Founded by veteran producer Gabriella Martinelli (Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo & Juliet, David Cronenberg’s Dead Ringers, M Butterfly andNaked Lunch, Clive Barker’s Night Breed, and Terry Gilliam’s Tideland) Capri Films develops and produces feature film, television, and documentary projects from conception to delivery. The Capri brand is known for its discerning taste and delivery of high end product for the Canadian and international marketplace. Features include Between Strangers starring Sophia Loren, Tideland starring Jeff Bridges, and Suck, a rock n’ roll vampire comedy with Alice Copper, Iggy Pop, Henry Rollins, Moby and Malcolm McDowell.. For television, Capri has co-producedLives Of The Saints, starring Sophia Loren and Kris Kristofferson and two event mini-series on the life of the late Pope John Paul II, Karol: The Man who became Pope, and Karol: The Pope who stayed a Man.
From left to right: Cocksure by Mordecai Richler, Sophia Loren in Lives of the Saints, Jodelle Ferland and Jeff Bridges in Tideland, Julie Christie and Gordon Pinsent in Away From Her Director Edoardo Ponti on the set of Between Strangers, Villeneuve poster.
In 2004 Capri opened a boutique distribution division, Capri Releasing, for the distribution of Canadian and world specialty films. In 2007, they released Sarah Polley’s acclaimed debut feature Away From Her, starring Julie Christie and Gordon Pinsent.
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