italy Jun 2019

MM Productions has the flexibility to produce for every need at prices far below expectation, working with clients of all sizes for international advertising, local below-the-line or catalogue projects.

"Italy is our home, so come and get a slice of Italian style in your productions! We’ll reveal the secrets of the world’s most outstanding locations."

Clients include Martini, Paypal, ACEA, Gucci, Longines, Bulgari, Chottani, MEXX, BMW, Infiniti, Mercedes, DHL, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Zanussi, Valentino, Liu Jo, Breil, Diesel, TIM, Mephisto, Next, Casall, L’Officiel Hommes, Elle, Vogue and Maxim.

MM Productions also produces social campaigns, music videos and spots.

Italy Photo Production has over 25 years of experience in location scouting and photo production. Based in Rome but equally at ease in Milan and all over the country, the company provides professional and collaborative support to find the best locations across Italy.

The company is run by Francesca and Piero, who both come from production management backgrounds. Experience, profound knowledge of the Italian territory, a well stocked archive and a flexible team make for complete support across all production needs. Services include location scouting, permitting, equipment rental, crew supplying, casting, accommodation, catering and budget management.

Recent clients include Bentley, Versace, Mazda, Bulgari, Land Rover, Apple, Ford, BMW, Celebrity Cruises, Amgen, Ferrari, Jaguar, PwC, Shell and Vogue.

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Zero Tabletop is a production house founded by director and photographer Paolo Gandola, who is specialised in food and beauty shoots. Since 2013, the company has conceptualised a new idea for food based in beauty, appetite and a good dose of modern realism.

Paolo developed Zero as a factory that brings together different talents, giving them the opportuniy to use every kind of resource and technology to be able to experience and develop new visual languages and styles.

Zero's talented team of directors and photographers have completed spots this year for Italian and international brands such as Barilla, Coop, Ferrero, Galbani, Muller, Lactel, Aia, Nestlé, Parmalat, and many more.

With more than 10 years of experience in international productions, Lule Production is a full service company based in Italy with a focus on photography as a commercial medium.

The company manages all aspects of a production, from accommodation to specifc location scouting. Finding the best models for a shoot is also a speciality.

For each production the company chooses only the best and most qualifed professional freelancers, creating a team of professionals that works in unison. A successful combination of advertising and fashion is its hallmark.

With their latest projects, the Etna Productions team has once again proven their profound competence in film and photo production in not only Sicily, but mainland Italy too.

The 2019 season kicked off early and the team got to work on various productions, handling different aspects; from financing and co-production advice, cost containment, budgeting and scheduling, and providing expertise in selecting appropriate locations.

Etna Productions recent work includes production support for the latest Waschbär and Bonprix clothing campaigns. Both jobs were highly successful with Sicily offering the perfect locations and climate.

BLOCK10 is an independent boutique agency dedicated to the creation and production of raw, honest and story-telling concepts.

It was founded with the idea of creating a company that valued freedom as the strongest asset to unleash creativity and innovation, while focusing on developing a strong added value that could benefit clients.

BLOCK10 works with a network of acclaimed artists in film-making, photography, styling and design in the skate and surf world. The company is responsible for the creation and production of the independent project about surf called Onde Nostre.

"We are specialised in film, video and photography production, art direction and content creation on all media - print, film, digital."

Clients include Scrambler Ducati, Dodo Pomellato, Anthony Morato, Nissan, Jeep, Fiat, McDonald’s, Replay, Dainese, Sundek, Nike, La Repubblica, Deejay TV, Jeckerson, Hyundai, Champion, Able Jeans, Gas Jeans, Nescafé, Nintendo, Persol, Valentino Fashion Group, Samsung, Universal Music, Microsoft, Arena and many more.

"THE BIGMAMA is a full service production company based in Milan and Alghero (Sardinia). Thanks to our skills in producing commercials and web content for the Italian market, we are now providing audiovisual production services for commercial, video and photographic communication and collaborating with the industry’s top professionals.

We can operate anywhere in Italy from our offices in Milan and Alghero, a beautiful historical sea town on the island of Sardinia, from where we offer amazing landscapes, particularly for car shoots.

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

Filmika is a flexible full service production company. Its primary focus is the production of commercials, corporate films and documentaries.

In addition, the company provides premium production and on-location management services to international companies looking to shoot in Italy, as well as a highly experienced team of professionals available for all production needs.

The team takes care of all of logistical and production services, including excellent location scouting, permissions, casting, styling, grip set-up and lighting. Filmika's city-centre studio has a small backstage green room and is located next to an audio recording studio and a pleasant hotel.

Latest acquisitions available for rental include camera tripods, monitors, compact cine prime lens kit - PL Zeiss CP.3 18mm T2.9 - 35mm, 50mm, 85mm T2.1, and the Fujinon Cine Lens MK18-55mm T 2.9 - MK50-135mm T 2.9.

Latest projects include local production for international TV commercials such as S7 Airlines 'Visit Earth' (POPCORNBRAIN Amsterdam) and Mentadent 'Smiles Matter' (Goodcompany  Barcelona). Clients include Leonardo, Kaspersky, Chivas, Maserati, De Longhi, Estra, Generali, Ketchum, Fiction Valley and Wieden+Kennedy.

Giovanni Bedeschi is founder and owner of Bedeschi Film. After graduating from Istituto d’Arte Beato Angelico in Milan in 1980 he started his career in advertising with agencies including Ata, Bates and McCann.

In 1991 he became Associate Creative Director at Saatchi&Saatchi and that same year directed his first commercial for Neutro Roberts, chosen by Paul Arden for Cannes 1991 'New Talent Showcase'. He went on to freelance in Mexico, the Middle East, Russia and the USA before opening his own production company, Bedeschi Film, in 2002.

He has since won many awards including the Targa d’Oro with his film for the 2006 Turin Winter Olympics, the Italian Art Director’s award, the Key Award and the prestigious Addy Award for a Corona Beer commercial. His production company Bedeschi Film has also won several Cannes Lions.

Giovanni is a fellow lecturer at Milan Brera Art Academy. His first feature film 'Pane dal cielo' has been selected at the 2018 Aquerò lo spirito del cinema film festival and has won Best Film and Best Director award at 2018 Mirabile Dictu International Catholic Film Festival.

Clients include Sky/BMW, Pastificio Rana, Efko, Giorgio Armani, Stroili oro, Rovagnati, Banca Intesa, Discovery, Aboca, FCA, Samsung, Diesel, Almaverde Bio and Estra, to name just a few.

Nonsololoft is a scouting location company based in Milan, working for over 10 years on locating new spaces for photo shoots, video productions, runways, showrooms, business and private events, press days, Design and Fashion Weeks.

"At Nonsololoft, the location is essential and crucial for the success of the event. What makes us competitive is our ability to discover peculiar and unique locations. Our portfolio, always up-to-date, includes more than 250 locations in Milan, Italy, France, Spain and throughout Europe.

Our location managers offer a complete consultancy, from the selection of the location (available on our website) to specific research aimed at finding the most suitable solution to meet the needs of the client."

Clients include RAI, Freemantle, Google, YouTube, Vitra, Wallpaper, Fay, Delonghi, Heineken, Nintendo, Delta Light, Oysho, Netflix, Red Bull, Huawei, Gucci, Moncler, Diesel, Bikkembergs, Byblos, Ferretti, Airbnb, Di Saronno, Iceberg, Panasonic, Discovery, Disney, L'Oréal, La Perla, LVMH, Dior, Sephora, BMW Mini, La Prairie, Elle Decor, Renault, Emilio Pucci, Samsung, Logitech, Bulgari, Mattel, Mediaset, Moleskine Spa, Stabilo, Chicco, Garnier, Nike and many others.

Andrea Turri is a highly creative and dedicated DoP with an excellent record in commercials, corporate and industrial commercial video productions, TV and independent film production. Clients include Barilla, Mitsubishi, Campari, Ferrero, Ferrari Spumante and Honda.

Andrea's passion for nature and wildlife has allowed him to focus on documentaries which have taken him to more than 50 countries.

Awards and prizes include:

• 'Best Documentary Cinematography' for a piece citing the travesty of infibulation in Mali (2001).
• 'Alessi, Daily Stories' directed by Anna Pitscheider, won the award for 'Best Corporate' (2005).
• The movie 'Sidetracked', directed by Francesco Bori, won the Grand Jury Prize (2015) in the Van Gogh Awards.
• 'Ferrero' won the prize for 'Best Italian Corporate Video' (2016) in the Media Key Awards.

Andrea splits his professional time between Italy, Singapore and Los Angeles and also teaches cinematography in Milan.

Michele Cozzolino is a still life and food photographer based in Naples who has been shooting professionally for over 15 years. He often works in Rome, Milan and throughout Italy with numerous advertising agencies.

Graduating in 2002 from the Superior Institute of Photography and Integrated Communication in Rome, Michele immediately discovered his propensity for studio shots, in particular still life and food photography.

He uses high-grade equipment to solve every technical problem, relying on a team of internal post-producers and external collaborators such as food stylists and set designers.

Clients include Bio Italia, Capatoast, Fiuggi, LambWeston, Liu Jo Luxury, Pasta Rummo, Puritala, Rispo Surgelati, Rocco Barocco, San Gemini and many others.

Gianluca Giannone is a photographer and video-maker with more than 20 years of experience. With the advent of digital, he was one of the first to take advantage of the new video-making technology, but still loves to take pictures with a large format camera.

Gianluca works around the world on editorials and advertising campaigns for the most important European advertising agencies, combining different techniques and styles to unveil new points of view and interpretations of the reality that surrounds us.

He is specialised in advertising, on-location and studio portraits, architecture, landscapes, sports photography and video.

Giovanni Santarelli developed a profound bond with the art of photography at a young age. His passion eventually led him to move to Milan, where he soon began collaborating with major advertising agencies and national and international magazines from London, Paris, Dubai, Japan, Austria, Sweden, Spain, Russia and beyond.

Giovanni is a regular contributor to numerous Italian and Japanese magazines including The Rake, Men’s Club, GQ and Esquire. He is also co-author, photographer and art director for the online magazine Monsieurbespoke.

In December 2016, his work was shown at the contemporary art exhibition 'Valori di Continuità' at the Mentana Art Gallery in Florence. In April 2017, he exhibited at the Crypt Gallery London. His work pivots primarily around a constant investigation of the perennial conflict between purity and the decadence of human existence.

Giovanni's work is particularly appreciated for to his unique ability to create images that convey intense emotions, whether in figurative or in apparently inanimate subjects.

"Viewed as a whole, Andrea Varani's photos make us think of an album that a distinguished explorer continues to add to over the years, with images of trips to spectacular, at times remote places in the company of wonderous creatures.

They are portraits of landscapes in tones that are both icy and intimate, at the same time far removed yet similar in style, reminiscent of a documentary by Wenders who entrusts Irving Penn and other masters of the 20th century with the role of director of photography.

Places so geographically distant that only the constant search for beauty (that never breaks out into ostentation), can bring so intimately close together.

Thousands of miles flown each year, meticulous, frenetic organisation, frequent changes of programme, and finally, arrival in the most disparate landscapes with their alternating seasons, in order to capture beauty in a brief moment, and then return it with calm wonder. Fashion that is worn, interpreted at times with alienated postures, at others with bemused participation, becomes the cause and effect of every shot and every journey."

Recent clients include: Bulgari, Louis Vuitton, Rebecca Gioelli, Recarlo, Unoaerre, Nomination, Cotril, Foreyever, Alessandro Angelozzi Couture, Peter Langner, Wikini, I Am Bikini, Antinea and many more.

Recent Publications: Grazia, Madame Figaro, Harper’s Bazaar India, Elle, Cosmopolitan, Arbiter, Traveller.

As a former basketball player who was always passionate about sports, Sabrina Conforti began to photograph athletes and entered the world of rugby in 2008. Known internationally, Sabrina has worked for Adidas on Danilo Gallinari’s campaign, for an Italian tour by Jonah Lomu (former All Black), and with Javier Zanetti across a range of shoots.

Sabrina has created a unique style which has helped her to make her way in a predominantly male profession. She is the author of numerous series published in Sportweek and has been following the Italian National Rugby Team for 10 years. Sabrina has also been the official photographer of the Crédit Agricole Italia Group for four years.

Her significant portfolio includes cooperation with the Mondadori Group and Discovery Italia.

Sabrina's greatest strength is empathy, which encourages her subjects to open up and bare themselves in front of the lens. She offers an innovative and personal style - in her shots, there is all the elegance and lightness that distinguish her.

Sabrina's skills and knowledge allow her to manage all phases of a photo shoot, from creative direction to post-production.

Smooth Retouching is Simone Strano, a freelance retoucher and digital operator based between Rome and Milan. Working with international photographers and art directors, Simone has provided creative post-production services on an extensive range of international brand campaigns and magazine editorials.

He works to provide services tailor-made to each client by utilising realistic image manipulation, composition, grading and high-end retouching. His creative mindset and problem-solving skills ensure the final image fully delivers the client’s vision, from the simple retouching of a photograph to the production of billboards.

As a Phase One certified professional, Simone has been working professionally as a Digital Operator for the past nine years. Using his experience and the latest technology, he delivers a smooth, stress free digital workflow with a reliable file handling methodology to ensure all files are safe.

Simone prides himself on being able to integrate seamlessly into the team, supporting and advising as needed whilst allowing the creative process to take place at the pace of the art director and photographer.

Recent clients include BVLGARI, Ferragamo, Dior, YSL, NARS and Perricone, among others.