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A MUSO DURO
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A Muso Duro awarded at the ICFF
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Sorveglianze
SYNOPSIS:
A network of surveillance cameras and stolen images within a labyrinthine reality marks the toxic love between two young people, Alice and Francesco. There is no real intimacy between them — only a power game that ultimately leads to revenge porn.
PRODUCTION:
The short film, written and directed by first-time filmmaker Guido Pontecorvo and developed in collaboration with the Italian Ministry of Culture, had its world premiere at Alice nella Città, an independent and parallel section of the Rome Film Festival.
“Sorveglianze” won two awards at the Nastri d’Argento, a historic accolade presented by the National Union of Italian Film Journalists: the Claudio Nobis Foundation Award, traditionally dedicated to recognizing the talent of young filmmakers, and the Media Fenix Award, which includes support services for the production of an upcoming short film.
The film has also been featured in other prestigious festivals, including Afrodite Shorts, where it won the Award for Best Short Film on a Female Theme, the Roma Creative Contest, and the Los Angeles Italia Film Festival, a renowned international showcase of Italian cinema held at the Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles. “Sorveglianze” will compete in the International Competition at the Odense Film Festival in Denmark, one of the most prestigious Academy Qualifying and EFA Qualifying festivals, having been selected from over 3,000 short films.
It is currently on the festival circuit, distributed by Premiere Film.
YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 2024
AWARDS:
Afrodite Shorts – Best Short Film on a Female Theme
Nastro d’argento – Claudio Nobis Foundation Award
Nastro d’argento – Media Fenix Award
CAST:
‘Alice’ – Ambrosia Caldarelli
‘Francesco’ – Daniele La Leggia
‘Arianna’ – Asia Nevi
‘Saverio’ – Matteo Bianchi
CREW:
Director, Story, and Screenplay: Guido Pontecorvo
Executive Producer: Stefania Balduini
Director of Photography: Vincenzo Carpineta
Editor: Marco Garavaglia
Assistant Director: Alessandro Scuderi
Set Design: Priscilla Rossi Pavolini
Costume Design: Daniela Ciancio
Original Score: Lorenzo Taddei
Production Sound Mixer: Marco De Carolis
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Start of Filming for Un Futuro Aprile
Synopsis:
A car bomb explodes in Pizzolungo, near Trapani. The target of the attack, Judge Carlo Palermo, survives by a miracle. Shielding him is Barbara Asta’s car, who is driving her two 6-year-old sons, Giuseppe and Salvatore, to school.
Almost nothing remains of their bodies. Their sister, Margherita, who turns 10 that day, was supposed to be in that car too. But her little brothers didn’t want to get dressed, so to avoid being late, she asked a friend for a ride. From that moment on, she became a survivor.
When she learned the judge’s name, Margherita thought it was his fault that her family had been destroyed. But as she grew up, she wanted to understand. She began following the trial against those who ordered the massacre. Her grief could not remain a private matter.
Today, she is an activist with Libera, fighting the mafia by telling the story of those innocent victims. Judge Palermo, on the other hand, left the judiciary due to the aftermath of the attack and ongoing threats.
They managed to meet only many years later, piecing together the fragments of their fate.
A car bomb explodes in Pizzolungo, near Trapani. The target of the attack, Judge Carlo Palermo, survives by a miracle. Shielding him is Barbara Asta’s car, who is driving her two 6-year-old sons, Giuseppe and Salvatore, to school.
Almost nothing remains of their bodies. Their sister, Margherita, who turns 10 that day, was supposed to be in that car too. But her little brothers didn’t want to get dressed, so to avoid being late, she asked a friend for a ride. From that moment on, she became a survivor.
When she learned the judge’s name, Margherita thought it was his fault that her family had been destroyed. But as she grew up, she wanted to understand. She began following the trial against those who ordered the massacre. Her grief could not remain a private matter.
Today, she is an activist with Libera, fighting the mafia by telling the story of those innocent victims. Judge Palermo, on the other hand, left the judiciary due to the aftermath of the attack and ongoing threats.
They managed to meet only many years later, piecing together the fragments of their fate.
Production:
Start of Filming: May 5 2025.
Director: Graziano Diana.
The film is based on the book “Sola con te in un Futuro Aprile” by Margherita Asta.
Cast: Ludovica Ciaschetti, Francesco Montanari and Peppino Mazzotta.
Start of Filming: May 5 2025.
Director: Graziano Diana.
The film is based on the book “Sola con te in un Futuro Aprile” by Margherita Asta.
Cast: Ludovica Ciaschetti, Francesco Montanari and Peppino Mazzotta.
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Una Storia
UNA STORIA
LOGLINE:
A story like far too many others, where the actors change but the script stays the same. A story that plays out every other day. A story in which the victim always belongs to the same gender.: women.
SYNOPSIS:
A man emerges from a shelter, his face is distraught, while holding a hammer in his hand. A dog approaches him, baring its teeth. The man’s name is Fabrizio. Inside the shelter lie the bodies of Alessia, Gaia, and little Erica – victims of Fabrizio’s brutal madness.
START OF SHOOTING: July 6, 2024
DURATION: 20 minutes
CAST:
Fabrizio Odetto
Erica Nebiolo
Alessia Olivetti
e con Alberto Barbi, Carlo Giuseppe Ramondetti, Giorgia Chianello, Paco Zafferani, Sandra Pettiti, Elena Ramondetti, Lorenzo Zoppi, Davide Nebiolo, Sandro Belerio, Alessandra Milano, Manuela Facelli
Fabrizio Odetto
Erica Nebiolo
Alessia Olivetti
e con Alberto Barbi, Carlo Giuseppe Ramondetti, Giorgia Chianello, Paco Zafferani, Sandra Pettiti, Elena Ramondetti, Lorenzo Zoppi, Davide Nebiolo, Sandro Belerio, Alessandra Milano, Manuela Facelli
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Directed by: Alessia Olivetti
TREATMENT:
In a small mountain village, two men speak in their local dialect about a crime committed nearby by another man—a stranger. His name is Fabrizio, and he and Alessia have recently separated. He still lives in the village where he had moved after meeting Alessia, while she has fled far away, up in the mountains, where she now runs an alpine refuge. Their young daughter, Erica, splits her time between her parents. Like many separated couples, they are trying to build a new family balance in the aftermath of their divorce.
After the separation, Fabrizio is trying to build a relationship with his daughter. Alessia, meanwhile, has broken away from her past and found peace and silence around her—a life completely different from the one she once had.
Every time Fabrizio has his daughter for the weekend, he takes her to the cable car that leads to the mountain refuge Alessia now runs. It’s a routine that’s been repeating every two weeks for months—a ritual that fills him with a sense of helplessness, a reminder that things are no longer under his control.
The separation has imposed harsh rules he never anticipated.
One day, against the agreement made with Alessia, Fabrizio decides to go up to the refuge to pick up Erica, spend the night there, and try to speak with his ex-wife.
Over time, Alessia has come to terms with the distance. Fabrizio, on the other hand, has harbored a growing sense of repressed anger and powerlessness, gradually convincing himself that the only way to reclaim the life he once had is to take back Alessia and Erica—by any means necessary.
And so, in the light of a new day breaking, a brutal crime against life and love is committed—one of those crimes that, just as the two men in the mountain village said at the beginning of our story, happens over and over again, so often that we’ve grown used to it.
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A muso duro
FLAVIO INSINNA TAKES FICTION LEADING ROLE ONCE AGAIN TO SHARE THE ALL-ITALIAN PARALYMPICS ORIGIN STORY
Elysia Productions and Rai Fiction
in collaboration with
L’alveare Cinema
present
A MUSO DURO
directed by
MARCO PONTECORVO
with
FLAVIO INSINNA
PAOLA MINACCIONI
CLAUDIA VISMARA
MASSIMO WERTMÜLLER
a production
ELYSIA PRODUCTIONS srl
in partnership with
RAI FICTION
Based on a true story
Flavia Insinna returns with a leading role to share the story of what would later be recognised as the first Paralympic games which took place in Rome in 1960.
A MUSO DURO by Marco Pontecorvo tells the story of Antonio Maglio, an enlightened physician who, taking a cue from Prof. Ludwig Guttmann’s studies and methodologies on the rehabilitation of paraplegics, in the late 1950s and early 1960s, gave hope and dignity to disabled people who, until then, lay in a hospital bed, hidden from others, from outside society.
Antonio Maglio’s name is unknown to most Italians. Yet thanks to him, his dedication and his stubbornness,the first Paralympic Games in historywas born, in which 400 athletes from 23 nations participated. For the first time the “paralytics” showed themselves to the world without shame, without embarrassment but with the knowledge that they could live a life like everyone else.
On air Monday, May 16
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Fatima
FATIMA MOVIE GOES INTO PRODUCTION
Los Angeles, CA – September 4, 2018 – Origin Entertainment and Elysia Productions, in association with Rose Pictures announce the commencement of production for their film, FATIMA. The nine-week shoot will take place in several historic locations in Portugal. The film will portray the story of the supernatural events in Fatima that occurred over a six-month period and culminated with what is known as “the miracle of the Sun.”
The story is known worldwide largely because of three secrets which were revealed to three young shepherd children by Our Lady of Fatima during the visitations. It is amazing to realize that in 1917, before television, the internet or any reliable communication, 70 thousand people gathered at this remote site to witness the final apparition and its anticipated miracle.
“The Fatima story is unique in that it transcends religion and touches the hearts of all people, regardless of faith,” said Ganguzza. “The story’s universal appeal re-connects us all with our humanity and the belief that miracles happen.”
The production has already filmed the 100th Year Anniversary Mass in Fatima which took place in May of 2017. The Mass was celebrated by Pope Francis, who dedicated his papacy to Our Lady of Fatima. Portions of the footage will be used in the film.
James T. Volk, Chairman and Founder of Origin Entertainment, Stefano Buono and Maribel Lopera Sierra, founders of Elysia Productions, Dick Lyles, CEO of Origin Entertainment, Rose Ganguzza of Rose Pictures, Marco Pontecorvo, and Natasha Howes will produce. The project was developed by Origin and written by Marco Pontecorvo and Valerio D’Annunzio based on a story by Barbara Nicolosi. Pontecorvo will also direct.
“We have assembled a world class cast to appeal to the global audience for which this project is intended,” said Buono. Included in the lineup are Harvey Keitel, Sonia Braga, Goran Visnjic, Joaquim de Almeida, and Lucia Moniz.
The three shepherds will be played by Stephanie Gil, Alejandra Howard and Jorge Lamelas.
Ute Leonhardt and Marco Valerio Pugini of Rome’s Panorama Films are charged with the physical production of the film and Giuseppe Ciocciarelli, Nuno Martins and Gerardo Fernandes / Vivi Film Portugal will provide Portuguese Production Services.
Because of the script’s authenticity, the film has been designated Centenary Project by the Shrine of Fatima, which is the world’s leading authority on the apparitions. It is also endorsed and fully supported by The World Apostolate of Fatima which has chapters in more than 110 countries around the world. Last year alone 9 million people from the far corners of the world visited Fatima and it remains as one of the largest tourist sites in the world.
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About the movie FATIMA
- Production Companies: Origin Entertainment, Elysia Productions and Rose Pictures
- Producers: James T. Volk, Stefano Buono, Maribel Lopera Sierra, Dick Lyles, Marco Pontecorvo, Rose Ganguzza and Natasha Howes
- Director: Marco Pontecorvo
- Writers: Marco Pontecorvo and Valerio D’Annunzio based on story by Barbara Nicolosi
About Origin Entertainment
Origin Entertainment is a broad–based production company focused on producing transformative entertainment. Origin produces films that evoke the audience’s desire for the heroic, foster a generosity of spirit, and inspire them to make choices for the greater good. Origin has developed a slate of pictures that includes THE CODE, a teen/young adult sci-fi thriller and A SEVERE MERCY, the screenplay adaptation of the Harper Collins best selling novel written by Sheldon Vanauken. For more information visit www.originentertainment.com.
About Elysia Productions
Elysia Produc4ons was launched to produce FATIMA by Elysia Capital, the Family Office of Stefano Buono and Maribel Lopera Sierra focused on Innovation, Social Impact, Education, Arts and Culture.
About Rose Pictures
Rose Ganguzza is known in indie circles as “The Godmother of Young Filmmakers.” Many of Ganguzza’s films have been with first time filmmakers: AFTERSCHOOL (Antonio Campos), KILL YOUR DARLINGS (John Krokidas), MARGIN CALL (JC Chandor) and THE GUITAR (Amy Redford). Ganguzza’s other films include NEW YORK I LOVE YOU; THE ROMANTICS; THE WORDS, and SOMEDAY THIS PAIN WILL BE USEFUL TO YOU and most recently the Julian Fellowes project, THE CHAPERONE, and the Diane Keaton/Jackie Weaver comedy, POMS. Ganguzza has done a number of documentaries that include BLUE GOLD, TRASHED and NEW YORK AT THE MOVIES and besides FATIMA, is in pre-production on the features, WILLOWBROOK and EVER THERE, which she wrote with Jake Alden Falconer. Ganguzza is also in pre-production on the two part television biopic HEDY with Diane Kruger. Ganguzza has extensive experience in the global market, began doing co-productions many years ago and has worked throughout Europe, South America and Asia, structuring film and television deals.
Contact: Dick Lyles, CEO Origin Entertainment: 1-858.395.8517