Berta Film

Berta Film is an international film production and distribution company. As a producer we worked on more than 10 feature films, feature documentaries and documentary series.

Our titles have been selected by leading international festivals such as Cannes Film Festival, Academy Awards, Hot Docs, Idfa, Sheffield, Visions Du Réel, Festival del Film Locarno, Mostra Internazionale del Cinema di Venezia, Torino Film Festival, São Paulo International Film Festival, Biografilm Festival and Festival dei Popoli.

As a sales company, with an average of 15 new completed titles every year and about 5 projects in development, Berta Film has represented more than 90 titles in the last 5 years and sells its films to more than 60 buyers around the world.

Since 2012 we’ve been attending the main markets and pitching forums around the world, such as Mipcom, IDFA, Cannes, Hotdocs, Berlinale, CPH:DOX, Thessaloniki, Leipzig Dok, Visions du Reel, MIA, Locarno, Visioni dal Mondo, Biografilm, Italian Doc Screenings.

Berta Film also acts as executive producer on a limited number of projects every year and provides advisory services, in particular in business development, fundraising, consultation, domestic theatrical distribution, domestic and foreign sales.

Berta Film sells its titles to more than 60 buyers around the world. Among the tv buyers that bought our titles: Arte France, ZDF, Canal +, RAI, MDR, Al Jazeera, Sky, Mediaset, Svt, Nrk, Yle, DR, France Televisions, Tv3 Catalunya, Rtp, La Effe, Rsi, Tvp, Rtvslo, Russia Today, Press Tv and many others.

Berta Film is a member of

• Europa International – Sales Companies European Association

• Docit – Associazione documentaristi italiani

• EDN – European Documentary Network

• ADECI – Association of the Italian Film and TV Sales Companies

• CNA Cinema & Audiovisivo (Italy)

Selected filmography:

As sales agent:

Under the same sun (2020) Hotdocs 2020

West of Babylonia (2020)

Space Cleaners (2020)

To teach a bird to fly (2020)

The Culture of Sex (Documentary Series)

Arvo Part (2019)

The last movie painter (2019)

Kentannos. May you live to be 100! (2019)

Tintoretto - The Man Who Killed Painting (2019)

The Last Italian cowboys (2018)

Granny Project (MDR Prize Leipzig Dok 2017)

El Espanto (IDFA Best Mid-Lenght 2017)

Piigs (2017) with Willem Dafoe and Noam Chomski

The Opposition (2016) IDFA/HOTDOCS Official Selection

No Borders (2016) VR Doc Award-Winning at Mostra del Cinema di Venezia

How to change the world (2015) Award-winning at HOTDOCS/SUNDANCE/SHEFFIELD

Cutie and the boxer (2013) Oscar nominee

India’s Daughter di Leslee Udwin-BBC (2014)

Trashed, with Jeremy Irons (2012) Cannes Film Festival

As producer:

1. I Muri parlano by Carlo Borean Tv Documentary 2020 Producer

2. We are living things by Antonio Tibaldi Feature film 2020 Producer

3. Europa by Haider rashid – Feature Film 2020 - Executive Producer

4. The last movie painter - Documentary 2020 - Executive Producer

5. Tintoretto - Documentary 2019 - Executive Producer

6. The Last italian cowboys - Documentary 2018 - Executive Producer

7. Pensati con il cuore – Documentary series - Producer

8. Piigs - Documentary 2017 - Executive Producer

9. Paperman - Documentary 2018 - Executive Producer

10. Donus - Documentary 2016 - Executive Producer

11. Storia di un libro a fumetti - Documentary 2018 - Executive Producer

12. Sisma 360 - Virtual reality documentary, executive producer

13. Football History 360 by Haider Rashid - Virtual reality documentary, executive producer

14. Angelus 360 by Haider Rashid - Virtual reality documentary, executive producer

15. Miracolo Aquilano - Short fiction, 2011, Producer, director

16. La stanza dei bottoni - Short fiction, 2011, Producer