Gruppo Alcuni producer Francesco Manfio and Luca Milano were received by Pope Francis in Vatican City yesterday.

Produced in cooperation with UNESCO, the animated miniseries will be offered at no cost, in exchange for donations to relief funds for children in war zones.

The new family series is now available on Rai Play and will be airing on Rai YoYo in early February. “Vlady & Mirò” is a Gruppo Alcuni co-production with Rai Ragazzi and the support of the Veneto Region’s POR FESR.

The Italian channel will broadcast today a “A rare friend”, the special episode of the animated series “Leo da Vinci” from Gruppo Alcuni. Directed by Sergio Manfio, the cartoon tells the fantastic journey into the fifteenth century by Fabrizio, a boy with Anderson- Fabry disease, and his meeting with the young Leonardo da Vinci.

The Cartoon Artist course will launch in February 2022, within the Autonomous Province of Trento’s educational and training courses (IFTS), with applications submitted by January 7, and processed between January 10-14.

After just days from the Best Animated Short award at the 2021 International Rare Disease Film Festival, Gruppo Alcuni’s A Rare Friend episode in Season 1 of the Leo da Vinci series wins the prestigious Rare Diseases Award at the Health System Forum in Florence, Italy.

In its 4th Season, this brand new Mini Pet Pals series debuts on Rai Yoyo and RaiPlay as of October 18, with 3 daily episodes at 7 am and 2 extra episodes on weekends at 5:20 pm. Directed by Sergio Manfio, the adorable Mini Pet Pals are growing up just like their enthusiastic little fans, and are now heading to pre-school.

Italy’s Gruppo Alcuni wins Best Animated Short at the 2021 International Rare Disease Film Festival with its A Rare Friend episode in Season 1 of the Leo da Vinci series, created to raise youngsters’ awareness of Fabry Disease, a rare genetic condition.

Francesco Manfio will co-coordinate of MIA Market’s newly inaugurated Animation Section and will also present all the news of the Italian leading company.