The FILM COMMISSION FOUNDATION of ROME, the PROVINCES and LAZIO was founded on February 5, 2007, encompassing the Lazio Region, the Municipality of Rome, the Province of Rome, the Province of Frosinone, the Province of Rieti and the Province of Viterbo, to replace the previous Lazio organizations, the Rome Film Commission and the Lazio Film Commission.
The goal of the new organization, “to encourage national and foreign film and audiovisual producers to invest and produce in Rome and the region, to promote the image of Rome and Lazio in the region,... to publicize its natural and cultural heritage and to encourage increased competition throughout the area...” (Founding statement of the Rome and Lazio Film Commission).
On October 1, 2007, the foundation moved into its headquarters at 18 Via Virgilio, where it continues to carry out activities aimed at promoting cinema, audiovisual media and coproductions, serving as a point of contact between the principal national and international companies and Lazio, the traditional land of great cinema.
The foundation supports cinema and audiovisual productions by providing a platform for the development of International coproduction with the organization of coproduction meetings during the main film festivals (Cannes, Berlin, Rome, Hong Kong, Singapore, Mumbai). It offers support and guidance regarding the financial resources the Lazio regions can make available to the film and audiovisual industry.
The Rome and Lazio Film Commission has partnered with Capital Regions for Cinema (CRC), a network of Film Commissions of European capital regions of Ile de France – Paris, Lazio – Rome, Berlin-Brandenburg, Comunidad de Madrid-Madrid, which, on October 2, 2007, obtained the European Patronage of Viviane Reding, commissioner of the European Society for Information and Media.
The Rome and Lazio Film Commission assists national and International productions in finding qualified professionals. It arranges to provide supplies and services, offering productions the best hotels, services, transportation, catering, rentals, etc., and helps in the obtaining of filming permits throughout the region. It offers productions accurate location scouting dedicated to finding the most suitable and innovative locations.