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VS Films

We produced BLOODLINE (2023) by Walter Nicoletti and David Cinnella, qualified for the Oscars® 2024 in the Live Action Short Film category, RED MARKET (2021) by Walter Nicoletti, qualified for the Oscars® 2023 in the Live Action Short Film category, MATERNITY FOR SALE (2019) by Walter Nicoletti, Nemo Propheta (2019) by David Cinnella, MIA (2018) by David Cinnella, BASILICATADVENTURE (2017) by Walter Nicoletti, TEK (2016) by David Cinnella and MATERA SNOWFALL by Walter Nicoletti.

BLOODLINE

Bloodline tells the story of Agostino, son of notorious gangster Don Salvatore, who challenges his family’s criminal legacy, risking everything to rewrite his own destiny.

The short film won Francis Ford Coppola’s Italian competition and qualified for the Oscars® 2024 in the Live Action Short Film category. Made with the support and collaboration of the Republic of Italy, the Basilicata Region and the Municipality of Bernalda.

RED MARKET

Red Market is the story of Aurelio, a medical surgeon, who decides to turn to an international organ trafficking broker to pay off a debt caused by gambling addiction.

The film has won the following awards and honors: Oscar® 2023 Qualification in the Live Action Short Film category, New York Cinematography Awards (Best Drama Film), Actors Awards Los Angeles (Walter Nicoletti Best Supporting Actor), Los Angeles Cinematography Awards (Walter Nicoletti Best Supporting Actor), Los Angeles Film Awards (Finalist), Paris Cinema Awards (Best Drama Film), Tokyo Film Awards (Best Dramatic Film), Dallas Movie Awards (FInalist), Cardiff International Film Festival (Official Selection), Dublin World Film Festival (Finalist), Europa Film Festival (Finalist), Rai Cinema Channel Award (Official Selection), Cefalù Film Festival (Honorable Mention), Lift Off Global Session PInewood Studios London (Official Selection), Procida Film Festival (Official Selection)

MATERNITY FOR SALE

MATERNITY FOR SALE is the story of Monica, a college student, who decides to sell positive pregnancy tests online to pay for her studies. The film, which is in collaboration with the City of Matera, won the 2019 World Film Fair in Los Angeles as Best Italian Short Film. In 2021 it was selected at the Only The Best Film Awards in Miami. In 2020 it received 2 nominations at the Nice International Film Festival and another 2 nominations at the Antwerp International Film Festival. In 2019 it was a semi-finalist at the 2019 Los Angeles Cine Fest, a finalist at the 2019 CortoDino Film Festival, and was selected at the 2019 Florence Film Awards.

NEMO PROPHETA

Nemo Propheta is the story of Marco, a young filmmaker, who decides to leave Italy to find work abroad. The film won the 2019 World Film Fair in Los Angeles as Best European Short, won the 2020 Nice International Film Festival as Best Foreign Short, and received 2 nominations at the Antwerp International Film Festival. It was selected in the following festivals:

Rai Cinema Festival Tulips of Black Silk 2020 – Antwerp International Film Festival 2020 – Marateale 2020 – Lift Off Global Network 2020 (Pinewood Studios), Los Angeles Cine Fest 2019, Los Angeles Lift Off Film Festival 2019 – Rome Independent Prisma Awards.

MIA

Mia is the story of Lucia, an aspiring youtuber, who is engaged to Marco, who soon proves aggressive and violent and in revenge posts photos and videos of her online.

The film won the 2018 Miami Spring International Film Festival, was a finalist at the 2018 New York Mobile Film Festival, a finalist at the 2018 Black Silk Tulips, selected by Rai Cinema and aired on Rai Uno, selected at the 2018 Time Line Film Festival, Corto Nero Noir Short Film Competition 2018, Super 9 Mobile Film Festival 2018, African Smartphone International Film Festival 2018, and Corti a Sud-Polla in Corto 2018.

BASILICATADVENTURE

Basilicatadventure is a drone video promoting Basilicata Region. The film won Reff React Film Fest 2018 in Catanzaro, was selected at Cefalù Film Festival 2018, International Tourism Film Fest 2018 in Riga, International Festival of Outdoor Films 2018 in Ostrava, Los Angeles Cine Fest 2018, Mimo Milano Mobile Film Festival 2018 and Nepal International Film Festival 2018.

TEK

Tek is the first Italian sci fi western. It tells the story of a lone gunfighter who wanders the desert lands of a dystopian future in search of those who exterminated his family. The film won the World Cinema Milan 2017, Indie Fest Film Awards 2018, Oniros Film Awards 2018, Festigious Film Festival 2017 in Los Angeles, was selected at Zed Film Fest 2017 in Los Angeles, Sydney Indie Film Festival 2017, Silicon Valley International Film Festival 2017, Los Angeles Film Awards 2017, Los Angeles Cine Fest 2018, Imaginarium Convention 2017 in Luisville, Hollywood Screenings Film Festival 2018, and Cosmopolis Film Awards 2017.

MATERA SNOWFALL

Matera Snowfall is a drone video promoting the city of Matera, European Capital of Culture 2019. Sequences from the film were aired on Rai Due in 2018 and used by the news site Fanpage.