09/07/2013 - Among the productions set to shoot in the region in the upcoming weeks, a 3D musical called Walking on Sunshine by Max Giwa and Dania Pasquini

Projects financed by the Apulia Film Commission, including eight feature films, three documentaries, two films for television and one web series for Rai, are set to start filming in the next few weeks in Apulia. Among these is a 3D musical called Walking on Sunshine (Eagle Pictures) by Max Giwa and Dania Pasquini (both greatly experienced in the areas of advertising and video clips, and already behind StreetDance 3D [+see also:
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Among other cinema novelties set to be filmed in the region is the new film by Giovanni Veronesi, Una donna per amico (Fandango), about the age-old question of friendships between men and women (€53,471 for 48 days of shooting in Trani); L’ultima estate (Cinemaundici) by Leonardo Guerra Sernioli, the story of a mother who has lost custody of her 6-year-old and spends one last holiday with him on a boat (€31,044 for 30 days of filming in Salento); and Miss Burlesque (Italian International Film) by Manuela Tempesta, a film set in a small southern village which is turned upside down after the arrival of aburlesque company (€36,568 for 30 days of shooting around Apulia).

A complete novelty is Un grande amore (Magnolia Fiction - Rai Fiction), directed by the young man behind Come non detto, Ivan Silvestrini (€7,625 from the National Film Fund). His project is a web series made up of six episodes of seven minutes each, which will be distributed thanks to collaboration between Rai and Vanity Fair.

The total amount given out by the various Apulia Film Commission funds – Hospitality Fund (in two tranches), International Film Fund (for international productions) and National Film Fund (for domestic ones) – adds up to €862,697.65, with an overall impact across the region amounting to €4,833,456 for 72 weeks of work. The deadline for the third tranche of hospitality funding has been set for 30 September 2013 (read the news story).

For a complete list of financed projects, click here. 

(Translated from Italian)