Development slate
Saharalibre (2025)
Fatimatou, a single mother living in a Western Sahara refugee camp in Algeria, builds an agriculture project to grow fresh food in the desert. When a filmmaker and a writer of Algerian descent follow her journey from the camps to the UK,
they rally young farmers to support her mission. As Morocco’s influence deepens the crisis, Fatimatou and the two artists push for international action, leading protests
that will change their lives.
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Produced by Michele Vicenti, Farida F. Alvarez, Sienna Beckman
Cupaphonica (2023)
Cupaphonica follows the journey of Pino Basile, a musician who reinvents the traditional friction drum, the Cupa Cupa. Turning waste into instruments, Pino defends freedom of expression in a polarised Italy, exploring the link between music, political resistance, nature and peasant culture.
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Produced by Michele Vicenti, Pino Basile
Firestarters (2025)
In the fire-scorched landscapes of Southern Italy, an architect-turned-seed saver teams up with a filmmaker to ignite a grassroots movement against wildfires, exploring the complexities of fire ecology and clashing with disinformation agents, ideological opponents and legal battles.
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Produced by Michele Vicenti, Raffaele Difonzo