Lux Vide Opens New Studio

Fremantle’s Lux Vide has expanded its studio space with the launch of a new facility in Formello, Rome.

Its fifth studio, the new facility measures 1,150 square meters, adding to the 3,700 square meters from the four existing studios, making it one of the largest, most sustainable and technologically advanced production spaces in Europe.

Benefiting from the tax credit, more than €6 million were invested in the construction of the new studio and postproduction hub, taking the total studio production capacity to nearly 5,000 square meters, which employs, on average, 250 people a day and over 50,000 industry professionals every year.

Italy’s deputy culture minister, Lucia Bergonzoni, said: “Every piece added to the path that leads to the development of the Italian TV & film system is a milestone to celebrate. And so I congratulate Lux Vide for this new important project that has been a great public and private demonstration by sharing the same strategic vision and working side by side to achieve a common goal: the strengthening of the TV and film industry, being an engine for cultural and economic growth of our country, as well as its attractiveness on an international scale.”

Luca Bernabei, CEO of Lux Vide, added: “Businesses, like production companies, day after day, need a ‘factory.’ My hope is that Studio 5 can be the place where the ideas of our creatives can take shape and substance. It is here that the stories will help fascinate millions of Italian families, stories capable of exporting the values of Lux Vide and the beauty of our country all over the world will come to life.”

Andrea Scrosati, Fremantle Group COO, CEO of Continental Europe and president of Lux Vide, said: “Lux Vide’s qualities include combining craftsmanship with an international industrial model. An ambitious company that, from today, has a new ‘home’ where cutting-edge and competitive equipment and technologies will be at the service of creativity. A virtuous model of investment in the territory and made in Italy that makes Fremantle even more proud to have welcomed Matilde and Luca Bernabei and all the talents of Lux Vide into its family.”