The studio
Nineteen yearsbehind the camera.
Antares Film started in 2007 as a sole trader in Rovigo and is today a limited company based in Terracina, on the coast south of Rome. It produces its own television formats, shoots campaigns for public bodies and supplies technical service to broadcasters.
The founder
Marco Zarotti
Founder, managing director, director
Marco Zarotti has been a television director and producer for over twenty-five years. He graduated in Film Studies from the University of Bologna and founded Antares Film in 2007.
He is co-creator, writer, director and producer of The Coach, the performing-arts talent show now in its eighth season. Across those seasons he led the technical evolution of the gallery: motorised dollies, an expanded camera fleet, a complete rebuild of the television studio.
On the service side he has more than fifteen years specialising on the Jimmy Jib, in continuous collaboration with Nonni & Film: ski world championships, Serie A football, Modena Park, Pope Francis’ visit to Genoa.
- Born in
- Terracina, Italy, 1973
- Education
- Film Studies — University of Bologna
- Role
- Direction, executive production, technical direction
- In development
- Milly — a genre feature film
Timeline
How we got here.
Not a list of awards: the moments that changed the way the studio works.
- 2007
Antares Film is founded
Marco Zarotti opens the studio in Rovigo. Today it is a limited company based in Terracina, south of Rome.
- 2011
The first documentary
“A scuola di libertà”, on teaching the Constitution in Italian schools.
- 2016
The Ministry of Health
Technical direction on national institutional campaigns. The studio enters the world of public commissioning.
- 2017
Modena Park and Genoa
The Jimmy Jib on Italy’s biggest stages and on Pope Francis’ visit.
- 2018
The Coach goes on air
The performing-arts format makes its television debut. Eight seasons follow.
- 2026
Own formats and production
The eighth season of The Coach, development on the feature film Milly, service work on Power Hits Estate and Art Village Rome.
Why us
Three things that make the difference.
We own the equipment
The Jimmy Jib, the cameras, the switchers and the studio are ours. When we commit to a date, we are not hoping a rental house confirms it.
The writer directs
The format is signed by the same person who then sits in the gallery. Nobody has to interpret somebody else’s intentions under pressure.
We can work inside a tender
Awarded a public tender by the Italian Ministry of Health and registered on MEPA: specifications, deadlines and paperwork do not frighten us.
Work with us
The best way to get to know us is to give us a deadline.
Tell us about the project and we will tell you how we would make it, with which crew and in how many days.