In June 2026, 28 new film and television productions* began in Italy. This brings the total for the first half of 2026 to 125 – which also includes 15 that began shooting in 2025. In addition, there is an international co-production (Italy, Canada, Switzerland) being shot entirely abroad.
These productions will film for a total of 271 weeks in June and the following months (including two weeks in 2027). Italian crews account for a total of 2,204 people, supported by 26 foreign professionals. Foreign productions will be present in Italy for a total of 19.5 weeks, employing 170+ people, with about twenty foreign professionals.
Directing remains a male dominated profession: 25 of the 28 films in the June sample.
More than half of the films that began production in June (15) are feature-length films, then 7 miniseries; 3 TV films, and 3 medium-run series.
The 28 productions included only one documentary.
At June 2026, 24 Italian productions, 2 international co-productions, and 2 foreign productions have begun shooting. These include Bentornati al Sud, third instalment of the saga that made the Cilento town of Castellabate one of the most famous locations in Italian cinema, as Luca Minari returns to direct Claudio Bisio, Alessandro Siani, and Angela Finocchiaro. Massimiliano Gallo reprises the role of Vincenzo Malinconico – Avvocato d’insuccesso, in Salerno for the third season. Pupi Avati tries his hand at a series, directing five episodes of Gotico padano, which investigates a mystery buried in the desolate and fascinating Po lagoon. Ferzan Özpetek directs an ensemble cast in Nella gioia e nel dolore in Rome. July features work on season 7 of Mare Fuori, season 9 of Che Dio ci aiuti, season 2 of Stefano Sollima's Il mostro, and season 3 of Martin Scorsese's anthology series The Saints, which delves into the lives of saints.
More than 70% of the productions have passed (or are scheduled to pass) through Lazio, in particular in and around Rome: this comes to 20 productions which include (in addition to Özpetek as mentioned above), the new film from Leonardo Pieraccioni, Un weekend artificiale, and Alessandro Veronesi's La notte delle fragole, starring Ficarra and Picone.
Five productions focus on Milan, returning centre stage with Bentornati al Sud (also filmed in Castellabate and Rome), the new Sky series Quelli che...la mala, and significantly, Gennaro Nunziante's film Vietato ai minori starring Palermo-born comedian Angelo Duro (present in Lombardy for 7.5 weeks).
*Data and information in this article may be incomplete.