RAI Cinema International Distribution is set to head to the Cannes market with a promising slate of new works from prominent Italian auteurs, including Gianni Amelio, Mario Martone, Daniele Vicari, and Victor Kossakovsky. The company's mission is to make Italian cinema more visible abroad and to gain more sales slots. The slate includes a film by Amelia, Valeria Golino and Alessandro Borghi, and a new ecology-themed doc by Russian filmmaker Victor KOSSakovsky by collaboration with Italian botanist Stefano Mancuso. Despite the competitive market, RAI Cinema's head of international sales Fulvio Firrito shares his hopes for a Cannes breakthrough.