Europe: Streaming continues its race

Europe: Streaming continues its race

Streaming in Europe is in strong development even after the pandemic. This is revealed in the report “State of Streaming Europe – Q2 2020” by Conviva. The second quarter of 2021 records a growth in its consumption of 19% compared to the previous year....
Eight hundred thousand euros for audiovisual productions in Sardinia

Eight hundred thousand euros for audiovisual productions in Sardinia

The Fondazione Sardegna Film Commission has published the new call for the Fondo Sardegna Ospitalità 2021, here it is how to access the fund. Until November 5, 2021, it will be possible to submit applications to access the Fondo Ospitalità created with the aim of...
London and Toronto: all the Italians in the line-up

London and Toronto: all the Italians in the line-up

Italian cinema is appreciated abroad as confirmed by the ever-increasing presence of Italians at international festivals. Here are all the titles that will be in Toronto and London. From September 10 to 18, 2021, the Toronto Film Festival will take place. In addition...
Netflix: news about it are coming in Italy from 2022

Netflix: news about it are coming in Italy from 2022

Netflix confirms its great interest in Italy not only for the launch of new productions, in fact the streaming giant has also decided to account the revenues generated by Italian subscriptions starting from 2022. The fiscal novelty is due to the expansion of the...
Charades and I Wonder Pictures for Italian talents

Charades and I Wonder Pictures for Italian talents

French sales and co-production company Charades and Italian I Wonder Pictures are entering into an important agreement for the distribution of Italian projects. According to an exclusive from Variety the two companies are going to collaborate...
Digital Services Act against the online piracy

Digital Services Act against the online piracy

Online piracy is back to be the main problem about the advent of digital, but some solutions have arrived: the Digital Services Act (DSA) and the Digital Markets Act (DMA), which are the European measures to protect the consumer. This is a set of rules applicable...
More than 2 million for international co-productions

More than 2 million for international co-productions

The €2.5 million call for proposals for the production of feature-length films made under a co-production or minority participation scheme is now active. The contributions made available by the Direzione generale Cinema e audiovisivo will be active until 1 October...
MiC: crucial role of Cinecittà in the future of European studios

MiC: crucial role of Cinecittà in the future of European studios

The Minister of Culture Dario Franceschini reconfirmed the importance of the new funds at Cinecittà for the repositioning of Italian cinema in the European context. And it was precisely on the studios and, therefore, on the production activity on European and Italian...
Emilia-Romagna Region: more than 500 thousand euros for film culture

Emilia-Romagna Region: more than 500 thousand euros for film culture

Emilia-Romagna Region has approved the funding of 7 new projects for film and audiovisual culture, for a fund of €570,000. As reported in the press release, the funding promoted by the Emilia-Romagna Region will support the film sector and will ratify conventions with...
LuxVide and Fremantle: acquisition on the way?

LuxVide and Fremantle: acquisition on the way?

Lux Vide could soon become part of Fremantle, at least according to some rumours reported by Il Sole 24 Ore. The two companies, as you can read on Il Sole 24 Ore in the article by Andrea Biondi, have recently entered into exclusive negotiations for the sale of Lux...