Kavac Film is a film production company specialised in international movies, documentaries and art house movies. It is also committed to producing experimental short films and in discovering emerging directors.
KIDNAPPED
a film by MARCO BELLOCCHIO
LORD OF THE ANTS
a film by GIANNI AMELIO
EXTERIOR NIGHT
a series by MARCO BELLOCCHIO
MARX CAN WAIT
THE TRAITOR
LE REDOUTABLE
SWEET DREAMS
a film by MARCO BELLOCCHIO
BLOOD OF MY BLOOD
a film by MARCO BELLOCCHIO
SORELLE MAI
a film by MARCO BELLOCCHIO
A LEAP IN THE DARK (1980)
a film by MARCO BELLOCCHIO restored in 2021
FISTS IN THE POCKET (1965)
a film by MARCO BELLOCCHIO restored in 2015
SE POSSO PERMETTERMI
written and directed by MARCO BELLOCCHIO
FRONTIER
directed by ALESSANDRO DI GREGORIO
THE FIGHT
written and directed by MARCO BELLOCCHIO
ALL FOR A ROSE
written and directed by MARCO BELLOCCHIO
Kavac Film was founded in Rome in 1997 by Marco Bellocchio and Francesca Calvelli. Simone Gattoni, recommended in 2019 by Variety as one of the «10 producers to watch», joined the company in 2014 and is now the CEO.
Among the latest productions The Traitor by Marco Bellocchio, with Pierfrancesco Favino playing Tommaso Buscetta (in competition at the Cannes Film Festival and selected as the Italian candidate for the International Feature Film category at the 2020 Academy Awards), which won seven Nastri d’Argento, six David di Donatello and the Globo d’Oro for best film, Marx can wait by Marco Bellocchio (Honorary Palme d’Or at Cannes Film Festival and Film of the Year at the Nastri d’Argento), Lord of the Ants by Gianni Amelio (in competition at the 79th. Venice International Film Festival), Exterior Night, Marco Bellocchio’s series premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and for which the director received the Award for Innovative Storytelling from the European Film Academy, and Kidnapped by Marco Bellocchio, in competition at the Cannes Film Festival 2023.
Projects in production include First Life, then cinema by Francesca Comencini, The Life Apart by Marco Tullio Giordana, Volare by Margherita Buy, Battlefield by Gianni Amelio.
Kavac Film was founded in Rome in 1997 by Marco Bellocchio and Francesca Calvelli. Simone Gattoni, recommended in 2019 by Variety as one of the «10 producers to watch», joined the company in 2014 and is now the CEO.
Among the latest productions The Traitor by Marco Bellocchio, with Pierfrancesco Favino playing Tommaso Buscetta (in competition at the Cannes Film Festival and selected as the Italian candidate for the International Feature Film category at the 2020 Academy Awards), which won seven Nastri d’Argento, six David di Donatello and the Globo d’Oro for best film, Marx can wait by Marco Bellocchio (Honorary Palme d’Or at Cannes Film Festival and Film of the Year at the Nastri d’Argento), Lord of the Ants by Gianni Amelio (in competition at the 79th. Venice International Film Festival), Exterior Night, Marco Bellocchio’s series premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and for which the director received the Award for Innovative Storytelling from the European Film Academy, and Kidnapped by Marco Bellocchio, in competition at the Cannes Film Festival 2023.
Projects in production include First Life, then cinema by Francesca Comencini, The Life Apart by Marco Tullio Giordana, Volare by Margherita Buy, Battlefield by Gianni Amelio.
SIMONE GATTONI
CEO
PATRICK CARRARIN
Head of production
CRISTINA CATAPANO
CFO
ELEONORA LOLLI
Legal Affairs
GERMANA PIERUCCI
COO
GIACOMO ARMANI
DELEGATE PRODUCER
FRANCESCO PABILLA
Production coordinator
ELENA BELLOCCHIO
Junior producer
GAUDY ROSSI
Junior producer
FLAMINIA GENTILI
Junior producer
MARIA LUISA MUSTICA
Administration department
FRANCESCA BIGI
Back office
DANIELE FELICETTI
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