Our development portfolio of few and handpicked projects. We give maximum dedication to the path of every story we carefully select, with our small team of editors and creative producers.
Unsolicited submissions are accepted in italian or english at this address.
Dreamcatchers
feature film
Dreamcatchers is a medical mystery thriller set in a bohemian, nocturnal Lecce. The story revolves around Luis and Aleksandr, bound since childhood by a controversial, intellectual and indispensable friendship, who find themselves as each other's patient in a pharmaceutical trial setting on whose success the young doctor's entire career depends, but to the detriment of the other's health.
Genre LGBTQ, Medical Thriller, Drama
Director Daniela De Francesco
Running time 90 min
Coproducers BadCrowd (GR), Tremora (LT)
Development programmes: Biennale Cinema College Italia 2022 and MFI Script2Film 2022
Hotel Tempus
feature film
They say “life always offers you a second chance”. What if it was true?
To remedy fatal mistakes, to build an afterthought-proof future, to rewind time, to redo everything. But this time doing it better.
In a virtual world where we can correct our mistakes with a quick ctrl+z, what if this solution was applicable to reality?
Genre Dark Academia, Teen, Action
Created by Daniela De Francesco
Screenwriters Daniela De Francesco, Francesca Bertone
Pilot' director Lorenzo Corvino
Producer Claudio Esposito
Supports
Apulia Film Fund 2021
MIC DG Cinema - Tax Credit
Cosmic Girl
short series
Bianca's summer is disrupted when she discovers that her childhood love Ivan and his friends have developed astounding physical abilities, which they claim to only use to counter the violent behavior of individuals altered by climate change. As a series of grisly murders is alarming the entire community, when her own life is put in jeopardy, Bianca begins to dig deeper into the information she receives from her friends. What if her involvement had never been accidental?
Genre Climate-Fiction, Teen-Drama
Created by Daniela De Francesco
Screenwriters Daniela De Francesco, Adama Grevoz
Pilot' director Lorenzo Corvino
Running time 6 x 30 min (with returnable potentials)
Adapted from « Cosmica » by Daniela De Francesco
Coproduction with Les Contes Modernes (FR)
Development workshop: Hamburg SeriesLab 2022
Coproduction Market: TV Beats @ Tallinn Black Nights - Industry@Baltic Event 2022
Awardst: TV Beats Special Award 2022, Fabrique du Cinema Best TV Series Concept 2022, HypeWriter Pitch Forum 2023 Shortlisted
Supports
MEDIA Single Development EACEA 17/2019,
Fondo Bilaterale Italia-Francia Mibact/CNC 2020 (Contributo allo sviluppo),
Apulia Film Development
MIC Development Tax Credit
Tirrenica
feature doc
The parallel and hidden life of E45 European highways.
Genre: Observational Documentary
Director Rosario Minervini
Running time 90'
Coproducer: Belino Production (ES)
Development Programmes: Agorà Thessaloniki Evia Film Project 2022, Forward 2022 Trento, Agora Mag 2023
Closed for Mourning
feature film
Ernesto, abruptly in debt because of his son, is subtly enticed to commit suicide by his father-in-law Iván, a declining old politician. Death is the only heroic act that could resolve the fate of Ernesto's entire family. Or maybe just Iván's one.
Original Title: Cerrado por Duelo (Chiuso per Lutto)
Genre Thriller, Drama
Director Dario Mascambroni (Berlinale Talents)
Running time 90 min
Coproduction with Bombilla Cine (AR), U Films (UY)
Supports
INCAA Production Fund
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Erogazioni Pubbliche 2020-2022
Denominazione Impresa: THE PIRANESI EXPERIENCE SRL
CF: 07625130724
Ente / Importo / Data / Causale
MIC-DG CINEMA / 15.300,00 / 19/12/2022 / Credito di imposta a favore dello sviluppo di opere cinematografiche
MIC-DG CINEMA / 7.818,75 / 13/10/2022 / Credito di imposta a favore dello sviluppo di opere cinematografiche
MIC-DG CINEMA / 23.914,86 / 13/10/2022 / Credito di imposta a favore dello sviluppo di opere cinematografiche
MIC-DG CINEMA / 30.500,00 / 11/04/2022 / Credito di imposta a favore della produzione cinematografica ORF
MIC-DG CINEMA / 8.910,00 / 22/03/2022 / Credito di imposta a favore della produzione cinematografica
ADE / 22.500,00 / 29/12/2021 / Credito di imposta beni strumentali
PUGLIAPROMOZIONE / 13.333,77 / 30/09/2021 / Custodiamo la cultura in Puglia 2.0
INVITALIA / 25.000,00 / 12/07/2021 / Cultura Crea Plus
REGIONE PUGLIA- APULIA FILM COMMISSION / € 37.571,00 / 25/05/2021 / Apulia Film Fund
AGENZIA DELLE ENTRATE / € 2.966,00 / 25/06/2020 / Contributo Fondo Perduto Covid– Art. 25 Dl 34/2020
CCIAA DI BARI / € 10.000,00 / 16/11/2020 / Contributo Covid – Dl 104 Del 14/08/2020
CCIAA DI ROMA / € 9.100,00 / 08/07/2020 / Bando Voucher Digitali Impresa 4.0 - edizione 2019 MISURA B
MIC-DG CINEMA / € 11.309,00 / 12/10/2020 / Tax credit produzione opere cinematografiche – art. 15 legge n. 220/2016
UNIONCAMERE / € 2.180,00 / 30/09/2020 / Agevolazioni alle imprese per la registrazione di marchi dell’unione europea ed internazionali – MARCHI+3 bando 10607
ARTIGIANCASSA – ISTITUTO DI CREDITO / € 1.562,84 / 21/10/2020 / POR FESR Lazio 2014 – 2020 Attuazione degli strumenti finanziari. Integrazione risorse del Programma con le risorse regionali.
REGIONE PUGLIA- APULIA FILM COMMISSION / € 29.707,00 / 08/05/2020 – 10/12/2020 / Apulia Film Fund