The 16 international co-productions winning Lazio Cinema International have been awarded. Regione Lazio has destined more than € 5 million to the winning projects.

Yesterday, July 9th, 2019, the President of Regione Lazio Nicola Zingaretti awarded the 16 winners of the first call of Lazio Cinema International, the call for proposal destined for international co-productions. The Ruthless by Renato De Maria, starring Riccardo Scamarcio and presented as a project at MIA 2017 Co-Production Market & Pitching Forum, is one of the award winning films. The 16 winners received a financial contribution of € 5.3 million.

The second call of Lazio Cinema International will be open until July 31st, 2019. The call for proposal, which has allocated € 37 million in the past 4 years, promoting the naturalistic and historical heritage of the territory, will finance international co-productions in 2019/2020 with € 10 million.

Here the 16 award winning international co-productions.

Tre Piani by Nanni Moretti, produced by Sacher Film and Fandango, in collaboration with Rai Cinema and Le Pacte

Bastardi a mano armata by Gabriele Albanesi, produced by Minerva Pictures

Fellini degli spiriti by Selma Jean Dell’Olio

Glassboy, il bambino di vetro by Samuele Rossi, produced by Solaria Film, Peacock Film and WildArt Film, with the contribution of MiBAC and with the support of Eurimages, Trentino Film Commission and Calabria Film Commission

Gli anni belli by Lourenco De Almeida Barbosa De Carvalho

I Liviatani by Riccardo Papa

Il cattivo poeta by Gianluca Jodice, produced by Ascent Film and Bathysphere Productions, with the support of MiBAC

Il nostro papa by Marco Spagnoli and Tiziana Lupi, produced by Red Film and Tupasimi Producciones

The Ruthless by Renato De Maria, produced by BiBi Film and Indie Prod, in collaboration with Rai Cinema, and with the support of Regione Lazio and Apulia Film Commission

L’uomo delle caverne by Tommaso Landucci, produced by DocLab

Maledetta primavera by Elisa Amoruso, produced by BiBi Film, with the contribution of MiBAC

Nest by Mattia Temponi, produced by Alba Produzioni, Unifilm Service and 3C Films Group, with the contribution of MiBAC

Pinocchio by Matteo Garrone, produced by Archimede, Recorded Picture Company, Le Pacte, in collaboration with Rai Cinema, in association with Leone Film Group, with the contribution of MiBAC and with the support of Regione Toscana, Apulia Film Commission and Fonds Eurimages du Conseil de l’Europe

Plan de table by Dean Craig, produced by Notorious Pictures and Tempo Productions

The big other by Jan Schomburg, produced by X-Filme Creative Pool and Madeleine

The shift by Alessandro Tonda, produced by Notorious Pictures and Tarantula