Minerva Pictures is an independent production and distribution company based in Rome, operating in the film and audiovisual market since 1953.
Over 120 films and more than 40 documentaries have been produced, many of which have received prestigious awards both in Italy and abroad. In recent years, the company has also initiated and consolidated its activity in the development and production of TV series.
With a library consisting of over 2850 titles, 1500 of which have worldwide rights, enriched with masterpieces and rare gems that have marked the history of cinema, Minerva Pictures has established itself as a solid reference point in the national and international film market as a producer, distributor, and multimedia publisher.
The company was founded in 1953, when Antonio Curti entered the world of the seventh art by acquiring the historic Minerva brand. Gruppo Minerva International was founded in the early 1970s, based on the experience gained by founding partner Ermanno Curti. In the second half of the 1980s, the entry of Gianluca Curti into the management allowed the company to significantly develop its internationalization, thanks to a decisive commercial expansion that accompanied the increase in production activities and the acquisition of film libraries.
With the Rarovideo brand, active in the national home video market since 1999 and launched in the USA in 2011 under the direction of Stefano Curti, Minerva distributes works of high and recognized artistic value, according to an interdisciplinary approach that combines product quality with editorial care. In a very short time, Rarovideo has gained a wide range of supporters and the affection of critics in an extremely competitive market, being described by the New York Times as “The finest European film boutique.”
As a digital publisher, in 2014 Minerva launched Film&Clips, Italy’s leading free and legal movie channel on YouTube and one of the top channels of its kind in Europe, with more than 14 million subscribers across over 180 vertical channels. This extensive ecosystem offers an ever-growing audience full-length films, documentaries, clips, trailers and TV series in more than 20 languages.
In May 2019, Santo Versace joined the company as a partner of Gianluca Curti. In 2020, the Content department was established for the development and production of TV series, documentaries and TV movies.
In 2022, Minerva Pictures launched The Film Club, Italy’s first multichannel platform offering an exclusive catalogue of arthouse and genre films, classics, cult titles and rare cinema. The platform currently includes eight channels: Rarovideo Channel, Minerva Classic, Full Action, Temptation Channel, Scream Hub, The Film Club Premium, Django Western and LaF-Feltrinelli Media Collection, all also available on Amazon Prime Video.
That same year, the company launched Movieitaly+, a channel entirely dedicated to Italian cinema for international audiences, available on Prime Video in the United Kingdom and on Roku in the United States, Canada, Latin America and the United Kingdom.
The company manages 14 SVOD channels on Amazon Prime Video in Italy and other European countries, and operates in the FAST segment with 11 active channels in Italy and abroad. It also collaborates with leading TVOD platforms, maintaining strategic global partnerships with major industry players such as Google, Amazon and Apple.
Minerva Pictures is active in international acquisitions, thanks to its presence in the main global markets, including AFM, MIPCom and MipTV, Cannes Marché du Film, Berlinale EFM, Toronto, Hong Kong Filmart, MIA Market in Rome, Venice Film Festival, ACFM in Busan, Tiffcom in Tokyo. The company is also one of the most important independent agencies for the sale of rights internationally. In recent years, the company has strengthened its foreign division and started distributing important Italian and international titles, further expanding its vast catalog.