The stop of the series on Avetrana, Groelandia and Disney will appeal

Anica and Apa surprised by the decision of the Court of Taranto: "A serious violation of the principle of freedom of expression"

ROME – “Groenlandia and Disney confirm that, in order to comply with the order issued in the absence of a hearing between the parties by the Court of Taranto, the launch of the series currently titled ‘Avetrana – Qui non è Hollywood’ is postponed. The parties do not agree with the decision of the Court and will assert their reasons in the competent venues“. Thus in a note the companies comment on the blocking of the series that would have arrived on Disney Plus on October 25. In recent months, the trailer had already divided public opinion. The great media resonance of the project has thus led the mayor to ask for a title change and a halt to the broadcast. And so the decision that takes time has arrived.

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THE SERIES

The series retraces the crime in which Sarah lost her life at the age of just 15, beyond the massive media coverage that characterized the case. It was August 26, 2010 and since the girl’s disappearance, nothing else has been talked about on TV and in the newspapers. With the discovery of the body, the limelight became even stronger. And this is precisely what the second part of the title refers to, “This is not Hollywood”: the siege of journalists who stationed themselves under the Misseri family home. “It’s not Hollywoo” was the writing written with a black spray can on a wall not far from the house.

Four episodes, 60 minutes each, which give voice to the thoughts and points of view of each of the protagonists of the story for a multi-voiced tale: those of Sarah, Sabrina, Michele and Cosima.

ANICA-APA: “BLOCCO CAUTELARE DECISION SINCE PRECEDENTI“

Anica and Apa express their deepest surprise at the unprecedented decision, expressed by the Court of Taranto, of precautionary suspension of the broadcast of the series “Avetrana – Qui Non è Hollywood”, produced by Groenlandia and Disney. So in a press release.

The series, just presented at the Rome Film Festival, limits itself to telling facts of public resonance objectively linked to a specific context, historical and geographical, as has happened many times in the past. The authors do not take a position on the outcome of the sentences, nor do they question them: the series in fact tells what emerged from the trial documents.

“The preventive blocking of the series, still unpublished, appears to be a serious violation of that principle of freedom of expression clearly protected also at a constitutional level and which must be guaranteed to Italian audiovisual stories. Watch our series, judge them, but do not ask them not to exist just because they tell the truth”, says Chiara Sbarigia, President of Apa.

Benedetto Habib, President of the Anica Producers Union, continues: “Forcing audiovisual works not to make references to current events and reality is a dangerous precedent.The titles based on real events are a constant in the history of cinema, regardless of the opinions of the public or the protagonists on the facts treated, if respect is maintained towards the communities involved: exploring reality helps to exercise the critical sense of the spectator. Freedom of expression in our country is guaranteed by the Constitution, and the community of producers does not want to wake up in a world where this freedom is no longer practicable”.