At the 60th annual L.A. Screenings, the Italians came back during the indie section of the event at the Century Plaza Hotel following many years of absence. One company making its debut was Publispei, a 50-year-old Italian film and TV production company that has made international content distribution its new strategic thrust.

To expand on this strategy, Verdiana Bixio, president of the Rome-based Publispei, invited VideoAge to lunch at Eataly in the mall near the Century Plaza, together with Ilaria Pagano, Publispei’s PR manager.