SHOOTING IN ITALY
MESTIERE CINEMA is a Production Service Company working in Italy since 1986.
MESTIERE CINEMA serves any kind of production: Feature Films, TV Movies, Commercials, Documentaries, Photo Shoots.
MESTIERE CINEMA supports the Client’s Company in all the aspects of production, providing all what is needed at any stage:
Location Scout and Management
MESTIERE CINEMA is specialized to work on location and can offer its vast digital archive of locations all around the country and its network of location scouts based in differente italian areas.
Having worked for many productions all around the country, MESTIERE CINEMA has a long time familiarity with many public entities and private owners in whole Italy, and frequent contacts with main italian regional and local film commissions
Scheduling and Budgeting
MESTIERE CINEMA’s large experience witnesses its capability in proposing relaible budgets and schedules and offering cost-effective services.
Budgeting and scheduling are prepared in the most renown standards such as Movie Magic/EP Scheduling and Budgeting and are suited to the size of the Production.
Crew Hiring and employment
MESTIERE CINEMA offers to the Client high standard crew, multilingual and used to work in international context.
MESTIERE CINEMA supports the foreign Company employing local crew and cast directly or, through a proper power of attorney, on behalf of the foreign Company. MESTIERE CINEMA offers a total guarantee that all crew and cast members on production are regularly employed and insured, and consults the Client’s Company about the italian employment procedures.
Casting
MESTIERE CINEMA has contacts and familiarity with the main Italian Casting Directors and Cast Agencies and provides contracts with talents that fulfill italian legislation and the Client’s needs.
Equipment and Studios Rentals
Main Facilites are in Rome and Milan and MESTIERE CINEMA has privileged relationships with all of them, including also transports and catering companies; but also with all other Rental Companies and Facilities that developed in other Italian areas in the last years.
Legal and Fiscal Representative
MESTIERE CINEMA can assist the Clients acting as legal and fiscal representative assisting on important matters such as tax and social contributions obligations, liability, insurances and especially VAT reimbursements. MESTIERE CINEMA has succeeded in getting important VAT reimburments for companies such as Disney, Paramount, Sony, LucasFilm and many others.
Furthermore MESTIERE CINEMA is familiar with the main european and north american accounting systems at provides the client with complete and detailed cost reports and bookkeeping.
Italian Film Commissions and Italian Film Funds
Many Italian regions, also under the impulse of professionals and companies like ours, have created their fim commissions and, of course, there has been a sensible increase of the film and TV industry all around the country. Now Production Companies, Studios, equipment rentals, and professionals of high level can be found not only in Rome or Milano, but all around the country.
Some Film Commissions have set up film funds and others offer facilities or benefits that give an important help to productions working in their territory.
MESTIERE CINEMA has a privileged relationship with all main italian regional and local film commissions. A list of main italian film commission is available here
MESTIERE CINEMA serves any kind of production: Feature Films, TV Movies, Commercials, Documentaries, Photo Shoots.
MESTIERE CINEMA supports the Client’s Company in all the aspects of production, providing all what is needed at any stage:
Location Scout and Management
MESTIERE CINEMA is specialized to work on location and can offer its vast digital archive of locations all around the country and its network of location scouts based in differente italian areas.
Having worked for many productions all around the country, MESTIERE CINEMA has a long time familiarity with many public entities and private owners in whole Italy, and frequent contacts with main italian regional and local film commissions
Scheduling and Budgeting
MESTIERE CINEMA’s large experience witnesses its capability in proposing relaible budgets and schedules and offering cost-effective services.
Budgeting and scheduling are prepared in the most renown standards such as Movie Magic/EP Scheduling and Budgeting and are suited to the size of the Production.
Crew Hiring and employment
MESTIERE CINEMA offers to the Client high standard crew, multilingual and used to work in international context.
MESTIERE CINEMA supports the foreign Company employing local crew and cast directly or, through a proper power of attorney, on behalf of the foreign Company. MESTIERE CINEMA offers a total guarantee that all crew and cast members on production are regularly employed and insured, and consults the Client’s Company about the italian employment procedures.
Casting
MESTIERE CINEMA has contacts and familiarity with the main Italian Casting Directors and Cast Agencies and provides contracts with talents that fulfill italian legislation and the Client’s needs.
Equipment and Studios Rentals
Main Facilites are in Rome and Milan and MESTIERE CINEMA has privileged relationships with all of them, including also transports and catering companies; but also with all other Rental Companies and Facilities that developed in other Italian areas in the last years.
Legal and Fiscal Representative
MESTIERE CINEMA can assist the Clients acting as legal and fiscal representative assisting on important matters such as tax and social contributions obligations, liability, insurances and especially VAT reimbursements. MESTIERE CINEMA has succeeded in getting important VAT reimburments for companies such as Disney, Paramount, Sony, LucasFilm and many others.
Furthermore MESTIERE CINEMA is familiar with the main european and north american accounting systems at provides the client with complete and detailed cost reports and bookkeeping.
Italian Film Commissions and Italian Film Funds
Many Italian regions, also under the impulse of professionals and companies like ours, have created their fim commissions and, of course, there has been a sensible increase of the film and TV industry all around the country. Now Production Companies, Studios, equipment rentals, and professionals of high level can be found not only in Rome or Milano, but all around the country.
Some Film Commissions have set up film funds and others offer facilities or benefits that give an important help to productions working in their territory.
MESTIERE CINEMA has a privileged relationship with all main italian regional and local film commissions. A list of main italian film commission is available here
