Il Sorpasso
Backstage · dir. Dino Risi · 1962 · Archive Cinqo
Film, TV series and documentaries — Cinqo enters production with one of the most experienced and awarded producers in Italian cinema history, built on a 3-million-work archive and decades of industry expertise.
The first Italian-Spanish film production company based in Lanzarote
Through Livia Risi, Cinqo has direct access to the filmographic rights of Dino Risi — director of Il Sorpasso, I Mostri, Profumo di donna — and Claudio Risi. This means the archive does not simply document Italian cinema history: it is part of it. No other production company in the world holds this combination of archival material and family rights.
Most production companies start from zero. Cinqo starts from 3 million works — photographs, documents and artworks from the golden age of Italian cinema, available as authentic material for every production.
Combined with Pietro Innocenzi's 70 years of industry expertise, his international network and his proven track record across film and television — this is a production structure unlike anything else operating today.
Italian films and Italian-Spanish co-productions. In collaboration with Pietro Innocenzi and La Scala Cinematografica at Cinecittà Roma — a structure with over 300 films produced and distributed by RAI, Mediaset, Warner Bros and Walt Disney.
Millions of viewers. Every genre. Pietro Innocenzi has built careers, launched stars and delivered series to Italian and international broadcasters for over half a century. Comedy, thriller, drama, documentary — we do not choose a lane. We work in all of them, with the access and the experience to get made what deserves to be made.
The truth is in the archive. Three million photographs, documents and artworks from the golden age of Italian cinema — unpublished, unfiltered, waiting to be told. No other production company in the world can make a documentary about Italian cultural history from the inside. We can. And we will.
If you have a project connected to Italian culture, history or cinema — we have the archive, the producer and the structure to bring it to life. Send us your treatment or concept.
We are in development on multiple formats. If you are commissioning Italian content or looking for co-production partners with proven credentials and unique archival access — talk to us.
Italian film benefits from significant public funding and tax incentives. Combined with Pietro Innocenzi's track record and the commercial value of the Cinqo archive, the investment case is strong.
Branded content, institutional documentaries and cultural productions for organisations that want to be connected to Italian cultural heritage with the credibility of a world-class producer.
If you have a story to tell, we have everything needed to tell it properly.