Tag: Raffaello DeGruttola

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To Love A Narcissist was released digitally in North America by Freestyle Digital Media 19 May 2026. The film, which I produced for Contro Vento Films, is directed by Raffaello Degruttola and stars Lyndsey Marshal, Sule Rimi, Stephen Campbell Moore, Andrea Lowe and Ed Hayter alongside him. Sadie Frost and Ted Field are executive producers.

The film will be released worldwide on digital and streaming platforms by Freestyle and Cardinal XD three months later. View the trailer, read Freestyle’s press release and grab the links from the logos below!

The film world premiered at SRFF in New York and won awards at festivals in Ariano & Seoul in 2025. Its London premiere was held at the Everyman Cinema 8 May 2026. A screening for members and VIP guests was held at Century Club 9 May.

Please note the links below will only work in North America. If you are travelling to the US or Canada over the summer, or have friends and family in North America who you think might enjoy this toxic love story, please encourage them to watch!

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Thanks to the EVERYMAN CINEMA, the talented cast & crew of To Love A Narcissist and all the invited guests for a memorable London premiere Friday 8 May! We mixed, we mingled, we watched, we drank, we fell over (well, I did) and then we got up and did it all again the next day at Century Club! 

So incredibly proud of my old pal and ‘almost sibling’ Raffaello Degruttola and star Lyndsey Marshal (no superlatives exist that do her performance justice!) It’s an honour to be part of Team Contro Vento!

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The London premiere of To Love A Narcissist will be held at the Everyman Cinema in London 8 May! The film, which I produced with Contro Vento Films, will be released in North America 19 May 2026 and worldwide three months later. Thanks to our distributors at Freestyle for organising. The film is listed as a new release in their thriller, drama and romance catalogues.

https://www.freestyledigitalmedia.tv

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To Love A Narcissist will premiere at the Ariano International Film Festival 2025! The Italian premiere will be held at the Auditorium Lina Wertmüller di Ariano Irpino at 8.30pm Aug 1. The festival rewards filmmakers who have made a significant contribution to the history of Italian and international cinema and is a huge honour for Raff, whose family come from Ariano Irpino. A red carpet event Aug 3 will pay tribute to his work and be attended by some of the film’s stars: Lyndsey Marshal, Stephen Campbell-Moore and EP Sadie Frost. GRAZIE Ariano!

Next stops London and Hong Kong!

https://www.arianofilmfestival.it/2025/07/13/amare-un-narcisista-premiere-italiana/

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Excited to share that To Love A Narcissist, the film I’ve been producing with Contro Vento Films, will premiere at the New York Socially Relevant Film Festival (SRFF) 16 March at 7.30pm! This is the second time we have reached the competition stage of SRFF. We were honoured to receive a Special Jury Mention for Transference in 2020. With most of the world in lockdown then, the festival was held on zoom. This year, we’ll be zooming in the old-fashioned way! ✈️

Thank you SRFF for supporting our films and our vision to create a platform for those affected by the themes our films explore to connect and access support. 🙏🏽 

https://www.ratedsrfilms.org/2025-program-narrative-features

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The last few months at Contro Vento Films have been a whirl! We wrapped shooting our latest feature film To Love A Narcissist in Lake Garda, Italy, produced a trailer and a first cut, and just launched our first Official Hoodies in collaboration with Tee Mill! Thanks to my gorgeous niece Mia for modelling one of our two hoodie designs!

Our certified organic cotton pullover hoodies are 100% sustainable, GM free, not tested on animals and do not contain any animal-derived products. We have two unique designs available in black – and hoodies are just the start! We’ve added TLAN tees, totes and baseball caps to our growing collection of movie merch! You can learn more about our friends at Tee Mill  and watch their inspiring TED talk here!

https://contro-vento-films.teemill.com

https://controventofilms.com/to-love-a-narcissist

https://controventofilms.com/merch

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The latest trailer for the film I am producing with Raffaello Degruttola and Sadie Frost just dropped! Trust is weaponised in To Love A Narcissist, our first dramatic feature film since Transference went viral (24M+ views on YouTube). Filming wrapped in Lake Garda, Italy, last month and post-production is in full swing! (We just completed our first cut!) Stellar performances across the board by Lyndsey Marshal, Stephen Campbell Moore, Sule Rimi and Andrea Lowe. 

I am also thrilled to have joined the Contro Vento team alongside Raff and Bill Bossert!

https://controventofilms.com

https://toloveanarcissist.com

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29964764

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What better day to let slip I am producing a film called To Love A Narcissist than Valentine’s! To Love A Narcissist is another obsessive love story by Raffaello Degruttola where trust is weaponised. Our last film collaboration Transference went viral on YouTube and has now been viewed over 23M times. This one stars the magnetic Lyndsey Marshal alongside Raff and a stellar supporting cast that includes Sule Rimi, Stephen Campbell-Moore and Andrea Lowe. You can follow the film @Contro Vento Films and toloveanarcissist.com.

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There’s either something wrong with my eyes or Transference has topped 20M views on YouTube! I swear I was only responsible for one of these views! It’s mind-blowing a micro-budget film about a niche mental health topic like bipolar disorder can create a stir. Co-producing this indie film with one of my besties (director/actor Raffaello Degruttola) and his phenomenal cast & crew was honestly the best distraction I could ever have hoped for from the apocalypse of 2020-2022. Be bold and keep talking about mental health! Off to get my eyes tested – just in case. I may have to delete this post later.

@ControVentoFilms @mentalideas @MentalHealthMatters #A Bipolar Love Story