Viola Film was founded in June 2016 by Producer Alessandro Passadore and Eric Welbers, CEO of the German company Bravado Media.
Since 1996 Alessandro Passadore has worked as Executive Producer for many foreign movies, as well as for dozens of Italian movies and TV series, working with the most important national film production companies.
Now, his main focus is producing high-quality content for Italy and Europe with Viola Film as an independent company. Viola Film also realises many executive productions for international companies wishing to shoot in Italy.
In 2019, its first feature film, the thriller "Non sono un assassino", with Riccardo Scamarcio, Edoardo Pesce e Claudia Gerini was released in Italian cinemas.
Also in 2019, the 6 episodes TV series "Ognuno è Perfetto", with Edoardo Leo and Cristiana Capotondi.
In 2022, Rai 1 broadcast the four-episode TV series "Vincenzo Malinconico, Avvocato d'Insuccesso" based on the novels by Diego De Silva, published by Einaudi, whose second season aired in December 2024.
Also in 2024, Rai 1 aired the miniseries "Mike", which tells the incredible story of Mike Bongiorno's life, that premiered at the Rome Film Festival 2024.
As a service Viola Film has followed the realisation of numerous international projects over the years, such as Terrence Malick's last two films and the American production "The Last Voyage of Demeter" as well as projects for the most important European broadcasters (ZDF, Degeto) and platforms (Netflix, Paramount + and Prime Video). Among the main jobs as a service in 2022 Viola Film handled the most expensive European TV production ever, "The Swarm", involving German, French, Italian, Swedish and Japanese broadcasters.