La funded amount held by Intesa Sanpaolo which amounts to a total 22.250.000 € provides for the coverage of the production cash flow. Directed by Michael Mann, four-time Academy Award® nominee began production on the motion picture Ferrari, starring Academy Award® nominee Adam Driver as Enzo Ferrari, Academy Award® winner Penélope Cruz as Laura Ferrari, Shailene Woodley as by Lina Lardi, Patrick Dempsey as race car driver Piero Taruffi, Jack O'Connell as race car driver Peter Collins, Sarah Gadon as Linda Christian and Gabriel Leone as the charismatic Fon De Portago.
With this operation, Intesa Sanpaolo confirms itself as the leading bank for audiovisual production in Italy
Mann directs from his and Troy Kennedy Martin's (The Italian Job) screenplay, based on the Brock Yates book, Enzo Ferrari – The Man and the Machine. Mann will produce the film through his company Moto Pictures together with PJ van Sandwijk and John Lesher, as well as John Friedberg, Lars Sylvest, Thorsten Schumacher, Gareth West and Thomas Hayslip, with the important support of producers Andrea Iervolino and Monika Bacardi through ILBE and their subsidiary Welcome to Italy, the latter as executive producer with the support of Niels Juul.
Underlines Anna Roscio, head of the Intesa Sanpaolo Sales & Marketing department
"We offer consultancy services on various financial aspects, both for economic support during the construction phase. We believe in the value and potential of the Italian film industry and we confirm our commitment to support and relaunch it also through development projects in line with the objectives of the PNRR. As part of the Motore Italia strategic funding programme, Intesa Sanpaolo has made 500 million euros available for the revitalization of the audiovisual sector, offering solutions for the digital transition and the recovery of competitiveness, production management and opening up to the international market. in addition to the advance of the VAT credit and the transfer of the tax credit.” Intesa Sanpaolo is the leader in the national audiovisual market with around 2 billion euros disbursed to the sector since 2009, over 200 operators in the national supply chain supported, around 550 works supported in the production of films and TV series and around 150 commercials , factual and format TV.
