SALICE PRODUCTION
Italy
CONTACT
COSETTA LAGANI
Founder, Producer, Creative Producer
cosetta.lagani@saliceproduction.com
+393357557087
https://www.saliceproduction.it/
COMPANY PROFILE
Salice Production s.r.l. is an independent audiovisual production company, based in Rome, recently founded by Cosetta Lagani and Ugo Buffa, both former Sky Italia veterans (Comcast group) with over 20 years of experience in media and production.
The company positions itself as a creative factory to develop and produce high-end movies, TV series, and documentaries, placing great emphasis on scouting, the creative process, quality standards, language innovation, and the search for new talents.
Among the projects the company is already working on (both based on IP and original): a TV series based on an Italian bestseller commissioned in the writing stage; a tv series based on an Italian true-crime case in the co-development stage with a US production company; the movie TIME ON HOLD based on a true story written by Monica Zapelli (winner of 2 David di Donatello for I cento passi and L’Arminuta), that recently received the national funding for the development; the debut film by Maddalena Crespi based on her short film MIRANDA'S MIND starring Valentina Bellè (Silver Ribbon for the Disney+ series THE GOOD MOTHERS) winner at Cortinametraggio and selected in many festivals, including the Oscar-qualifying US BendFilm Festival; the docuseries I DIDN'T KILL BORSELLINO by the award-winning director Simone Manetti, selected in the official competition at the Doc Pitching Forum of Mia Market 2023.
COMPANY HIGHLIGHTS
MIRANDA'S MIND Development
Format: Feature film
Genre: Drama
Director: Maddalena Crespi
Screenplay: Maddalena Crespi
Cast: Valentina Bellè
Miranda, a thirty-year-old melancholic character, is struggling to find her place in the world. After having her book proposal rejected, Miranda is trying to find peace with the fact that she might never achieve her purpose. The film explores the delicate and contemporary narrative of one woman's journey through life. The struggle to find her place in the world and to realize her dreams causes the protagonist a personal crisis from which it seems impossible to escape. Thanks to encounters with various characters and multiple daydreams, Miranda will bring the audience with her on a journey to find something that was right in front of her all along.
I DIDN'T KILL BORSELLINO Development
Format: Documentary
Genre: True Crime
Director: Simone Manetti
Screenplay: Matteo Billi, Dina Lauricella, Simone Manetti
IN OFFICIAL COMPETITION AT MIA MARKET DOC PITCHING FORUM 2023 - On 18 July 1994, Tanino Murana, a refuse collector, is stopped by the police on his way to work. Just a check, he thinks. But it’s not. It’s the start of an 18-year ordeal. A mafia supergrass has accused Tanino of being involved in the murder of anti-mafia judge Paolo Borsellino two years earlier. The super-cop Arnaldo La Barbera, who arrested important Cosa Nostra members, is convinced of this. Tanino is convicted at the ‘41bis’ hard prison regime. Fighting to prove his innocence is Rosalba De Gregorio, the devil’s advocate, known for defending prominent mafia members including Provenzano. Through perseverance, Rosalba brings to light the greatest cover-up in Italian judicial history: Tanino is innocent, the supergrass confession is false, and La Barbera is the mastermind behind this plot. But what is behind this conspiracy?
TIME ON HOLD Development
Format: Film
Genre: Period Drama, Coming of age
Screenplay: Monica Zapelli
Time on Hold, inspired by a true story that happened in Italy during WWII, is a story of courage and acceptance, but also, above all, it is coming-of-age, because the story takes place through the eyes of the children. The movie obtained national development funding.