Amarena Film is a production and world sales company founded with the aim of discovering and promoting creative and passionate talents with daring, challenging and gripping stories with an international breath.
We develop new projects, working closely with talents, creating and bringing stories alive and distributing them worldwide.
The films in our sales lineup have been selected in major international festivals
Raffaella Pontarelli is an Italian film producer, alumna of the TFL Feature Lab and BDC Discoveries. She holds an MA in Languages and Literatures, complemented by training in Film Distribution Finance, Marketing & Sales through a course organized by ANICA. With extensive experience in production management, programming, acquisitions, and international sales, she worked at the Raindance Film Festival, covering different roles including Senior Programmer and VOD Acquisitions. She later worked as sales agent focusing on international acquisitions and sales. In 2020 she founded Amarena Film.