Mediawan Invests in Mario Gianani & Lorenzo Mieli’s OUR Films

Mediawan has acquired a majority stake in OUR Films, the newly established production and film financing company set up by Mario Gianani and Lorenzo Mieli.

OUR Films was launched in early 2024 with its base in Rome. It reunites Gianani and Mieli in a new venture focused on working with established and emerging European, U.S. and international filmmakers and talent across features, documentaries and series.

Mieli, the former CEO of Fremantle Italia, with whom he created The Apartment Pictures in 2020, has produced films such as The Hand of God, Luca Guadagnino’s Bones and All, Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla and Paolo Sorrentino’s Parthenope.

Gianani’s films include The Mafia Only Kills in Summer, The Eight Mountains, There Is Still Tomorrow and Kirill Serebrennikov’s Limonov—The Ballad.

Together, Gianani and Mieli have teamed on numerous productions, including international successes such as HBO’s The Young Pope and The New Pope, both created by Sorrentino; Guadagnino’s We Are Who We Are, also for HBO; and HBO’s My Brilliant Friend, directed by Saverio Costanzo and adapted from the best-selling novels written by Elena Ferrante and translated worldwide.

Pierre-Antoine Capton, co-founder and CEO of The Mediawan Group, and Elisabeth d’Arvieu, CEO of Mediawan Pictures, said: “We are delighted to welcome Lorenzo and Mario, two of the industry’s most accomplished producers of internationally acclaimed films and series, who inspire us with their taste and modern creative edge. Through OUR Films, we are reinforcing our ambition to bring together the greatest talent behind the best content worldwide.”

“We could not be more excited to reunite under our new OUR Films banner and join forces with the brilliant and passionate Mediawan team,” said Mieli and Gianani. “Together, we are building a new creative hub to support the world’s best filmmakers in telling bold and courageous stories that elevate our lives and the art form through shared cinematic excellence. This is the goal for OUR Films.”

Mieli and Gianani continued, “’OUR’ symbolizes our partnership with artists, as we stand alongside them to champion their vision and projects from the very beginning to the distribution stage. Through our efforts and financial resources, we commit to protecting and sharing with our creatives the control, empowerment and freedom necessary to uphold the integrity of their art. This is the mission of OUR Films.”