ITACA Pictures

ITACA Pictures is an independent production company founded by Italian-Tunisian actor Filippo Tabbi, created to challenge the narrow standards of representation in storytelling.

The company was born from a simple but urgent observation: while the industry increasingly speaks about diversity, accents are still treated as barriers rather than as part of identity. ITACA Pictures exists to create space for actors whose voices carry different histories, rhythms and geographies, and to champion stories where authenticity is not reduced to stereotype.

For Filippo, this mission is deeply personal. Growing up in Italy, he often felt he did not fully fit within certain cultural expectations around aesthetics and accepted behaviour. Moving to the United Kingdom became a turning point, allowing him greater freedom and the possibility to embrace every side of who he is.

That journey brought gratitude, growth, and a deeper understanding of self, but it also revealed a contradiction within the film industry: even when language is mastered, accent remains an invisible wall. The industry may be increasingly willing to represent visually, yet still hesitates to truly hear the voices of real people and performers from around the world.

Rather than waiting for permission, Filippo chose to build his own creative path. After studying business and marketing, he developed ITACA Pictures as a space where artists are not left in the hands of strangers deciding whether they fit, or confined to cliché accent categories, but are empowered to imagine larger possibilities for themselves and for the stories they tell.

The company embraces bold, emotionally intelligent work across film, television, theatre and new narrative forms, with a particular interest in projects that move between cultures, identities, discomfort, humour and transformation.

ITACA Pictures believes talent is rarely linear, and neither is the path that leads people into storytelling.

At its core, ITACA Pictures builds stories for those who have been asked to soften, adjust, or simplify themselves, choosing instead to let them arrive fully as they are.