Victoria Media srl  -  by Francesco Papa:
 
Indipendent producer expert in Italian and EU movie finance subsidies, he gained an extensive experience in the United States. He founded Victoria Media based in Cinecittà Studios, a business offering financing and operational advisory services to producers  in Italy.
 
Produttore indipendente, esperto di finanziamenti statali e comunitari, ha lavorato a lungo negli Stati Uniti. Fondatore di Victoria Media con base a Cinecittà Studios, società che offre servizi logistici e finanziari a produttori per le attività svolte in Italia.

VICTORIA MEDIA was founded by Francesco Papa in 1998 after a long career as assistant director (Franco Zeffirelli, Mauro Bolognini, Gerard Oury, Robert Altman, Renny Harlin, Michael Lehman, etc.), casting director and production manager and, together with Surf Film and Filmax of Barcellona produced "IL TOCCO" (The Touch - news about the movie 1) starring Imanol Arias, Franco Nero, Thomas Kretschmann and Ruth Gabriel, an Italian-Spanish co-production distributed by Medusa in Italy and sold in another 50 territories. The film, shot on location in Sitges, Barcellona, Chianciano and Rome is a modern re-make of "The Hustler" and "The Color of Money", in which the young female protagonist, disguised as a man, defeats the world champions of billiards. Francesco Papa worked also as Executive Producer.
 

Francesco Papa's long working experience with Mauro Bolognini, a world recognized director of films adapted from literature, led him to produce his second film "UNINVITED" (L'Escluso - news about the movie 1 - 2- 3), after having attained the rights of the novel of the same title published in Italy by Baldini & Castoldi. The film was distributed by Cecchi Gori and starred Vanessa Redgrave, Eli Wallach and Adam Hann-Byrd. Shot entirely in New York it was selected by more than thirty of the most prestigious film festivals and was sold around the world.
 

In 2001 he produced the short feature "ACCHIAPPA E SCAPPA", a homage to the Italian Commedia, shot with the latest high definition technology and with the music of Paul Freeman. The film was selected by various film festivals in France, Germany, Canada and Italy.

Recent projects include a 30 minute pilot for the television series entitled "SALA PROVE", directed by and starring Jerry Calà and with the music of  Paul Freeman.  The series follows the lives of a group of young students, their social and familial problems and how they find the tools necessary to confront life through their school of music.