Paola Romagnani and Emiliano Baccarini started Simmia Productions Inc. in 2002.
The first project was Soul Mate, a short film written, directed, edited by and starring Paola
Romagnani. The film has been in competition in major international film festivals like Torino in
Italy and The Hamptons in New York in 2003 and 2004 and has won several awards like Best
Narrative at the NS Invitational Film Show in New York City, and the Fresh Looks!, a yearly
competition held by New York University and screened in several venues in Italy in the summer
of 2004.
The Company has also produced two feature films, The Contenders by Marta Mondelli and My
Mother's Fairy Tales, written, directed and co-produced by Paola Romagnani.
Simmia Productions is in development with several new projects for 2012.
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Paola Romagnani

As a writer/Director Paola completed her first HD feature film, My Mother's Fairy Tales, which she
wrote, directed and co-produced for Simmia Productions. Prior to making My Mother's Fairy
Tales she wrote and directed two short films in 16mm (What If? in 2002 and First Step to Crazy
in 2001) and three in digital format. Her most recent  short,  Soul  Mate  (2004),  was  in
competition in several Film Festivals internationally.
As a writer, Paola has published a monograph book on filmmaker Jim Jarmusch in Italy ("Jim
Jarmusch: Una storia Indipendente", Cinetecnica, 2002) and is at work with her first novel. Stay
tuned!
Paola grew up in Milan, Italy and presently lives in New York City. She holds a graduate degree
in Languages and Literature from the IULM University in Milan, Italy and a Certificate in
Filmmaking from the New School University in New York City.                                              
Emiliano Baccarini

Emiliano Baccarini was born and raised in Rome, Italy; in Rome he attended La Sapienza
University where he studied Computer Science. In 2002 Emiliano founded Simmia Productions
with Paola Romagnani and produced its first project, Soul Mate,  My Mother’s Fairy Tales and
The Contenders.
Emiliano is President and CEO of Ultramoda, a fashion showroom based in New York City,
representing major Italian designers and Italian-made brands like Alessandro Dell’Acqua,
John Galliano, Roberto Cavalli, Byblos  and Calvin Klein. Emiliano has also recently started
working as a fashion photographer for several Italian and American publications covering
events like New York Fashion Week in New York City and others.