TECHNICAL DETAILS

Title: MILLENNIALS

Format: TV Series

Season: 1

Genre: Dramedy, Slice of Life, Young Adult, Relationship-Driven / Romantic

Tone: Contemporary, realistic, direct and ironic, with strong emotional depth and musical

interludes

Setting: Italy — primarily Rome, with storylines developing in Tuscany and Calabria

Episodes: 10 × 30 min

Season Running Time: Approx. 300 min

Primary Audience: 18–35 | Millennials & Gen Z

Original Language: Italian

Year: 2026

Resolution: 4K

Type: TV Series | First-Run

Production: LULIFILM

Distribution: RAI COM and Mediaset Espana Group Mediterraneo

Created, Written and Directed by: Ludovica Lirosi

Original Music: Julia Liros

Songs: Julia Liros

Additional Songs in the Series: Julia Liros, Vincent Arena, Federico Loi, Andrea Buttafuoco,

Andrea Minichilli

Sound Editing & Mix Review: Lorenzo Pontecorvi

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FESTIVAL AWARDS, SELECTIONS & RECOGNITION

 

🇨🇦 INTERNATIONAL MOTION PICTURE AWARDS — Ontario, Canada
🏅 Official Selection — Best Actress: Julia Liros

🇨🇦 TORONTO INTERNATIONAL NOLLYWOOD FILM FESTIVAL (TINFF) — Toronto, Canada
Canadian Screen Award–Qualifying Festival · Telefilm Canada–Qualifying Festival
🎖 Nominee / Finalist — Best Cinematography
🎖 Nominee / Finalist — Best Female Director & Producer: Ludovica Lirosi
🎖 Nominee / Finalist — Best TV Series

🇩🇪 BERLIN INTERNATIONAL TV SERIES FESTIVAL — Berlin, Germany
🏅 Official Selection

🇮🇹 FLORENCE FILM AWARDS — Florence, Italy
🏆 Winner — Best TV Series

🇺🇸 THE WOMEN’S INDEPENDENT FILM & TELEVISION FESTIVAL — Boston, Massachusetts, USA
🎖 Nominee — Best TV Series
🏆 Winner — Best TV Series

🇮🇹 TROPEA FILM FESTIVAL — Tropea, Italy
🎬 Official Screening — Out of Competition

🇬🇧 EUROPEAN SHORT AWARDS — London, United Kingdom
🎖 Nominee — Best Director, TV Series
🏆 Winner — Best Director, TV Series

🇦🇪 DUBAI CITY FILM FESTIVAL — Dubai, United Arab Emirates
🎖 Nominee — Best Short Film
🏆 Winner — Best Short Film

🇹🇷 ANATOLIAN FILM AWARDS — Istanbul, Turkey
🏆 Winner — Best TV Series

🇬🇧 FOLKESTONE FILM FESTIVAL — Folkestone, United Kingdom
🎗 Honorable Mention — TV Episode

🇬🇧 LONDON LIFT-OFF FILM FESTIVAL — London, United Kingdom
🏅 Official Selection — Best Cinematography

🇷🇴 WALLACHIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL — Bucharest, Romania
🏅 Official Selection — TV Episode

🇺🇸 FADE IN AWARDS — Los Angeles, California, USA
⭐ Semi-Finalist — Writing TV Series Competition

🇺🇸 WORLD CLASS FILM AWARDS (WCFA) — USA
🎖 Nominee — Best Actress: Julia Liros
🏆 Winner — Best Actress: Julia Liros
🎖 Nominee — Best TV Series
🏆 Winner — Best TV Series
🎖 Nominee — Best Actor: Derli Do Rosario Soares
🎖 Nominee — Best Drama

🇷🇺 ISAFF — Saint Petersburg, Russia
🎖 Nominee — Best Actress: Julia Liros
🏆 Winner — Best Actress: Julia Liros

🇬🇧 LIVERPOOL INDIE AWARDS (LIA) — United Kingdom
🎖 Nominee — Best TV Series
🏆 Winner — Best TV Series

🇩🇪 BERLIN INTERNATIONAL PICTURES AWARDS — Berlin, Germany
🏅 Official Selection

🇧🇷 ALL THAT MOVES INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL — Brazil
🏅 Official Selection — Women’s Short Film

🇫🇷 NEXT STEP FILM FESTIVAL — France
🎖 Nominee
⭐ Finalist

🇫🇷 RED MOVIE AWARDS — Reims, France
🏅 Official Selection — Best TV Series
🏅 Official Selection — Best Actress: Julia Liros

🇮🇳 BOLLYWOOD STAR INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL — India
🏅 Official Selection — TV Series
🎬 Screening Announced

🇺🇸 MIAMI BEACH FILM FESTIVAL — USA
🏅 Official Selection — Best Short Film
Episode 7 — “Weekend in Toscana”

🇪🇸 MADRID FILM AWARDS (MADFA) — Madrid, Spain
🏅 Official Selection — Best Actress: Julia Liros
Palacio de la Prensa · Gran Vía, Madrid

🇪🇸 FICIMAD — Madrid, Spain
🎖 Nominee — Best TV Series
🏆 Winner — Best TV Series
🏆 Winner — Roque Guinart’s Bandoleros Award for Best Series
🏆 Winner — Best Actor in a TV Series: Matteo Germinario
🎬 Official Series Screening — Carlos Saura Auditorium, Faculty of Information Sciences
Q&A / Meeting with the Audience

🇫🇷 CANNES FILM AWARDS — Cannes, France
🎖 Nominee — Best TV Series
🏆 Winner — Best TV Series
🎖 Nominee — Best Post-Production
🏆 Winner — Best Post-Production
Cinéma Olympia · 5 Rue d’Antibes, Cannes

🇬🇷 INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OF CRETE & AWARDS — Crete, Greece
🏅 Official Selection

🇨🇦 TORONTO INTERNATIONAL WOMEN FILM FESTIVAL — Toronto, Canada
🎖 Nominee — Best TV Series
🏆 Winner — Best TV Series

🇺🇸 ALL THE LAUGHS (ATL) COMEDY FESTIVAL & AWARDS SHOW — USA
🎖 Nominee

🇺🇸 THE NEW YORK INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL — New York, USA
🏅 Official Selection

🇺🇸 NEW YORK INDEPENDENT CINEMA AWARDS — New York, USA
🎖 Nominee — Best TV Series
🏆 Winner — Best TV Series

🇮🇳 INDIE CINE TUBE AWARDS — India
🏆 Winner — Best TV Series

 

MILLENNIALS

CAST — ENGLISH VERSION

 

SERIES LEAD

IRENE — Julia Liros

Absolute lead and narrative center of the series.

IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8356698/

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MAIN CHARACTERS / CORE ENSEMBLE

GIOVANNI — Matteo Germinario

Irene’s best friend and confidant.

IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm17432250/

ANNA — Angelica Pisilli

Irene’s cousin and Lorenzo’s sister; her public and digital identity constitutes one of the central

axes of the season.

IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm17432259/

MICHELE — Derli Do Rosario Soares

Anna’s boyfriend; together with her, he is at the center of one of the series’ main relationship

storylines.

IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm17432254/

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MAIN SEASON-ARC CHARACTERS

MICHAEL — Gaetano Marsico

Irene’s longtime ex and the season’s main relational antagonist.

IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9349642/

LORENZO — Stefano Dichiara

Irene’s cousin and Anna’s brother; he faces the consequences of the end of his relationship with

Sara.

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EDUARDO — Yuri Pascale Langer

Irene’s neighbor; a central romantic interest and the main romantic alternative to Michael.

IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/it/name/nm12897663/

FRANCESCA — Michaela Ciccia

Irene’s sister; independent and pragmatic, she goes through several relationships and romantic

choices over the course of the season.

IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10627812/

ELENA — Beatrice Vignali

Irene’s friend; the protagonist of an important seasonal romantic and identity arc.

IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm14523627/

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MAIN RECURRING CHARACTERS / RECURRING PRINCIPALS

NINO — Luis Molteni

Irene’s “honorary uncle” and an adult point of reference, offering the series a different

generational perspective.

IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0597268/

SARA — Francesca Vannini

Lorenzo’s ex-partner; also important within Elena’s romantic and identity arc.

IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9465956/

MARIA — Silvia Rodríguez Pérez

Irene’s aunt and the mother of Anna and Lorenzo; one of the series’ main adult and family

figures.

IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8366102/

CARMINE — Gianfilippo Chiarello

Giovanni’s recurring dating partner and romantic interest.

IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm17432264/Allora

 

RECURRING SUPPORTING

LUCA — Antonio Garofalo

Younger man Irene dates during the early part of the season.

IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm12185967/

ENRIQUE — Renato Solustri

Maria’s husband and the father of Anna and Lorenzo.

IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm15116614/

MICHELE’S MOTHER — Rossella Indraccolo

Michele’s mother; part of the family storyline through which her son’s difficulties emerge.

IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm14557924/

GIORGIO / MICHELE’S FATHER — Flavio Vedovato

Michele’s father; involved in the family storyline focused on his son’s struggles.

IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm16600573/

MARIO — Riccardo Zanatta

One of Elena’s romantic interests and part of her emotional journey.

IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm17432255/

VALENTINA — Francesca Maurino

Irene’s friend; later becomes involved in Lorenzo’s storyline.

IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm17432269/

LUDOVICO — Jacopo D’Amore

Francesca’s romantic interest during a later phase of the season.

IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm13273326/

MARCO — Edoardo Mango

Luca’s friend and a supporting character in his storyline.

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FABRIZIO — Niccolò Vidoni

Michele’s friend and a recurring figure within his social circle.

IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10627810/

 

SUPPORTING MINOR

MIRIAM — Julia Charlotte De Rossi

Giovanni’s friend and a recurring presence within his social circle.

IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm11642210/

STEFANO — Domenico Godano

One of Francesca’s romantic interests.

IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm17432257/

PSYCHOLOGIST — Eleonora Serafini

Professional figure involved in the family storyline surrounding Michele’s difficulties.

IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm17432256/

 

GUEST / EPISODIC ARC CHARACTERS

JOSÉ — Giovanni Napoletani

Eduardo’s friend; a central figure in the episodic storyline that disrupts the balance between

Irene and Eduardo.

IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm18819207/

JACK / AMERICAN PRODUCER — Jack Alex Lever

Producer connected to a turning point in Irene’s professional and musical journey.

IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm17432268/

Page of 4 7BRYAN — Giuseppe Stanzinola

Lorenzo’s friend and a central figure in Irene’s episodic storyline in Tuscany.

IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm17432260/

ALBERTO — Alberto Mesiano

Bryan’s friend; joins the group during the trip to Tuscany and reappears later in the season.

IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm17432247/

LEONARDO — Alex D’Alascio

A new acquaintance of Giovanni’s, connected to a storyline of personal discovery that continues

through Tropea.

IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm11797112/

LIMA — Francesco Mesiano

A character connected to the music world who plays a narrative role in the growing conflict

between Anna and Michele.

IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm17432252/

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MILLENNIALS (2026)

MILLENNIALS has already received over 58 awards, nominations and official selections across more than 28 countries.

Created, written and directed by Ludovica Lirosi, MILLENNIALS (2026) stars Julia Liros, alongside principal cast members Matteo Germinario, Angelica Pisilli and Derli Do Rosario Soares. Among the prominent recurring cast members is Luis Molteni, whose distinguished career spanned Italian cinema, television and theatre, and for whom MILLENNIALS marks his final screen performance. Overall, the series features a cast of more than 50 performers.

MILLENNIALS is a contemporary Italian dramedy television series set in Italy. It offers an unfiltered portrayal of the relationships, vulnerabilities and contradictions of young adults still finding their way, combining sharp realism, emotional depth and an ironic perspective. Through unresolved romances, friendships, sexuality, mental health, family dynamics and toxic relationships, the lives of Irene and her friends intertwine as they navigate choices, mistakes and fresh starts, capturing how people love, communicate and grow in today's world.

Produced by LULIFILM, MILLENNIALS is distributed internationally by Rai Com.

Ludovica Lirosi, a Rome-born director, screenwriter and producer, has received over 110 international awards, official selections and nominations throughout her career. She began her artistic journey in theatre at a very young age, performing in numerous productions on Roman stages. At 17, she wrote, directed and starred in her first theatrical production, staged at Teatro Elettra in Rome. She subsequently pursued her studies at the New York Film Academy and the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia.

At just 23, she wrote, directed and produced the documentary Too Much Stress from My Heart, which was subsequently presented at Alice nella Città, as part of the Rome Film Festival, and at the Giffoni Film Festival. The documentary was awarded Best Foreign Film at the American Movie Awards, whose honorees across different editions have included Clint Eastwood, Meryl Streep, Steven Spielberg and Warren Beatty.

The documentary secured international distribution and was available on Netflix between 2017 and 2018 in the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Canada, South Africa and Ireland. Previously distributed by Mediaset Distribution, it is currently distributed by Rai Com.

In 2016, Ludovica founded LULIFILM, a film and television production and distribution company through which she develops and produces audiovisual works. She is currently involved in the post-production of new projects, including Isabel, and the pre-production of NO STATE.

INTERNATIONAL AWARDS, SELECTIONS & RECOGNITIONS

Among the over 58 international recognitions received by MILLENNIALS are Best TV Series awards in the United States, Turkey, the United Kingdom, Spain, France and Canada, as well as numerous other countries.

The series was named a finalist in three categories at TINFF (Toronto, Canada) — Best Female Director & Producer, Best Cinematography and Best TV Series — a qualifying festival for the Canadian Screen Awards and Telefilm Canada.

Other major recognitions include the Best Director – TV Series award at the European Short Awards and Best TV Series at the Liverpool Indie Awards (LIA); Semi-Finalist status in the Writing TV Series Competition at the Fade In Awards in Los Angeles; three awards at FICIMAD Madrid, including Best TV Series and Best Actor; Best TV Series and Best Post-Production at the Cannes Film Awards; and Best TV Series at the Toronto International Women Film Festival and the Women’s Independent Film & Television Festival in Boston.

Lead actress Julia Liros has also received international recognition for her performance, including Best Actress awards at the World Class Film Awards in the United States and ISAFF in Saint Petersburg, as well as nominations and official selections in Canada, France and Spain.

MILLENNIALS – LULIFILM
Website: https://www.lulifilm.net
Instagram: @lulifilm

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