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| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Motion pictures |
| Founded | 2017 |
| Headquarters | Padua, Veneto, Italy |
Area served | Europe North America |
| Services | |
| Website | artexfilm |
Artex Film is an Italian film production and distribution company founded in 2017. [1]
The company catalogue counts over 100 movies between short and feature films.
The company was founded in 2017.
In 2018, Artex Film co-distributes with Venice Film, the feature film Red Land (movie about the dramas of foibe and istrian exodus). [2]
In 2020, due to the COVID-19 crisis, the feature film Darkness, distributed by Artex Film and Courier Film, is the first movie to be released in direct to video on the platform Mymovies.it. [3] [4]
The company participate annually in various markets and festivals including Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival and Marché du Film. [5]
| Year | Title | Director(s) | Genre | Starring | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upcoming | Una nuova alba | Ludovico Piccolo | Short | Sandra Ceccarelli, Maria Disegna |
Some feature films distributed by Artex Film:
| Year | Title | Director(s) | Genre | Starring | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Red Land | Maximiliano Hernando Bruno | Drama/Historical/War | Selene Gandini, Franco Nero, Geraldine Chaplin, Sandra Ceccarelli, Romeo Grebensek, Vincenzo Bocciarelli, Eleonora Bolla | Co-distribution with Venice Film. [6] |
| 2019 | Vajont - Per non dimenticare | Andrea Prandstraller, Nicola Pittarello | Documentary | Co-distribution with Venice Film. [7] | |
| 2020 | Darkness | Emanuela Rossi | Drama/Thriller | Denise Tantucci, Valerio Binasco, Gaia Bocci, Olimpia Tosatto, Elettra Mallaby, Francesco Genovese | Co-distribution with Courier Film. Nominated for 1 Silver Ribbon: Best Original Story. [8] [9] |
| The Wheel of Khadi - The Warp and Weft of India | Gaia Ceriana Franchetti | Documentary | Tara Gandhi Bhattacharjee |
Some short films distributed by Artex Film:
| Title | Director(s) | Genre | Starring | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bellissima | Alessandro Capitani | Comedy/Short | Giusy Lodi, Antonio Orefice, Gennaro Cuomo, Emanuele Vicorito, Sabrina Zazzaro, Giuseppe Landolfo | Won 1 David di Donatello: David di Donatello for Best Short Film. [10] |
| Break the Will | Jonathan Siebel | Drama/Short | Dieterich Gray, Tania Nolan, Caleb Caldwell, Jack Nathan Harding, Chloe Guidry | |
| Hybrids | Florian Brauch, Matthieu Pujol, Kim Tailhades, Yohan Thireau, Romain Thirion | Animation/Short | Oscar Qualifying prize for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film (91st Academy Awards). [11] | |
| Kapitalistis | Pablo Munoz Gomez | Comedy/Short | Georges Siatidis, Wim Willaert, Anne Paulicevich, Nikolaos Sachas | Won 1 César Awards: César Award for Best Short Film. [12] |
| Life Sucks! But at Least I've Got Elbows | Nicola Piovesan | Animation/Short | Won 1 Silver Ribbon: Best Animated Short Film. [13] | |
| The Long Island Wolf | Julien Lasseur | Thriller/Short | William Leroy, Brian Groh | |
| Tuck Me In | Ignacio Rodó | Horror/Thriller/Short | Luka Schardan, Mark Schardan | |
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