Italian co-production and production services.
Italy and Bulgaria
Less overhead. More on screen.
Italy — Tax Credit up to 40%
A national film and audiovisual tax credit of up to 40% on eligible production spend in Italy, subject to the cultural test and current Ministry of Culture rules. We structure the Italian budget, manage the application and reporting process, and combine the national credit with regional and other forms of support where available. Caps, eligibility requirements and timing apply.
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The Bulgaria Option
Italy stays at the centre when the story, the look or the brand has to be Italian. Bulgaria is the option we open when the same film needs scale, studio time or another landscape — without changing producer, method or reporting line. Through our associated company Feja Film in Sofia, Italy and Bulgaria run as one corridor: one budget, one schedule, one interface.
Bulgaria — 25% cash rebate on eligible local spend for features, high-end series, documentaries and animation. Cultural test, minimum spend and project criteria apply; the rebate is capped per project and by the annual programme budget. We stack the Italian credit, the Bulgarian rebate and the labour/construction saving under one production plan.
Two Ways In
Europe is not only a location. It is a financing territory. Co-production is a fit, not a default, where a second European territory would help, we can introduce producers we already work with.
Service
When you only need to shoot. Full Italian production services, one point of contact, full compliance and crew.
Co-production
When you also need the soft money, and when the film can carry it. We look at the story, the audience and the financing structure together.
IDEACINEMA is a Rome-based film and television company, founded in 2004 by Claudio Saraceni and run today by his sons Federico and Jacopo. The family has been producing since 1952. Claudio (Rome, 1943–2025) made Italian commercial hits, including several Fantozzi films, and worked with Fellini, Tornatore, Wertmüller and other major directors.
Today the brothers lead an independent company across commercial cinema, auteur films, animation, series and international co-productions, and take incoming pictures to Italy as service producer or as Italian co-producer.
Track Record
MINISTRY OF LOVE
Feature, 2026. Giacomo Ciarrapico & Luca Vendruscolo. With Pif, Corrado Guzzanti, Angela Finocchiaro, Pietro Sermonti, Alessandra Mastronardi, Andrea Pennacchi. Produced in association with Amazon Studios.
COPPERBEAK
Animated feature, 2026. Adriano Candiago. Financed by MiC, with Movimenti Production and RAI Kids. Distributed by Lucky Red; international sales by Gebeka (France).
Selected festival and recent titles: Più buio di mezzanotte (2014, Sebastiano Riso) · Critics’ Week, Cannes 2014. Il primo moto dell’immobile (Sebastiano D’Ayala Valva, with Les Films de la Butte) · IDFA Best First Appearance · Special Jury Prize, Torino Film Festival. The Space Between (2016, Ruth Borgobello). Denti da Squalo (2023, Davide Gentile) with Lucky Red and Goon Films. Smart Working (2026, Svevo Moltrasio) with IIF, Vision Distribution, RAI Cinema and Sky.
What We Do On The Ground
Whether we are on the picture as service producer or as co-producer, the Italian execution is the same.
Script breakdown, budgeting and scheduling
Casting — principal, supporting, extras — and local talent liaison
Studio bookings, equipment rental and set construction
Location scouting and permitting across Italy
Crew hiring, payroll, unions and social-security compliance
On-set production management, accounting and cost control
Post-production and VFX supervision through trusted partners
Italian tax credit and, where we are co-producer, the local soft-money stack
Filming in Italy
Italy is full of extraordinary places, not only Rome, Naples, Florence and Venice, but smaller cities, heritage towns, coasts, countryside and UNESCO sites. Mediterranean living, seaside, villages, food, fashion, contemporary design. Established studios, crews, rental houses, post and sound in Rome and the other hubs.
Key People
Federico Saraceni
Producer / CEO — leads international co-productions and incoming production services. First contact for foreign partners.
Jacopo Saraceni
Producer / Creative & Executive Producer — takes film, animation and series from development through production and launch.
Carlo Corbucci
Line Producer, Italy — reference line producer for international shoots in Italy. Son of director Bruno Corbucci, nephew of Sergio Corbucci.
Production Team
A core desk behind the producers: Business & Legal Affairs (contracts, co-production structures, incentives) and Post-Production Supervision across Italy and Bulgaria.
Partners & Suppliers
We work with a standing network of rental houses, grip and transport, SFX and prosthetics, VFX and post, studios and backlots in Italy and Bulgaria.
Companies we work with project by project; no endorsement or exclusivity implied.
Shoot in Italy. Co-produce in Italy. Expand into Bulgaria.
Whether you need an Italian service producer, an Italian co-production partner, or a production corridor connecting Italy and Bulgaria, we can start from the project and build the structure around it.
Shoot in Italy (Production Service)
Tax Credit
up to 40%
Co-produce in Italy
Tax Credit
up to 40%
Expand into Bulgaria
Cash Rebate 25%
