shows, and advertising in Italy and worldwide. Indiana co-founded and is part of Vision Distribution, Sky’s theatrical distribution company. Thanks to its know-how, Indiana has also been able to attract foreign producers to shoot in Italy, acting as an executive producer. Indiana is part of the Vuelta Group, a European studio that integrates top European local distribution and production companies under one creative roof to become a pan-European leader in content with local appeal and a global reach.
18 presents
Category: Cannes Remakes Selection
Directed by: Francesco Amato
Produced by: Lucky Red S.r.l.
Original title: 18 regali
Completed in: 2020
Synopsis:
Based on a true story, Elisa Girotto’s is a very strong love story. Of a love that has the strength not to give up when everything around her collapses. Elisa was only forty years old when pregnant, an incurable disease took her away from the affection of her loved ones, her partner and her family. Before her heart stopped, Elisa found a way to project herself in time and stay close to that little girl she so desired: buying her a gift for each birthday until she comes of age of 18.
Director’s biography:
Francesco Amato, born on September 11, 1978, in Turin, Italy, is an accomplished Italian director and screenwriter. He is knows for Cosimo e Nicole (2012), starring Riccardo Scamarcio and Clara Ponsot, Lasciati andare, featuring Toni Servillo, and 18 presents with Vittoria Puccini. Amato has directed television series, including Imma Tataranni – Sostituto procuratore, Filumena Marturano, Santocielo, starring Ficarra And Picone
Producer’s biography:
Andrea Occhipinti, former Italian actor, he is a film distributor and producer. He gained recognition in the 1980s for roles in films like The New York Ripper and A Blade in the Dark. Later, he transitioned to producing and founded Lucky Red, a major independent distribution company. Occhipinti has played a key role in bringing international and auteur cinema to Italy, establishing himself as a significant figure in the European film industry.
IP Holders: Lucky Red
Indie production and distribution company since 1987, founded by Andrea Occhipinti. Specialized in arthouse films, in over 35 years of business, the company had distributed more than 500 titles from all over the world
It’s the law!
Category: Cannes Remakes Selection
Directed by: Salvo Ficarra & Valentino Picone
Produced by: Tramp Limited s.r.l.
Original title: L’ora legale
Completed in: 2017
Synopsis:
In a small Sicilian town, the election of an honest mayor brings long-awaited law and order. However, the townspeople, used to bending the rules for personal gain, soon regret their choice. As they struggle with the inconveniences of true legality, they begin to question whether corruption was really that bad. A sharp, witty comedy that humorously explores the challenges of real change and civic responsibility.
Director’s biography:
Salvatore Ficarra, Valentino Picone are the authors and performers of some of the biggest successes of the Italian box office such as L’ora legale and Il primo Natale. Their most recent success La Stranezza, performed together with Toni Servillo and directed by Roberto Andò, was the highest grossing film of the Italian box office 2022 and winner of 4 David di Donatello. For Netflix they created and starred in the series Incastrati.
Producer’s biography:
Born on August 2, 1963, in Nardò (Lecce), Attilio De Razza has always been passionate about comedy. He produced numerous theater shows with top Italian comedians of the ’90s and 2000s and represented artists like Ficarra & Picone. Switching from theater to film, he co-produced Perez (2014) and the award-winning Indivisibili. His recent works include La Stranezza, Comandante, Il Primo Natale, Santo Cielo, and Spaccaossa.
IP Holders: Tramp Limited
Tramp Ltd. is a production company with over 15 years experience in producing both audience oriented titles like BO hit It’s the Law! by popular comedy duo Ficarra & Picone, and auteur driven films such as Comandante (Venice FF Competition 2023) by Edoardo De Angelis, Una Femmina (Berlinale Panorama 2022) and Familia (Orizzonti Competition 2024) both by Francesco Costabile. We also produced Strangeness and The Illusion both by Roberto Andò and starring Toni Servillo.
All The Names of God
Category: Cannes Remakes Selection
Directed by: Daniel Calparsoro
Produced by: Second Gen Pictures, Tripictures & Wanda Vision
Original title: Todos los nombres de dios
Completed in: 2023
Synopsis:
After a jihadist attack at the Airport, Santi, a taxi driver willing to help, is taken hostage by Hamza, the only surviving terrorist. An unexpected twist switches their roles and Santi becomes a human bomb walking through the center of Madrid wearing an explosive vest. If he stops moving the bomb will detonate.
Director’s biography:
Daniel Calparsoro debuted at the Berlin Film Festival with Jumping into the Void and has since become a key figure in Spanish cinema. With over a dozen films and TV projects, he specializes in contemporary thrillers. In 2019, he released Twin Murders: The Silence of the White City, followed by Sky High (2020), the year’s top-grossing Spanish film. His notable works include Pasajes, Asfalto, Warriors, Invader, and To Steal from a Thief.
Producer’s biography:
Marc Vergoz has worked from 1997 to 2011 at Warner Bros. France as marketing and publicity budget controller and event manager. In October 2011, Marc founded Second Gen Pictures with Sandra Ortiz, a Spanish distirbution film company.
IP Holders: Latido Films
We are an international sales agency mostly specialized in Spanish-speaking and European films but open to movies from all over the world. We pursue new talents and support established directors in order to create a catalogue with a variety of high-quality titles. We work as much with arthouse films as with box-office hits. Animation films and ground-breaking documentaries are also substantial in our projects.
The Friend Zone
Category: Cannes Remakes Selection
Directed by: Borja Cobeaga
Produced by: Telespan 2000
Original title: Pagafantas
Completed in: 2009
Synopsis:
When Chema meets Claudia he thinks his luck has changed. He is madly in love, patiently waiting for her to realize. She’s good fun, really pretty and what’s more important; she seems to be interested in him. The problem arises when it becomes clear that Claudia does love Chema, she loves him very, very much …“as a friend”.
Director’s biography:
Borja Cobeaga (1977) is a Spanish film director and screenwriter nominated for an Academy Award for his Short Film One Too Many. The Friend Zone, his first feature film, is a cult movie in Spain. Borja with Diego San Jose are the most respectful comedy scriptwriters in Spain, their film Spanish Affairs is the biggest local film hit ever with a B.O above € 60 million. The Friend Zone is their first feature film script, really well engineer and universal story full a clever a really funny gag.
Producer’s biography:
Tomás began his professional career as a film programmer at Canal Plus Spain. In 1996 he began his career as a producer, and to date he has been responsible for more than twenty-five feature films, including some of the great recent successes of Spanish cinema: The Other Side of the Bed, Torremolinos 73, The Erased Footprints, Football Days, Pagafantas, Bad Day to Fish, The Warm, Wolves of Arga, etc.
IP Holders: Cinema Republic
Cinema Republic is an international sales company specialized in film adaptation rights.
The People Upstairs
Category: Cannes Remakes Selection
Directed by: Cesc Gay
Produced by: Imposible Films
Original title: Sentimental
Completed in: 2020
Synopsis:
Julio and Ana have been together for over fifteen years. They don’t touch each other anymore and daily conflicts have become the norm. Tonight, Ana has invited the upstairs neighbors over. Salva and Laura are younger than them. The constant moaning and groaning coming from their apartment has become a source of arguments for Julio and Ana… perhaps it’s jealousy. They wish their own sex life was as spicy. This evening, the four neighbors will get caught up in an evening of excess and catharsis.
Director’s biography:
Cesc Gay was born in 1967 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. He is a writer and director, known for Truman (2015), The People Upstairs (2020), Stories Not To Be Told (2022), and Nico and Dani (2000), among other films. His new film, My Friend Eva, will have its theatrical release in 2025 and will be distributed both in Spain and nationally by Filmax.
Producer’s biography:
Born in Barcelona, Marta Esteban studied Economics and Music. She directed several documentaries in Peru. After returning to Barcelona, she worked as a director at Televisió de Catalunya. She later became an executive producer at Messidor Films, producing works by directors like Alain Tanner, Ken Loach, and Cesc Gay. In 2000, she co-founded Impossible Films where she has produced films like Truman, Nico and Dani by Cesc Gay. She has received the National Film Award from Catalunya in 1996.
IP Holders: Filmax
Based in Barcelona, Filmax is one of the leading independent studios in Spain. The company is involved in the development, production, distribution and exhibition of films and TV series, and also provides international sales services.
White Flowers and Fruits
Category: HAF Goes to Cannes
Directed by: Sakamoto Yukari
Produced by: Yamamoto Teruhisa | Chiaroscuro Co., Ltd.
Country of production: Japan
Original title: 白の花実
Genre: Drama
Language: Japanese
Runtime: 110'
After a boarding school suicide, an outcast and the victim’s friend uncover hidden truths through possession, exploring the impossibility of fully understanding others and finding growth amidst their shared journey.
Shape of Momo
Category: HAF Goes to Cannes
Directed by: Tribeny Rai
Produced by: Kislay, Geeta Rai | Kathkala Films LLP, Dalley Khorsani Productions
Country of production: India
Genre: Drama
Language: Nepali
Runtime: 120'
The story revolves around Bishnu and her multi-generational family of women navigating patriarchal norms, grappling with the decision to either adapt to or challenge these norms in pursuit of their goals.
Say My Name
Category: HAF Goes to Cannes
Directed by: Liu Xing
Produced by: Lyu Yue, Mo Jinjin, Duan Tingting | Star Lab Production
Country of production: China, Hong Kong
Original title: 搖擺舞
Genre: Drama, Romance
Language: Cantonese, Putonghua
Runtime: 90'
This is a tale about 20 year-old Liang Nian’er, neither capable of falling in love, nor getting it, who disguised her true self to pursue borrowed affection and hatred.
On Your Lap
Category: HAF Goes to Cannes
Directed by: Reza Rahadian
Produced by: Arya Ibrahim, Gita Fara | Gambar Gerak
Country of production: Indonesia
Original title: PANGKU
Genre: Drama
Language: Indonesian
Runtime: 100'
A pregnant female hustler fights for a better life for her child. Betrayal and unfortunate life incidents, however, force her to sacrifice many things.