The Fiction Factory Showcase is a presentation of original fiction stories designed for cinema, TV series, and publishing. Through a national open call, Bio to B selects a group of projects that are guided through a dedicated development process and publicly presented to producers, publishers, rights managers, literary agencies, IP and talent scouts, story editors, and professionals from film, television, broadcast TV, and OTT production companies, with the aim of fostering meetings, option agreements, and development opportunities.
The selected authors take part in a pitch preparation program and present their projects during the Showcase, followed by an award ceremony and networking opportunities with attending professionals (one-to-one meetings).
Projects will be evaluated based on the quality of writing, originality of the concept, narrative strength, and production potential. Selected authors will receive accreditation to Bio to B | Drama, which includes participation in the Showcase to present their project to accredited industry professionals, as well as access to networking activities, panels, and industry content. Attendance is required for the entire duration of Bio to B – Industry Days | Drama (June 8–9, 2026, Bologna).
Do you know what’s new this year? The projects of Fiction Factory will be selected by an exceptional jury: screenwriter Lisa Nur Sultan (Call My Agent – Italy and Studio Battaglia), journalist and TV author Alessandro Garramone (Wanna), and author Giulia Scomazzon (8.6 Degrees of Separation, published by nottetempo).
by Federica Zaffina
Logline: Thanks to a mysterious ritual, two twenty-five-year-olds bring their friend back to life in the form of a zombie. Sheltering in a countryside house, they face the difficult transition into adulthood.
by Daniel Maru, Jami Salati
Logline: While developing a video game, a group of creators confronts a crucial question: “What truly drives someone to create a game?”, exploring the deep need to invent worlds and tell stories.
Doppia Elica – Un caso dell’ispettore Pietro Falco
by Cristiano Delmonte, Francesco Zappardino
Logline: In a future divided between genetically optimized elites and impoverished “naturals,” an inspector investigates the murder of a privileged citizen, uncovering a revenge plot that challenges the entire system.
Generazione Ansia
by Irene Cortese, Annalisa Di Benedetto, Lorenzo Procopio
Logline: During a party, six young people confront different manifestations of the same infamous condition: anxiety.
by Valerio Cualbo, Micol De Angelis
Logline: An influencer incapable of feeling emotions adopts an android created from her own DNA. When she finally discovers genuine love, it is too late: raised in an emotionally sterile environment, her daughter has developed a dark nature.
by Maria Giménez Cavallo
Logline: After her mother’s death, a fifteen-year-old moves to Emilia-Romagna and finds new roots thanks to three local women, in an intimate story about grief, community, and the possibility of rebirth.
by Valentina Cicogna, Mattia Colombo, Davide Fois
Logline: On an unbearably hot summer day, a little girl finds a ring in a beach bathroom, triggering a chain of events. Through five intertwined stories, the narrative explores themes of judgment and power dynamics.
by Riccardo De Fusco, Ludovica Greco
Logline: In 1926, during Fascism, Aida Solaro, a peasant woman promised in marriage against her will, glimpses a possibility of emancipation when political exiles establish the first school on the island of Ustica, Sicily.
by Mattia Caprilli, Matteo Petecca, Andrea Rosasco
Logline: Sergio Biscia, a famous true crime podcaster, investigates the disappearance of Attilio Carotenuto, an amateur podcaster obsessed with a cold case. Determined to uncover the truth, Biscia travels to Selvacupa, where nothing is as it seems – especially when reality is distorted by the ambitions of an aspiring podcaster.
Projects are selected based on the quality of the writing, the originality of the concept, narrative strength, and production potential. Selected authors receive accreditation to Bio to B | Drama, including participation in the Showcase to present their project to an audience of accredited industry professionals, as well as access to networking activities, panels, and industry content. Attendance is required for the full duration of Bio to B – Industry Days | Drama (8–9 June 2026, Bologna).
And here’s the exciting news: the Fiction Factory projects will be selected by an exceptional jury featuring screenwriter Lisa Nur Sultan (Call My Agent – Italy, Studio Battaglia), journalist and TV author Alessandro Garramone (Wanna), and writer Giulia Scomazzon (8.6 Degrees of Separation, published by Nottetempo).
We are proud to announce a new and prestigious collaboration for Bio to B – Industry Days | Drama: the Giorgio Bassani Foundation joins the Fiction Factory Audience Award, which officially becomes the Bassani Award.
An author who more than many others embodied the dialogue between writing and images, Giorgio Bassani transformed literature into cinema with works such asIl giardino dei Finzi-Contini, Gli occhiali d’oro and Una notte del ’43, all adapted into celebrated films. The bridge he built between literature and audiovisual storytelling perfectly represents the transformative tension that the Fiction Factory Showcase aims to promote. On the 110th anniversary of the writer’s birth, the Bassani Award is created to celebrate this vocation and will be granted to the best original concept capable of living both on the page and on the screen.
The selected project will receive a €1,000 financial contribution dedicated to development.
With your original concept, you could win the Bassani Award!
For further information: biotob.drama@biografilm.it
