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Indiana Production is an Italian multimedia company founded in December 2005 by Fabrizio Donvito and Marco Cohen. The international company has its headquarter in
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, with subsidiaries in
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and
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. Core business of the company is the production of a variety of contents: feature film, commercial, digital and branded content. Partners of the company are Fabrizio Donvito, Marco Cohen, Benedetto Habib and Karim Bartoletti.


History

Indiana Production was founded in 2005 by Marco Cohen and Fabrizio Donvito. In 2008, Benedetto Habib joined the company as Partner an CFO. In 2015, Karim Bartoletti became Partner and Advertising Executive Producer. The company has realized ten feature films, two television movies, countless commercial campaigns, continuously working on numerous projects for the domestic and the international market. In September 2023, it was announced that European production and distribution studio Vuelta Group had acquired Indiana Production, marking Vuelta Group's expansion into the Italian film and television operations.


Cinema


Films

The first film by Indiana Production is
Estômago ''Estômago'' ( Portuguese for ''stomach''), or ''Estômago, a Gastronomic Story'', is a 2007 Brazilian–Italian crime black comedy film directed by Marcos Jorge. The film won several awards. It was shot in several locations of Curitiba, Par ...
directed by Marcos Jorge, produced in 2007 together with Zancrane Filmes, a Brazilian film production company. Indiana Production collaborates with numerous directors, like
Paolo Virzì Paolo Virzì (; born 4 March 1964) is an Italian film director, writer and producer. Early life and work Virzì was born in Livorno, Italy, in 1964, as the son of a Sicilian police officer in the Carabinieri and a former singer. After spendin ...
who directed two feature films produced by the company: ''
The First Beautiful Thing ''The First Beautiful Thing'' () is a 2010 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Paolo Virzì, produced by Medusa Film, Motorino Amaranto and Indiana Production, released in Italy on 15 January 2010. The film stars Micaela Ramazzotti, Valerio Ma ...
'' (2011) and ''
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'' (2013); both winners of many awards and selected as Italian entries for the Best Foreign Films at the
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. '' Italy in a Day'' (2014), directed by
Gabriele Salvatores Gabriele Salvatores (born 30 July 1950) is an Italian Academy Award-winning film director and screenwriter. Biography Born in Naples, Salvatores debuted as a theatre director in 1972, founding in Milan the Teatro dell'Elfo, for which he directe ...
, was coproduced with
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and Scott Free. The film is the Italian follow up of Life in a Day and is the result of 2.200 hours of footage (composed by 44.000 videos sent by Italian people). The documentary film was presented, out of competition, at the 71st edition of the
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. ''
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'' (2015), is an Italian-French production (Indiana Production with 2.4.7 Films). Directed by Claudio Cupellini, the film was presented in occasion of the
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and won numerous awards including a
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for Best Scenography to Paki Meduri and an Italian Golden Globe to
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as Best Actor. In 2015
Francesca Archibugi Francesca Archibugi (; born 16 May 1960) is an Italian film director and scriptwriter. Life and career Born and raised in Rome in an intellectual family (her elder brother is the political and economic theorist Daniele Archibugi), she started ...
directed
An Italian Name ''An Italian Name'' () is a 2015 Italian comedy film directed by Francesca Archibugi. The film is based on the French play ''Le Prénom'' and its 2012 film adaptation '' What's in a Name?''. Cast * Alessandro Gassmann - Paolo * Valeria Golino ...
, film adaptation of the French piéce
Le Prénom ''What's in a Name?'' (original title: ''Le Prénom'', literally "The First Name") is a French-Belgian comedy film, written and directed by Alexandre de La Patellière and Matthieu Delaporte and released in 2012. It is adapted from the play ''What' ...
by Alexandre De La Patalliere and Matthieu Delaporte. In the same year was produced
You Can't Save Yourself Alone ''You Can't Save Yourself Alone'' () is a 2015 Italian romantic drama film directed by Sergio Castellitto. It is based on a novel with the same name written by Margaret Mazzantini. The film received three nominations at the 2015 David di Donate ...
, directed by Sergio Castellitto, that is the film adaptation of the book with the same name written by Margaret Mazzantini. The cast is composed by the Italian actors
Riccardo Scamarcio Riccardo Dario Scamarcio (; born 13 November 1979) is an Italian actor and film producer. Early life Scamarcio was born in Trani, Apulia, the son of Irene Petrafesa, a painter, and Emilio Scamarcio. He went to train as an actor at the Scuola ...
, Jasmine Trinca, Anna Galiena with the participation of the Italian writer and songwriter Roberto Vecchioni. Still in 2015, was released Game Therapy, by Ryan Travis, an action movie produced by Indiana Production with Web Stars Channel and Pulse Films. Produced in collaboration with La Piccola Società and Rai Cinema is '' A safe place'', first feature film directed by Francesco Ghiaccio. The movie deals with the delicate topic of the Eternit tragedy. The film has been selected for numerous competitions winning also different awards. In the cast Marco D'Amore and Matilde Gioli. '' Onda su Onda'', coproduced with Less is More Productions, is a film released in February 2016: the third directing experience for Rocco Papaleo; the movie is an international production shot in the summer of 2015 in Italy and Uruguay. Beside the director, the young Argentinian actress Lutz Cipriota and the Italian actor Alessandro Gassmann. The Greatest of All, directed by Carlo Virzì is a film from 2012 produced by Indiana Production with Motorino Amaranto and coproduced by Rai Cinema. The production was selected by the commission of
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2011. The following year, ''Italian Movies'' by Matteo Pellegrini: an Italian comedy competing in the Rome Film Festival in the category “Prospettive Italia”. A production by Indiana Production together with , Lumiq Studios, Trikita (Ru) and Merenda Film. '' Romeo&Juliet'' (2013) released in Italy in February 2015, is
Carlo Carlei Carlo Carlei (born 16 April 1960 in Nicastro) is an Italian film director. He has directed the English-language films '' Fluke'' (1995) and '' Romeo & Juliet'' (2013), as wall as the Italian television film '' Padre Pio: Miracle Man'' (2000). B ...
’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s masterpiece and another example of collaboration and internationality. A production by Amber Entertainment UK, Swarosky Entertainment, Echo Lake Entertainment and Indiana Production as
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. '' Summertime'' (September 2016) is the latest film by
Gabriele Muccino Gabriele Muccino (; born 20 May 1967) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. He has worked his way from making short films only aired on Italian television to become a well-known and successful American filmmaker. He is the elder brother o ...
, a production by Indiana Production and Rai Cinema. It is the story of a journey among Rome, San Francisco, New Orleans and Cuba, told on a soundtrack composed by
Jovanotti Lorenzo Cherubini (; born 27 September 1966), known professionally as Jovanotti (), is an Italian singer-songwriter, rapper, and disc jockey. The name Jovanotti derives from ''giovanotti'', the plural form of the Italian word ''giovanotto'' (" ...
. Indiana Production is a partner in Vision Distribution, a film studio created in 2016 with
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,
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-backed Cattleya,
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-owned Wildside, Lucisano Media Group and Palomar.


New projects

Soon in theatre The Leisure Seeker, by
Paolo Virzì Paolo Virzì (; born 4 March 1964) is an Italian film director, writer and producer. Early life and work Virzì was born in Livorno, Italy, in 1964, as the son of a Sicilian police officer in the Carabinieri and a former singer. After spendin ...
. Inspired by the book with the same name written by Michael Zadoorian, the film has in its cast the Hollywood star
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and the
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winner
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. The shooting of the road movie took place in summer 2016, completely in English. The movie was premiered in competition at the
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. The production is by Indiana Production, with Rai Cinema in association with 3 Marys Entertainment in collaboration with Motorino Amaranto. Still in competition at the
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is the second movie, after Darker Than Midnight, by Sebastiano Riso. Starring Micaela Ramazzotti and
Patrick Bruel Patrick Benguigui (; born 14 May 1959), better known by his stage name Patrick Bruel (), is a French singer-songwriter, actor and professional poker player. Biography Early life Patrick is the son of Pierre Benguigui and Augusta Kammoun, d ...
. The production is by Indiana Production with Rai Cinema in co-production with BAC Films.


Feature films

# ''
Estômago ''Estômago'' ( Portuguese for ''stomach''), or ''Estômago, a Gastronomic Story'', is a 2007 Brazilian–Italian crime black comedy film directed by Marcos Jorge. The film won several awards. It was shot in several locations of Curitiba, Par ...
'' (2007) - Marcos Jorge # ''
The First Beautiful Thing ''The First Beautiful Thing'' () is a 2010 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Paolo Virzì, produced by Medusa Film, Motorino Amaranto and Indiana Production, released in Italy on 15 January 2010. The film stars Micaela Ramazzotti, Valerio Ma ...
'' (2010) -
Paolo Virzì Paolo Virzì (; born 4 March 1964) is an Italian film director, writer and producer. Early life and work Virzì was born in Livorno, Italy, in 1964, as the son of a Sicilian police officer in the Carabinieri and a former singer. After spendin ...
# '' The Greatest of All'' (2012) - Carlo Virzì # '' Italian Movies'' (2013) - Matteo Pellegrini # ''
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'' (2013) -
Paolo Virzì Paolo Virzì (; born 4 March 1964) is an Italian film director, writer and producer. Early life and work Virzì was born in Livorno, Italy, in 1964, as the son of a Sicilian police officer in the Carabinieri and a former singer. After spendin ...
# '' Italy in a Day'' (2014) - Gabriele Salvatores # ''
An Italian Name ''An Italian Name'' () is a 2015 Italian comedy film directed by Francesca Archibugi. The film is based on the French play ''Le Prénom'' and its 2012 film adaptation '' What's in a Name?''. Cast * Alessandro Gassmann - Paolo * Valeria Golino ...
'' (2015) -
Francesca Archibugi Francesca Archibugi (; born 16 May 1960) is an Italian film director and scriptwriter. Life and career Born and raised in Rome in an intellectual family (her elder brother is the political and economic theorist Daniele Archibugi), she started ...
# '' Romeo&Juliet'' (2015) -
Carlo Carlei Carlo Carlei (born 16 April 1960 in Nicastro) is an Italian film director. He has directed the English-language films '' Fluke'' (1995) and '' Romeo & Juliet'' (2013), as wall as the Italian television film '' Padre Pio: Miracle Man'' (2000). B ...
# ''
You Can't Save Yourself Alone ''You Can't Save Yourself Alone'' () is a 2015 Italian romantic drama film directed by Sergio Castellitto. It is based on a novel with the same name written by Margaret Mazzantini. The film received three nominations at the 2015 David di Donate ...
'' (2015) - Sergio Castellitto # '' Game Therapy'' (2015) - Ryan Travis # ''
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'' (2015) - Claudio Cupellini # '' A Safe Place'' (2015) - Francesco Ghiaccio # '' Onda su Onda'' (2016) - Rocco Papaleo # '' Summertime'' (2016) -
Gabriele Muccino Gabriele Muccino (; born 20 May 1967) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. He has worked his way from making short films only aired on Italian television to become a well-known and successful American filmmaker. He is the elder brother o ...
# '' The Leisure Seeker'' (2017) -
Paolo Virzì Paolo Virzì (; born 4 March 1964) is an Italian film director, writer and producer. Early life and work Virzì was born in Livorno, Italy, in 1964, as the son of a Sicilian police officer in the Carabinieri and a former singer. After spendin ...
# '' A Family'' (2017) - Sebastiano Riso # '' Couch Potatoes'' (2018) -
Francesca Archibugi Francesca Archibugi (; born 16 May 1960) is an Italian film director and scriptwriter. Life and career Born and raised in Rome in an intellectual family (her elder brother is the political and economic theorist Daniele Archibugi), she started ...
# '' I'm Back'' (2018) -
Luca Miniero Luca Miniero (born 17 January 1967) is an Italian director and screenwriter. Life and career Born in Naples, after graduating in Letters Miniero moved to Milan where he started working as a director of commercial shorts. In 1998 he started col ...
# '' The Burnt Orange Heresy'' (2019) - Giuseppe Capotondi # '' Promises'' (2021) -
Amanda Sthers Amanda Queffélec-Maruani (born 18 April 1978), known professionally as Amanda Sthers, is a French novelist, playwright, screenwriter and filmmaker. Biography Sthers is of Tunisian Sefardi and Breton origins. She has written ten novels which hav ...
# '' Last Night of Amore'' (2023) -
Andrea Di Stefano Andrea Di Stefano (born 15 December 1972) is an Italian actor and film director. Life and career Born in Rome, he moved to New York City to study acting at the Actors Studio. In the U.S., he appeared in ''Smile'', an independent movie directed ...
# ''
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'' (2023) - Andrea Niada # '' I Am the End of the World'' (2025) - Gennaro Nunziante


Advertising

Indiana Production is one of the first production company in Italy that tries to intersect continuously cinema and advertising. Some example of this are the short films produced for some brands: like "Heartango" (2007) for
Intimissimi Intimissimi is an Italian clothing label founded in 1996, which specializes in Brassiere, bras, briefs, lingerie, Waistcoat, vests, and pyjamas for women and men. History The brand was launched in 1996 by Sandro Veronesi. Starting in 2005, ...
, Senza Tempo for Peroni and still the short film teaser “She was here” (2012) for
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; all these films were directed by
Gabriele Muccino Gabriele Muccino (; born 20 May 1967) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. He has worked his way from making short films only aired on Italian television to become a well-known and successful American filmmaker. He is the elder brother o ...
.


Commercial/Digital/Branded Content

* Intimissimi "Heartango" * Peroni “ Senza Tempo” * Volkswagen “Think Blue” * Tim “La storia d’italia secondo Tim” * Giorgio Armani “One plus one” * Corto Lancia teaser “She was here” * San Pellegrino “Italian Inspiration” * Trussardi “My name” * Intesa San Paolo “Storie impossibili” * Fiat 500 “Paolo Sorrentino” * Audi A3 “Through the Lenses” * Fiat 500 “Vintage ‘57” * Ottica Avanzi * Dreher “Faidaters” * Fiat 500 Masterpiece * Regione Trentino * Mc Donald’s "Great Tastes of America" * Tim Impresa Semplice * Baldini&Castoldi "Linus" * Ottica Avanzi “Consigli mai visti” * Pirelli “Be as you are” * Suv si gira - SEAT * MIBAC “Fortunato” * Dodo Pomellato “100%Amore” * Fiat 500 by Gucci * Antipiracy “Copy” * Fiat 500 by Diesel “Adult Movie” * Fiat BSV “Parla come Panda” * Telecom “Francesca” * Volkswagen Beetle “ASAP” * Telecom Olivetti “Il futuro è di chi sa sognarlo” * Fiat Freemont Blackcode “Stylophonic” * Lamborghini Asterion * Audi “Fifty Shades of Grey” * Real Time “Bake Off Italia”


See also

* GA&A Productions * Martha Production * Lumiq Studios * The Gunther Corporation


References


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