Film studios and backlots to film in Italy
12 of them, 2 with a photo and 11 with practical details the location publishes itself. 4 have a documented shooting history. Every entry links to the location or to the body that manages it.
Sound stages, backlots, water tanks and virtual production volumes you can hire, with the crew base and power that go with them.
Shooting in Italy pays back through the Tax credit for international productions (40%): work out the net value on your own spend in the incentive comparison.
Cinecittà
Studio & backlot
Historic Rome studio complex founded in 1937, with sound stages including the vast Teatro 5 and permanent backlot sets such as ancient Rome.
Seen in: Ben-Hur (1959), La Dolce Vita (1960), Rome (2005-2007, HBO/BBC)
22 soundstages (24 planned) from 380 to 3,500 m2, the largest Stage 22 (3,500 m2) and Stage 5 (2,880 m2), each with dressing rooms, offices, makeup...
Y-40 The Deep Joy
Studio & backlot
An underwater filming tank inside the Hotel Terme Millepini in Montegrotto Terme, with thermal water down to 42 metres, used for underwater photo and video shoots and advertising campaigns.
Pool of 21 m x 18 m holding 4,300 cubic metres of thermal water at 32-34 degrees C. Platforms at -1.3 m (18 x 5 m), -5 m, -6 m and -8 m (5 x 4 m...
10 Watt Location
Studio & backlot
A multi-studio complex in Milan's Navigli district with several naturally lit photo and video studios for advertising and events, listed by Lombardy's film commission since 2004.
Seen in: Trivago, Kinley, Banca Mediolanum
Six spaces with published specifications: Spazio Light 200 mq, ceiling up to 6.10 m, 30 kW three-phase and single-phase power; Spazio Color 245 mq...
Arca Studios
Studio & backlot
A production facility in the Docks Dora industrial complex in Turin, with two soundproofed recording studios and around 400 square metres of flexible set and event space for small and medium productions.
Two soundproofed studios for dubbing, sound recording and Foley; two multi-purpose halls (Sala Rossa and Sala Bianca); about 400 sqm of rentable space...
Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia - Sicilia
Studio & backlot
The Sicilian branch of Italy's national film school, housed in the Cantieri Culturali alla Zisa cultural complex in Palermo, with a 250 square metre sound stage and audio and color grading suites.
Capacity: 100 · Housed in pavilion 6 of the Cantieri culturali alla Zisa in Palermo, with 1,800 square metres of covered space: an events area with a 100-seat...
Cineporto dell'Emilia-Romagna
Studio & backlot
A privately built production studio near Modena with a column free sound stage, offices and post-production suites, designed for film, advertising and photo shoots with easy truck access.
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Cineporto di Bari
Studio & backlot
A production support centre for Apulia Film Commission inside the Fiera del Levante exhibition grounds in Bari, with production offices, casting and costume facilities and a small in-house cinema.
About 1,200 sqm total: equipped production offices, casting rooms, hair and make-up rooms, costume storage, a set-design workshop, and an HD screening...
Distretto Campano dell'Audiovisivo
Studio & backlot
A production hub for Film Commission Regione Campania in a former NATO Southern Europe base at Bagnoli, Naples, with offices, workshops and a screening and color grading room across 10,000 square metres.
10,000 sqm across 4 levels in the former San Laise Park education/NATO complex: casting rooms, wardrobe/props/set-decoration workrooms and storerooms,...
Manifatture Digitali Cinema - MDC Prato
Studio & backlot
A production support centre run by Toscana Film Commission in Prato, offering infrastructure for audiovisual productions alongside a tailoring workshop and a theatre nearby in the same district.
Capacity: 90 · Cineporto with three furnished temporary production offices with fast internet, a casting room with waiting area, a make-up and hairdressing room and...
On Air Milano
Studio & backlot
A virtual production studio in Milan built around an LED-wall stage for commercials and television, running since 1991 with in-house post-production alongside the shooting stage.
Seen in: Zero, 23, Grimaldi Lines, UPower Lifestyle
An LED-wall virtual production stage plus 12 post-production workstations on site.
Teatro Tre
Studio & backlot
A production studio in Milan offering sound-stage space for advertising, fashion and television shoots alongside its own set-design, scenography and costume workshops, operating since 1984.
Seen in: Lavazza, Prada, Maserati, Vodafone
Three stages: Teatro Grande 646,35 mq, Teatro Medio 240,75 mq and Teatro Piccolo 110 mq, with floor plans published as PDF and DWG. On site: canteen,...
Videoporto Genova
Studio & backlot
A production support centre run by Genova-Liguria Film Commission inside Villa Durazzo Bombrini in Cornigliano, Genoa, with a sound stage, guest accommodation and workshop space for visiting productions.
Sound stage with a perimeter cyclorama rail at 5 m, fixed and mobile overhead rails with pantographs for lighting at 7 m, a green screen limbo 5 m...
Film studios and backlots elsewhere in Europe
Other kinds of location in Italy
- Theatres, arenas and venues 14
- Industrial and derelict locations 30
- Offices, schools and public buildings 13
- Transport and infrastructure 19
- Hospitals, prisons and institutions 8
- Bars, restaurants and shops 8
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