Italian producer Annamaria Morelli, who took the reins at Fremantle-owned production company the Apartment in early 2024, is having a pretty good year.

She recently landed movies in both the Cannes and Venice competitions, including Paolo Sorrentino ’s well-received Lido opener “La Grazia.”

The Apartment was behind Mario Martone’s Cannes competition drama, ”Fuori,” on which it teamed with Indigo Film. This was Morelli’s first project since taking over from the Rome shingle’s previous chief Lorenzo Mieli.

Mieli — who launched the Apartment in 2020 and went on to form Our Films with producer Mario Gianani — had shaped the shingle as a home for high-end projects by prominent Italian helmers including Sorrentino, Luca Guadagnino and Stefano Sollima, as well as international talents such

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