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30MILES FILM S.r.l.
30MILES FILM is an independent film and theater
production and distribution company, founded in 2008 by Stefano Veneruso
(director, screenwriter and producer) due to his passion for cinema and from
the solid previous experience in the film industry acquired between 1990 and
2010, initially with the ESTERNO MEDITERRANEO FILM, Massimo Troisi's film
production company and then with MK FILM PRODUCTIONS where Stefano Veneruso
produced and directed the film All the Invisible Children (distributed
in over 120 countries) also co-directed with Ridley Scott, Spike Lee,
Emir Kusturica and John Woo. In recent
years 30MILES has also produced several music videos for artists such as Tina
Turner and Elisa.
In 2010 produced the play: Caravaggio, the exile of a man in search of God, inspired by the
life of Caravaggio, which debuted in the courtyard of the Musei Capitolini in
Rome, directed by Stefano Veneruso. In 2011 30MILES produced the documentary Noi
di Settembre (We, people of September), starring Franco Califano, one of
the greatest singers and songwriter, in Italy, selected at the Rome Film
Festival, directed by Stefano Veneruso. In 2014 produced the play What do I
think of Switzerland, with Giancarlo Giannini, directed by Stefano
Veneruso. In 2018 produced the show Annunciazione,
Annunciazione (piazza del Plebiscito, Naples), starring Lello Arena,
Enzo Decaro, Pippo Baudo, Nino Frassica, Renzo Arbore, Giancarlo Magalli,
Massimo Lopez, and others, directed by Stefano Veneruso.
In 2019 produced along with Istituto Luce -
Cinecittà the multimedia exhibition and the homonymous play entitled Troisi
Poeta Massimo debuted at the Teatro dei Dioscuri al Quirinale in Rome, and
later at Cinema Anteo (Milano), both exhibition and play have been repited at
the Maschio Angioino and Castel dell’Ovo (Naples), achieving a huge success.
In 2020 produced the film Starting
tomorrow I’ll get up late with John Lynch and Gabriella Pession.
30MILES FILM has also developed a series of
international theatrical and film projects including: 7 Dwarfs in Auschwitz based
on an incredible true story, set during the Holocaust period, inspired by the
life of the seven legendary Ovich brothers, scheduled to be filmed in 2023, and
The Years of the Father based on a true story that narrates a very tense
father and son relationship with Ramiro Blas and Weston Coppola Cage.
30MILES FILM is an independent film and theater
production and distribution company, founded in 2008 by Stefano Veneruso
(director, screenwriter and producer) due to his passion for cinema and from
the solid previous experience in the film industry acquired between 1990 and
2010, initially with the ESTERNO MEDITERRANEO FILM, Massimo Troisi's film
production company and then with MK FILM PRODUCTIONS where Stefano Veneruso
produced and directed the film All the Invisible Children (distributed
in over 120 countries) also co-directed with Ridley Scott, Spike Lee,
Emir Kusturica and John Woo. In recent
years 30MILES has also produced several music videos for artists such as Tina
Turner and Elisa.
In 2010 produced the play: Caravaggio, the exile of a man in search of God, inspired by the
life of Caravaggio, which debuted in the courtyard of the Musei Capitolini in
Rome, directed by Stefano Veneruso. In 2011 30MILES produced the documentary Noi
di Settembre (We, people of September), starring Franco Califano, one of
the greatest singers and songwriter, in Italy, selected at the Rome Film
Festival, directed by Stefano Veneruso. In 2014 produced the play What do I
think of Switzerland, with Giancarlo Giannini, directed by Stefano
Veneruso. In 2018 produced the show Annunciazione,
Annunciazione (piazza del Plebiscito, Naples), starring Lello Arena,
Enzo Decaro, Pippo Baudo, Nino Frassica, Renzo Arbore, Giancarlo Magalli,
Massimo Lopez, and others, directed by Stefano Veneruso.
In 2019 produced along with Istituto Luce -
Cinecittà the multimedia exhibition and the homonymous play entitled Troisi
Poeta Massimo debuted at the Teatro dei Dioscuri al Quirinale in Rome, and
later at Cinema Anteo (Milano), both exhibition and play have been repited at
the Maschio Angioino and Castel dell’Ovo (Naples), achieving a huge success.
In 2020 produced the film Starting
tomorrow I’ll get up late with John Lynch and Gabriella Pession.
30MILES FILM has also developed a series of
international theatrical and film projects including: 7 Dwarfs in Auschwitz based
on an incredible true story, set during the Holocaust period, inspired by the
life of the seven legendary Ovich brothers, scheduled to be filmed in 2023, and
The Years of the Father based on a true story that narrates a very tense
father and son relationship with Ramiro Blas and Weston Coppola Cage.
NICE TO MEET YOU
Stefano Veneruso
Barbara Di Mattia
Raffaele Veneruso
Anna Pavignano
David Guido Pietroni
Dimitri Sassone
Stefano
Veneruso, director, screenwriter
and producer, began his carrier as assistant director for the Academy Award-winning film The
Postman, (Il Postino). He contemporaneously
directed the movie’s “Behind the Scenes”,
which earned him several awards. Stefano moved to Los Angeles and studied
filmmaking at both UCLA and at the AFI while working for the film company
Cecchi Gori Pictures. While living in Los Angeles Stefano directed his first short film: I'm Sophie and You? The film was granted
several awards. In 1997 Stefano produced a compact disc Nei Tuoi Occhi,
in memorial of Massimo Troisi, a collection of love poems by the world-renown
poet Pablo Neruda, were read by notorious Italian artists, eventually racked up
huge commercial rewards and critical tributes, selling 250.000 copies. In 2000,
Stefano was an assistant for Martin Scorsese’s film Gangs of New York. After working as assistant to Mel Gibson on the
set of The Passion of The Christ,
Stefano directed and produced the film All the Invisible Children, released
in 120 countries, directed among others by Spike Lee, John Woo, Emir
Kusturica and Ridley Scott. In 2010 Stefano directed a theatrical play called Caravaggio, the
exile of a man in search of God. Furthermore, he directed musical videos
for artists such as Tina Turner and Elisa. In 2010 directed the docu-film We, People of September on the life of
Franco Califano, one of the greatest singers and songwriter,
selected at the Rome Film Festival 2011. In
2014 he writes and directs the play What
do I think
of Switzerland, played by Giancarlo Giannini. In 2018 he writes and
directs the show Annunciazione
Annunciazione! (piazza del Plebiscito,
Naples). In
2019 directed and produced along with Istituto Luce-Cinecittà the multimedia
exibition and the homonymous play entitled Troisi Poeta Massimo. In 2020 he is director, screenwriter and producer of the film Starting tomorrow I’ll get up late with
John Lynch and Gabriella Pession.
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Barbara Di Mattia, producer, actress and screenwriter, was
born in Maracay (Venezuela) but grew up in Italy, she started her career as
print model in Milan, it was about this time when she started attending an
acting school, soon after she was working as an actress for numerous commercial
for international brands like Nutella, Barilla, Mulino Bianco, Bialetti,
Johnson, etc. She also starred in various Tv movies and Tv shows. In 2004
Barbara moved to Los Angeles where she resides and studied production for film
and television and where she produced different Tv shows, web series and
documentaries. In 2015 she produces the documentary Insanity (I danni dell’inverno). In 2018 she produces with 30Miles Film the show Annunciazione
Annunciazione! Revuoto 2018 - (piazza del Plebiscito, Naples), in honor of
Massimo Troisi and the 40 years of La
Smorfia. In 2019 she produces the play Troisi
Poeta Massimo. In the 2020 she produces the film Starting tomorrow I’ll get up late
with John Lynch and Gabriella Pession.
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Raffaele Veneruso, line producer and
producer, worked on over 120
films, both for television and cinema,
including the entire filmography of
Massimo Troisi.
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Anna Pavignano, screenwriter, made her debut
with Massimo Troisi, one of the best Italian actors and director of all times,
with whom she wrote the screenplay Ricomincio
da Tre, followed by Scusate il
ritardo, Le vie del signore sono
finite, I thought it was love instead
it was a gig and The Postman (Il
Postino), which granted her an Oscar and a BAFTA nomination for Best
Screenplay and many acknowledgments.
She
directed and wrote the script for Il caso
Moro. Her filmography includes: Ma
non per sempre directed by Marzio Casa and Corpi speciali by Luciano Odorisio. Then she wrote Malefemmine (2000) directed by Fabio
Conversi, Amore con S maiuscola
(2001) by Paolo Costella, Casomai (2001),
a film by Alessandro D’alatri and Se devo
essere sincera (2004) by Davide Ferrario. She also wrote novels and
published a children story, Il Prode
Matteo. For
Edizioni e/o she published Starting
tomorrow I’ll get up late a film directed by Stefano Veneruso (2020), dedicated to the memory of
Massimo Troisi, In bilico sul mare,
and Venice, a dream. Currently, she
continues to write for films and television. She is also an author of children
books and teaches writing and screenwriting. The First Daughter is her fourth novel for e/o.______________________________________________________________________________________________________
David Guido Pietroni, Italian music and film producer, based in Israel, David is the producer of Rigoletto,
directed by Vittorio Sgarbi and with costumes by Vivienne Westwood.
Represented in Piazza del Campo in Siena (Italy) with an audience of thirtytwo
thousand people, Rigoletto is the biggest Italian opera event of that
year. From the live shooting of the show he produced the DVD entitled Rigoletto
Story distributed worldwide by Columbia TriStar and Sony Pictures Home
Entertainment. Pietroni, with Rigoletto Story, he was eligible in 2005,
with two nominations, to the Grammy Awards in the categories “Best Surround
Sound” and “Best Long Form Music Video”. Since 2004 as been a voting member of
the Recording Academy.
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Dimitri Sassone, distribution
consultant, graduated at DAMS (Discipline
delle Arti, della Musica e dello Spettacolo) he is a journalist and publicist. He debuts in the
sector as an actor. Then
he specializes in film production and distribution.
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