Matteo Garrone’s hotly-anticipated Dogman [+lire aussi :
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As well as Dogman, Rai Com is also pinning its hopes on two other films for an international market: Love and Bullets [+lire aussi :
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fiche film]. The former – a vibrant musical directed by the Manetti Bros – scooped up numerous David di Donatello awards at the end of March, after receiving the double Pasinetti award – for surprise film and for the entire cast – at Venice Film Festival in 2017, where it was entered in competition. Love and Bullets took more than €1,500,000 at the Italian box office and has been sold to China (Time in Portrait), Japan (Only Hearts) and Portugal (Midas Filmes).

Cinderella the Cat, a fascinating animated film directed by Alessandro Rak, Ivan Cappiello, Marino Guarnieri and Dario Sansone, was selected for the Horizons section at Venice, where it won the Open Award and the Mouse d’Argento award, while at the David di Donatello awards in 2018 it won Mad Entertainment an award for Best Producer, and also won an award for Best Special Effects.The film has been sold to DDDream International Media in China, Paris Black Films in France, Missing Films in Germany and Il Sorpasso in Portugal. 

Films sold by Rai Com last season include: Ugly Nasty People [+lire aussi :
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