‘Primo Viaggio,’ Presented Last Year at Locarno’s Alliance 4 Development, Has Wrapped and Heading for Venice Gap-Financing Market (EXCLUSIVE)

Aug 9, 2026 11:50pm PT ‘Primo Viaggio,’ Presented Last Year at Locarno’s Alliance 4 Development, Has Wrapped and Heading for Venice Gap-Financing Market (EXCLUSIVE)

Produced by Nanni Moretti's Rome-based Sacher Film and Andrea Marcelli's Halley Production in Paris, the film, seen as a Locarno success story after shooting in Italy, Spain and France

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From left: Casey Kauffman, Andrea Marcelli, Benedetta Barroero and Alessandro Cassigoli during the shooting of 'Primo Viaggio' in Marseille Courtesy of Andrea Marcelli

Less than one year after the producers met at the Locarno Film Festival‘s Alliance 4 Development co-development platform, “Primo Viaggio,” produced by Italy’s Sacher Film and France’s Halley Production, has wrapped after shooting on location in Naples, Málaga and Marseille between June and July of this year.

Written and directed by Alessandro Cassigoli and Casey Kauffman, behind award-winning pics “Californie” and “Vittoria,” “Primo Viaggio” is now bound for the Venice Film Festival’s Gap-Financing Market, where the producers aim to connect with potential sales agents, festival programmers and investors.

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