- Full Time Employees
- 32
- Sector
- Consumer services
- Industry
- Movies/Entertainment
- Address
- Rome Italy
- IPO Date
- Dec 18, 2013
- Business
- Leone Film Group S.p.A. is an independent Italian media and entertainment company engaged in the financing, production, co-production, and distribution of cinematographic films, television series, and digital audiovisual content. Founded in 1989 by filmmaker Sergio Leone and headquartered in Rome, Italy, the company operates across the complete audiovisual value chain through two core business segments: Production and Distribution. Through its primary production subsidiary, Lotus Production S.r.l., along with dedicated creative divisions such as Lotus Factory, the group develops, finances, and executes original feature films, scripted drama series, docuseries, and unscripted entertainment formats for theatrical release, traditional linear networks, and global direct-to-consumer streaming services.
The company's commercial portfolio comprises feature-length film production and co-production services spanning comedy, drama, biographical, and genre cinema; high-end scripted television and streaming series development and executive production; theatrical distribution and marketing operations across the Italian territory; physical home video distribution; television broadcasting and intellectual property rights licensing across pay-television, free-to-air broadcasting networks, subscription video-on-demand (SVOD), advertising-supported video-on-demand (AVOD), and transactional video-on-demand (TVOD) platforms; international rights sales, pre-sales, and co-production management; and integrated entertainment marketing, communications, and brand promotional services. Leone Film Group maintains multi-year output and licensing alliances with major international studios and production houses, including Lionsgate, Summit Entertainment, DreamWorks, and Amblin Partners, securing exclusive multi-window distribution rights for premium Hollywood and global releases within the Italian territory.
In recent corporate and strategic developments, Leone Film Group finalized the sale of a 49% equity stake in its corporate vehicle LV Legacy Media S.r.l. to Vice Pictures S.r.l., an investment entity managed by LMDV Capital, completing a significant corporate transaction aimed at optimizing capital structure and deepening strategic industry ties. The company achieved a return to full-year net profitability for fiscal year 2025, generating consolidated revenues of 46.7 million euros underpinned by accelerated deliveries of flagship television series to premier streaming platforms including Disney+ and Netflix, alongside strong performance across its theatrical and digital distribution catalog. In addition, the group expanded its production capacity through strategic operational collaborations with Cinecittà Studios and international co-financiers to leverage audiovisual tax incentives and scale its pipeline of multi-territory scripted television and feature film projects.