Saturday February 26, 2005 at 4:30 p.m. in Locarno in the Sopracenerina Electric Company Building (in Piazza Grande), Professor Marino Viganò will hold a press conference on the thesis which accredits the construction of the "Rivellino" of the Locarno viscount castle to Leonardo da Vinci. The production of the "Leonardo a Locarno" documentary will also be presented..

La Sarraz Pictures has obtained an option on the rights to develop the documentary project on the “Rivellino of Leonardo” about the castle of Locarno in Switzerland.

La Sarraz Pictures with the support of Cult Network Italia (Sky) and Istituto Luce produces a documentary series in six episodes about the story of the picture card “Stick-on stories” (Celo, celo, manca), directed by Andrea Nobile.

La Sarraz Pictures has taken out an option on the subject for the creative documentary of Francesca Gentile and Ivana Bosso by the temporary title “Alma doble”.

It’s an Italian – Argentinean co-production that develops between Europe and Buenos Aires.

La Sarraz Pictures has taken out an option on the subject for the creative documentary of Gianluca and Massimiliano De Serio by the temporay title “The factory of dreams”, the project is set in Tirana (Albania).

RAI has bought the documentary “Kitantara – Piccole storie”, while the international and the homevideo rights have been acquired by RaiTrade.

La Sarraz Pictures will be present at the IDFA in Amsterdam from the 20th to 24th of November.

La Sarraz Pictures takes part in the programme AL Invest in Brussels from the 8th to 10th of November, a market for the co-production and the promotion of the partnership with Latin America.

La Sarraz Pictures attends DocsBarcelona as an observer at the “Pitching session” organized by EDN in Barcelona (Spain) from the 2nd to 6th of October 2004.

Stefano Lescovelli has passed away, La Sarraz Pictures, that had the pleasure and the honour of working together with him (Epoché – Sospensione), remembers him with affection and regret first of all as a man of great worth and kindness and also as an actor of undeniable ability. La Sarraz has edited the new version of Epoché – Sospensione dedicated to his memory.

La Sarraz Pictures attends Doc in Europe as an observer at the “Pitching session” organized by EDNin Bardonecchia (Italy) from the 6th to 10th of July.

 

It starts the production of “Kitantara – Piccole storie”; the documentary set in Madagascar is about the childhood conditions on the island.

The documentary is directed by Alessandro Borrelli.

La Sarraz Cinematografica changes its name to La Sarraz Pictures.  From this day, it develops also the projects for creative documentaries.