Nine projects will be financed by the Apulia Film Commission in the last edition of their Film Fund 2017 with a budget of € 651,304 and an estimated production expenditure on the territory of € 1,676,464.

As the Apulia Film Commission continues to grow, it has just launched the sixth edition of its Film Fund 2017. A total of 9 projects have been selected to receive the grant from the Puglia Region: 3 feature films, 5 short films and 1 documentary. The productions have been chosen out of 17 projects received for the last tranche of support given for the year 2017. The shooting of the projects will start in the next months in the territory of Puglia. 261 Pugliese workers will participate in the production, out of 389 workers in total (without considering the extras), who will be employed on the set for 99 days of shooting in Puglia from an overall of 125 days of work.

Here is the list of financed productions:

  • Alibi.com (Picomedia Srl) by Volfango De Biasi (€ 222.693) – feature film;
  • Free (Golden Hours Films Srl) by Fabrizio Maria Cortese (€ 148.805,45) – feature film;
  • Stai sereno (Gika Productions Srl) by Davide Dapporto (€ 143.800) – feature film;
  • Ali (Tapelessfilm Srl) by Giuseppe Tufarulo (€ 19.451,60) – feature film;
  • Ius Maris (Fluid Produzioni Srl) by Vincenzo D’Arpe (€ 25,000) – short film;
  • Vena (A bout de film Srl) by Giuseppe Gandini (€ 24.852) – short film;
  • Il mondiale in piazza (Articolture Srl) by Vito Palmieri (€ 25,000) – short film;
  • Amina (Master Five Cinematografica Srl) by Maria Serena Tondo (€ 22.149,50) – short film;
  • Milva (Cidiemme Srl) by Angelo Domenico Capogna (€ 19.552,93) – documentary.