Matteo Mascanzoni

PIZZERIA GAIA (German/Italian Half-Hour – Pitch with Julius Kalisch) Comedy ⋄ Family A passionate but conflict-averse chef loses his pizzeria at Lake Garda due to his divorce and has to move with his entire Italian-German family to Berlin to rebuild their lives and become the best restaurant in the city.

Untitled Mother/Son Roadtrip (Feature Film – In Development) Drama When her adventurous son takes his own life, a grieving small-town mother retraces his steps around the world, guided by his lingering presence as she uncovers his secret life and confronts her own guilt.

DISAPPEARED (German/Italian Miniserie – In Development) Mystery ⋄ Science Fiction When a tourist’s sister goes missing at Lake Garda, an Italian tour guide is forced to confront the tragedy that struck his family 15 years ago. While the police dismiss his supernatural theories, he must convince the pragmatic German tourist and physicist to solve the mystery beneath the water’s surface – and find their way to one other along the way.

Supermundane Fantasy ⋄ Mystery After four middle-aged homemakers are suddenly possessed by magical abilities, they struggle to keep the mundane from going insane, catching the attention of a mysterious, powerful corporation.

Secrets Island Fantasy ⋄ Mystery When her only family becomes the prime suspect in a mysterious disappearance, a co-dependent resort entertainer untangles her new co-workers’ dangerous web of secrets and uncovers her own magical connection to another world.