Idda Secures Italian Distribution After Toronto Premiere
FilmClub Distribuzione has acquired Italian rights to Idda, the new film from director Irene Dionisio, as reported by The Hollywood Reporter. The deal was disclosed on 13 September during the Toronto International Film Festival. The film had its world premiere in Platform, the festival's competitive section for distinctive new cinema.
Tecla Insolia and Romana Maggiora Vergano lead the cast. They play Adele and Sofia, childhood friends now in their thirties. Their bond comes under strain while travelling through the volcanic country around Mount Etna in Sicily.
The Italian agreement was made with Rai Cinema International Distribution, which is also organising international sales. In practice, that sales team is offering the film country by country at TIFF: The Market, Toronto's industry marketplace where distributors buy rights for their own territories. The deal was negotiated by Fulvio Firrito for Rai Cinema International Distribution and Andrea Curti for FilmClub Distribuzione, according to the same report.
FilmClub Distribuzione is a Minerva Pictures company. Curti is its chief executive and head of acquisitions.
Idda is Dionisio's second narrative feature. She started in documentaries before moving into fiction with Pawn Street, which debuted at Venice in 2017. She co-wrote Idda with Marco Borromei. The producers are Giovanni Pompili, Isabella Weber, Filippo Montalto, Francesco Montalto, Francesco Grisi, Giorgia Priolo and Antonio Miyakawa. The production shot on Mount Etna itself, as noted by Cineuropa.
Dionisio was born in Torino and studied philosophy of history and aesthetics at the University of Turin, according to TIFF. Idda was the only Italian feature selected to compete in Platform 2026, as reported by Cinecitta News. Platform is Toronto's competition strand, judged by a jury.
What makes this stand out is the order of business. Italy is sorted. The rest of the world is still to come. International buyers are now being approached in Toronto. The stakes are simple. The Platform winner this year receives a direct path to consideration for the International Feature Film Oscar, according to TIFF. That puts extra attention on every title in the line-up.
