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9.99 Films
9.99 Films is a production company funded in 2012 by three producers and one director willing to join forces to make courageous movies aimed at an international market. We are based between Milan and Rome but Italy is not out main focus when thinking at our projects main market. We have a strong background in music videos, advertising and branding and we approach feature films with the same enthusiasm of a teenager but with over 20 years of experience in making compelling, visionary, engaging video contents.
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Cosimo Alema
Cosimo Alema since 2000 has directed over 250 music video, establishing himself like the most important director in this field in Italy. He's achieved many prizes for commercial campaigns (Promax, Key Award), directed one short which premiered at Berlinale (Tuttintrusi – 1998) and in 2011 he completed his first feature film “At the End of the Day.”.
Fulvio Compagnucci
Fulvio Compagnucci has produced almost all Alemà's works under the brand The Mob which they funded in 2001. He has produced many musical documentaries (Max Pezzali, Zero Assoluto, Africa Unite) and now he teaches Film Production at IED in Rome.
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Lorenzo Foschi
Lorenzo Foschi is one of the founders and the managing director of Frame by Frame, the Italian leader in broadcast design and promo production. He has produced several short films and in 2008 he received the nomination for the Oscar® Award by the Motion Picture Academy for best short-film The Substitute.
Luca Legnani
Luca Legnani has always worked as freelance producer for music videos and commercials in Italy and in Uk. In 2008 has produced Check-in-Architecture, a project for Venice Architecture Biennale consisting of over 100 short docs on the state of art in Europe. He's the founder of Minema, a small project cinema in Milan and works as content consultant for The Space Cinemas.
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News
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06 Feb
Moonwalking
Maicol Jecson will premiere at Berlinale EFM under the title Moonwalking Distance (international title) on Monday Feb 10th at 17:30 at MGB Kino. Rai Trade runs the Int. Sales.
02 Feb
Negus @ Talent Campus
We are very happy to announce that Invernomuto has been selected at Berlinale Talent Campus with the project Negus. We will be there with them from Feb 7th to 14th. See you in Berlin
14 Dec
SPRING WRAP
After 4 weeks we have completed today the filming of Spring, a film directed by Aaron Moorhead and Justin Benson and produced by David Lawson. Thanks to Lou Taylor Pucci and Nadia Hilker for an amazing performance. To Will Sampson for his steadycam work. To Dave Snyder for SFX. And to all the Italian Crew for putting all that passion into it.
25 Nov
CLOSING THE GAP
From today until thursday we'll be in Berlin for Closing the Gap pitching Throwaway to coproducers and investors.
06 Nov
Spring Starts!
Principle Photography of "Spring" by Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead has been announced and we are proud to be part of it. And it's always sweet to be on Variety
28 Oct
GLAUCOCAMALEO PREMIERE TIME
WORLD PREMIERE
SAT 09 NOV 2013 H.17:00 Maxxi
SUN. 10 NOV 2013 H.22:30 Maxxi
24 Oct
Glaucocamaleo in Cinemaxxi
we are proud to announce that GLAUCOCAMALEO, an experimental deocumentary by Luca Trevisani, which we coproduced with Withstand, Spazio, Toscana Film Commission and Museo Marino Marini has been selected off competition in Cinemaxxi.
15 Oct
La Santa in Roma Film Fest!
Cosimo Alemà' second feature "La Santa" has been selected out of competition at the Festival Internazionale del Film di Roma which will take place Nov 8th-17th. Big congratulations to Cosimo and to Panama Film and Rai Cinema who produced the film.
08 Oct
ART ADDICT
These days we are backing up Fischio Films, Dakota Group Ltd, and Submarine Entertainment to shoot part of an amazing Lisa Immordino Vreeland documentary, PEGGY GUGGENHEIM - ART ADDICT
03 Oct
Throwaway at Med. Coproduction Forum
We are very happy to announce that our project Throwaway has been selected at the 4° Euro Mediterranean Coproduction Forum taking place in Brindisi-Italy on 24th-25th-26th October 2013. See you there!
06 Aug
Maicol Jecson in Post
Maicol Jecson has finally entered last stage of post production. Soon more (and more) news!
02 Aug
Invernomuto Win Mereu Award
Congratulations to Invernomuto for winning another important Award!
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ATP Diary
29 Jan
NEGUS – DUPPY CONQUERORS
We have completed production of Invernomuto's latest video piece "NEGUS – DUPPY CONQUERORS". The work is displayed in Bologna at Premio Furla until February 3rd
05 Oct
Sitges
We are glad to announce that "At the End of the Day" has been invited at Sitges Film Festival and will screen on October 7th in Brigadoon Section. It's an honor for us to play at the most respected horror Festival in Europe: after almost 2 years from its debut, the film is still touring! http://sitgesfilmfestival.com
03 Oct
Fine riprese
After 5 weeks and two days, the shooting of Francesco Calabrese's debut feature has come to an end. Starring Remo Girone, Tommaso Maria Neri, Vittorio Gianotti and with a special appearance by Stefania Casini, the film is now in editing with Gianandrea Tintori. A big up to our cinematographers, Luca Esposito and Mauro Chiarello Ciardo, our costume designer, Sara Costantini, our set designer, Luisa Iemma, and all the crew. Auh!
10 Mar
VIVI – The Movie
Cosimo Alemà is editing now “Vivi-The Movie” a long version, interactive music video for the italian band Casino Royale.
10 Mar
Meglio Che Stai Zittta
We are working together with Frame by Frame at the short film "Meglio Che Stai Zitta" by Elena Bouryka. The short will have an amazing cast and shooting is scheduled on June 4th to 7th.
Contacts
Rome
Via Faà di Bruno 10 00195 Roma
phone: +39 06 93577746 For any enquire please contact info.999films (at) gmail .comMilan
Via Settala 51 20124 Milano
phone\fax: +39 02 45480506Legally
9.99 Films S.r.l.
Via Faà di Bruno, 10 00195 ROMA P.IVA 11836891009 Capitale Sociale 40.000€ Reg. Imprese Cinemat. n°4543 9.99films (at) legalmail .it