FILMING IN ITALY & SOUTH TYROL
We provide executive production services for foreign productions in Italy, managing administration and organizational procedures, all the tax benefits and VAT exemptions available for international productions shooting in Italy
OUR SERVICES​
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Planning and organisation of film productions in Italy
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Advisory services relating to budget planning and optimisation of financing film productions
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Tax Credit application and administration to Italian Ministry of Culture
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Regional film funding applications: IDM Film Funding (South Tyrol), Trentino Film Commission, Emilia Romagna Film Commission etc
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Casting and location scouting
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Staff recruitment and employment
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Advisory services in German, Italian or English​
TAX CREDIT​
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According to Italian law, foreign cinema and TV productions may claim a tax credit of up to 40 per cent of the eligible production costs. However, foreign producers cannot apply directly for the Italian tax credit. Only Italian service producers, taxable in Italy, are entitled to do so, which is why these apply for and receive the tax credit on behalf of foreign producers.
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The tax credit is based on the costs incurred during production and applicable are only those production costs incurred in Italy itself.
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Italian service producers may offset the tax credit with every other type of tax (F24).
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The tax credit is one of the few of its kind worldwide that provides for an application already during production.
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Executive productions completed
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Since 2012 Albolina Film has gained experience in over 40 service productions, working with established European film companies such as Austrian-based Amour Fou, Letterbox, Tempest Film and Tellux Film from Germany.
Our latest projects as executive producers include: “Wicked Games” by Ulrich Seidl, 'Murdering the impossible' and several other documentaries by explorer and alpinist Reinhold Messner and “Il pastore”, a German-Austrian co-production between Berlin-based Good Friends Filmproduktion and Vienna’s Satel Film.
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Production of episodes 1–16
Merfee Film- und Fernsehproduktion GmbH [DE]
Director
Thorsten Näter
Screenplay
Jürgen Werner
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Service Producer
Albolina Fim [IT]
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Year
2015-present
Production Mini-serie TV
Good Friends Filmproduktions [DE], Satel Film GmbH [AT]
Director
Rick Ostermann
Screenplay
Stefan Brunner
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Service Producer
Albolina Fim [IT]
Year
2022
Feature documentary
Director
Reinhold Messner
Screenplay
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Service Producer
Albolina Fim [IT]
Year
2022
Sechs auf einen Streich - Die verkaufte Prinzessin (WT)
TV movie (series)
Director
Matthias Steurer
Screenplay
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Service Producer
Albolina Fim [IT]
Year
2022
Production
Tobis Film GmbH, Epo-Film Produktionsges.m.b.H. [at]
Director
Hans Steinbichler
Screenplay
Ulrich Limmer, Robert Seethaler (literary source)
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Service Producer
Albolina Fim [IT]
Year
2022
Lassie - Ein neues Abenteuer (WT)
Production
Henning Ferber Filmproduktions GmbH [de]
Director
Hanno Olderdissen
Screenplay
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Service Producer
Albolina Fim [IT]
Year
2022
Das fliegende Klassenzimmer (WT)
Production
Director
Carolina Hellsgård
Screenplay
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Service Producer
Albolina Fim [IT]
Year
2022
Production Mini-serie TV
Good Friends Filmproduktions [DE], Satel Film GmbH [AT]
Director
Andreas Prochaska
Screenplay
Ben von Rönne, Andreas Prochaska,
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Service Producer
Albolina Fim [IT]
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Year
2021
Production
Seidl Film Produktion, Essential Filmproduktion, Parisienne de Production​
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Director
Ulrich Seidl​
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Service Producer
Albolina Film [IT]
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Year
2022
Production
FenixFilm / Deep Sea Studios (LT)​
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Director
Matiss Kaza​
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Service Producer
Albolina Film [IT]
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Year
2021
Production
Media Art & Dolomites Film [IT]
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Director
Reinhold Messner
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Service Producer
Albolina Film [IT]
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Year
2020
Production
Elfenholz Film GmbH [DE]
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Scriptwriter & Director
Nancy Camaldo
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Service Producer
Albolina Film [IT]
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Year
2019
Production
Dolomites Film
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Director
Reinhold Messner
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Service Producer
Albolina Film [IT]
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Year
2019
Production
Planet Watch Film & Video Productions GmbH & CoKEG [DE]
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Director
Gerald Salmina
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Service Producer
Albolina Film [IT]
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Year
2018
Production
Tempest Film Produktion und Verleih [DE]
Director
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Service Producer
Albolina Fim [IT]
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Year
2018
Production
Letterbox Filmproduktion [DE]
Director
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Service Producer
Albolina Fim [IT]
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Year
2018
Production
Relevant Film [DE]
Director
Ulrike Grote
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Service Producer
Albolina Fim [IT]
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Year
2018
Production (4 episodes)
lüthje schneider hörl | FILM GbR [DE]
Director
Natalie Spinell
Screenplay
Felix Hellmann, Natalie Spinell
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Service Producer
Albolina Fim [IT]
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Year
2018
Production
die Film GmbH
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Director
Christina Schiewe
Screenplay
Daniel Scotti-Rosin
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Service Producer
Albolina Film [IT]
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Year
2017
Production
Letterbox Filmproduktion GmbH [DE]
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Regie
Christian Theede
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Screenplay
Dirk Ahner
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Service Producer
Albolina Film [IT]
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Year
2017
Production
Sparkling Pictures [DE]
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Director and Screenplay
Matthias Lang
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Service Producer
Albolina Film [IT]
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Year
2016
Production (Season 1, 5 episodes)
Albolina Film
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Writer
Alessio Posar
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Directors
Ricardo Angelini, Andreas Hartner
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Year
2016-2017
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Production
Amour Fou Luxembourg
Amour Fou Vienna
Golden Girls Filmproduktion
Director
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Service Producer
Albolina Fim [IT]
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Year
2016
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Production:
Allegro Film [AT]
X Filme Creative Pool [DE]
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Director:
Matthias Steurer
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Service producer:
Albolina Film [IT]
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Year
2015
Production:
Lucky Bird Pictures GmbH [DE]
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Director:
Oliver Hirschbiegel
Screenplay:
Fred and Léonie-Claire Breinersdorfer, Stefanie Wöhl
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Service Producer:
Albolina Film [IT]
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Year
2015
Production:
Allegro Film [AT]
X Filme Creative Pool [DE]
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Director:
Andreas Prochaska
Screenplay: Martin Ambrosch
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Accounting:
Albolina Film [IT]
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Year
2014
Production:
Amour Fou [LU]
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Director and Screenplay:
Elfi Mikesch
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Service Producer:
Albolina Film [IT]
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Year
2014
Production:
Tellux Film [DE]
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Director and Screenplay:
Bernd Fischerauer
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Service Producer:
Albolina Film [IT]
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Year
2014
Production:
Sigma Film [AT]
Vent Productions [US]
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Director:
Ernst Gossner
Screenplay:
Clemens Aufderklamm
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Service Producer:
Albolina Fim [IT]
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Year
2014
Production:
Eyeworks [SWEDEN]
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Director:
Hannes Holm
Screenplay:
Sören Olsson, Hannes Holm, Anders Jacobsson
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Service Producer:
Albolina Film [IT]
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Year
2013