Welcome to the latest edition of Showcase Italy, brought to you by Production Paradise. Once again we present the very best of the Italian visual media industry and, as always, more information can be found in our Directory.

If you're near Milan over the next month, be sure to check out the following events:

• Body Work: from Pop to Conceptual Art, the body in video, paintings and photography by 35 international artists, from Vito Acconci to Andy Warhol.
• Ritratti d'autore: the great anthology is dedicated to the portraits of writers, intellectuals and artists captured by the German photographer Gisèle Freund.
• Richard Avedon: Photographs 1946-2004 - see our events feature below for more details.

Our cover image this month is by Giampaolo Sgura, represented by CloseUp.