Juan Pablo Di Pace makes his directorial debut ‘For Another Time’; Norman Lear and Brent Miller to executive produce
Actor Juan Pablo Di Pace (The Mattachine family, More complete house) is gearing up to make his directorial debut with For another timean LGBTQ+ romantic drama inspired by real-life events, to be produced by 99-year-old icon Norman Lear and his Act III Productions partner Brent Miller.
For another time is a coming-of-age story that follows Matías, a queer filmmaker who receives an unexpected invitation to revisit the family that forever influenced his past, forcing him to question the present while potentially changing his future.
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Production on set in Duino, Italy and Buenos Aires, Argentina will begin on February 26. Di Pace will play the current version of Matías, with another yet-unknown actor to play a younger version. Casting for additional roles is ongoing. Andres Pepe Estrada will co-direct the film and serve as editor.
Di Pace is producing under its Momento Films banner with Kristen Carroll, Founder and CEO of SpoPro/Spotlight Productions and Immaterial Media; Guillermo Escalona; and Margret Hiddleston and Stephanie Slack of Off Camera Entertainment. In addition to Lear and Miller, executive producers will include Massimiliano Milic, CEO of Terroir Films, and Kent Gibbons.
For Lear and Miller, the project follows the successful releases of the films Te Llevo Conmigo (I carry you with me) and Rita Moreno: Just a girl who decided to go.
“There’s a hell of a tenderness to falling in love for the first time, often an overarching event that we can never pick up once it’s over,” Di Pace said. “I wanted to explore the idea of memory and how we romanticize it, sometimes blinding our way to love in the present.”
“There is no better backdrop for any love story than one set in Italy,” Lear and Miller said in a joint statement. “We are thrilled to support Juan Pablo’s vision of bringing multicultural connection, regardless of age, gender or race, to the big screen. And we couldn’t be more proud to support independent cinema and those who do.
“The purchasing power of the LGBTQ+ population – two-thirds of whom are in the targeted 18-34 age bracket – is $1 trillion, just behind those 50+ for disposable income, and they demand quality stories and productions that reflect their experiences and lifestyles,” added Carroll, whose production company SpoPro specializes in LGBTQ+ and diversity-focused programming. this inventive and nuanced story of love and self-discovery to a global audience.”
Di Pace is represented by Hamilton Hodell (UK), Innovative Artists and Lichter, Grossman, Nichols.
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