Dinamo Studio is a fully equipped rental studio for video and photo productions. Just 15 minutes away from Naples Capodichino airport, the studio offers a 130 m² space with a white limbo and Cyclorama, a post-production position for digital shoot control and a double make-up moving parlour.

A 70 m² industrial style studio includes carpentry services for all types of props and custom-made walls.

Visit the website for more information.

Welcome to Showcase Italy, brought to you by Production Paradise. This issue features some of the leading photographers currently working out of Italy, including Ilva Beretta, Oak Seed Studio and Paolo Volontè; photo agent Mandala Creative Productions; photo and film production companies Allucinazione, Lule Production, Lupetta 5 & BelowTheLine, MAI-Mascioni Associati International, Mestiere Cinema, MM Productions, Passpartout4u, Scenari Production, Shoot in The Alps, Sicily Productions and THE BIGMAMA; film service company Lume; location companies Archivio Location Giommi, Cantiere Bovisa, Fuorizona and Sardinia Production Services; service company Cinenane Group; rental studios Dinamo Studio and Four Studios; hair and make up artists Isabella Sarti, Nina Santorsola, Silvia Gerzeli and Valeria Orlando and fashion stylist Fabio Mercurio.

You can find more creative professionals and facilities for photographic and film production in our Rome (Photo / Film) and Milan (Photo / Film) directories. 

Companies as Dior, Vogue, Porsche, Gucci, Maserati, Fendi, Elle, McDonald's, Nike, Valentino, Nikon, Tod's, L'Officiel, Hermès, Illy Caffe and Nissan, among others, trusted these professionals with their latest advertising campaigns and editorial shoots.

Be sure not to miss our recommended events:

• 5th edition of Festival Fotografico Europeo, until 10th April in Milan and surrounding towns. 
• “Andy Warhol fotografato da Aurelio Amendola. New York 1977 e 1986'', until 10thApril at Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence. 
• Herb Ritts. In Equilibrio - until 5th June at Palazzo della Ragione Fotografia, Milan. 
• Genesi - photography exhibition by Sebastião Salgado, until 26th June at Palazzo ducale di Genova.
• 16th edition of Milan International Film Festival, from 29th June to 27th July.

Our cover story, featuring Valentino Haute Couture collection, was shot by Fabrizio Ferri with production company Mai. 

Lupetta 5 & BelowTheLine is a full production service company and one of the most prestigious location agencies in Italy. Lupetta 5 staff support clients and production companies in any production request for commercials, photo shoots, videos, documentaries and events.

The company's photographic location archive is one of the largest in Europe and can offer a wide choice of spectacular locations in Italy and across the continent, as well as immediate feedback on availability.

Based in Milan, the European capital of fashion and design, Lupetta5 cultivates artistic and business relationships with the main fashion and design brands, fostering creative links with art directors and emerging interior designers.

Contact the office to discuss projects and ideas.

Thanks to his experience as a professional photographer, Paolo Volontè uses light as an active element, an expressive means across all of his work.

Many years working across various fields of photography, together with time spent assisting a selection of photography masters, has made it extremely easy for Paolo to spread his range from fashion campaigns to still life, product catalogues, and portraits. 

Paolo has also recently approached the world of video, haivng realised a number of interesting and original films as director of photography. The continuous search for new means of expression has led Paolo to realise 360° photography and motion photography projects.

Milan-based make-up artist and hair stylist Nina Santorsola has a great passion for make-up. She attended one of the most famous make-up academies in Milan - the BSI Academy of Diego Dalla Palma - and for the last four years has been working across a range of different fields, including fashion photo shoots, commercials, TV, video, and make-up for events and brides.

She collaborates with several production companies, photographers and make-up artists from around the world.

Fuorizona is a Milan-based full service production company specialising in photography and moving image production.

The company supports clients in any aspect of production, including location scouting, permits, casting, accommodation, transportation, equipment rental, crew and catering.

The Fuorizona studio is situated in a 1950s style industrial building and is composed of one versatile shooting space (160 m², 7m high ceilings and direct access from a private car park) and a lounge area with a fully equipped kitchen for food photography or filming.

Fuorizona also handles location scouting, with a library that is constantly evolving and that covers a variety of locations throughout Italy.

Welcome to Showcase Italy brought to you by Production Paradise, where you will find the latest campaigns for Elle, Harrods, Ferrari, Lavazza, Bulgari, Nikon, Gucci, Samsung, Tod's, Vodafone, Armani, Alitalia, Porsche, Vanity Fair, Louis Vuitton and many more.

More creative professionals and facilities for photographic and film production can be found in our Milan (Photo/Film) and Rome (Photo/Film) online directories.

Be sure to check out our featured events:

• Troublemakers: The Story of Land Art - film screening on 11th and 12th October at the recently opened Fondazione Prada, Milan. 
• 10th Rome Film Festival, from 16th to 24th October.
• Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition, until 23rd December at the Fondazione Luciana Matalon, Milan.
• FOTOGRAFIA – International Festival of Rome, until 17th January 2016 at Macro.

Our cover image was shot by Juergen Teller. Production by Mai-Mascioni Associati.

Sicily, the southernmost region of Italy, is where Scenari Production has been based for more than 20 years. Working across the entire country, the company offers enthusiastic production services for the advertising and fashion industries. 

Clients this year have included Airbnb in Tuscany, J.Hilburn in Milan, Harrods in Lake Como, Madewell in Rome, Porsche on the Amalfi coast, Mercedes in Basilcata, and M.Gemi in Sicily.

Clients include Esso, Jaguar, IBM, Ducati, Canon, Illy, Ferrari, Shiseido, Audi, HSBC, Nissan, Pomellato, Hermes, J.Crew, Neiman & Marcus , Bloomingdale's , Gant, Hackett, Boden, Kate Spade, Marco Polo, David Jones, Coin, Appelrath Cupper, Elle, Marie Claire, Basler, Porsche, Calzedonia, Vogue, D Magazine, Belmond Hotels, Town & Country, Ermenegildo Zegna, Brunello Cucinelli, Valentino, Blumarine, Space Style, Ottod'Ame, Patrizia Pepe, W Magazine, Dolce e Gabbana, and Classic Perfume.

"We love our work and we like collaborating with international teams to create the right conditions so that everything runs smoothly."

With its studio located in the centre of Rome, Allucinazione is a fully-fledged production company that can handle every aspect of a photo or video production be they outdoor, interior, lifestyle or product shoots, on location or in the studio.

From start to finish the company offers services ranging from casting, location scouting, recce, permits, transport and accommodation, to post-production, studio and equipment rental.

With in-house post-production services the team can follow on and off line all steps of post-production for video or photographic material. Services include retouching, colour correction, compositing, Oris prints, CGI and video editing per all major formats, delivery of finished files on server (through high-speed fibre connection) or hard-disk.

The equipment rental department has the best brands available, including Canon, Hasselblad, Nikon, Profoto, Arri and Kino Flo. Allucinazione’s team is made up of an international staff (representing countries like the Netherlands, Sweden and the UK) along with all English and Italian speaking assistants and digi-techs.

"Welcome to the BigMama Multimedia Kitchen! We’re a production company based in Milan and we take our inspiration from the culinary world. We believe that an excellent production, like an excellent dish, demands the right ingredients, wisely chosen and mixed by a skilled chef. Thanks to a long and settled experience in the field we proudly provide an array of production services, suitable for any demand, and can operate all over Italy: from Milan to Sardinia.

We are very passionate about our job and we think that going the extra mile is what propels us to give you the best service possible. Some of our best ingredients: Production planning - we will manage all the budgeting and the scheduling for you, advising and guiding you through the most effectual way to tell your story. Other ingredients include casting, location scouting, pre-production, catering and equipment rental.

We’re always open to exciting new projects and eager to consolidate profitable and long-lasting professional relationships."