The 78th Venice International Film Festival is about to begin
The 78th edition of the Venice Film Festival is just around the corner. Starting tomorrow, 1 September 2021, the festival will guarantee attendance in compliance with the anti-Covid-19 measures. As in the previous year, the edition will not give in to the difficulties...
All Star: the new short film to promote the restart of cinema
All Star is the title of the new short film produced by the Ministry of Culture, in collaboration with ANICA, ANEC and Cinecittà, at the centre of the new communication campaign to relaunch cinema. The short film, directed by Vincenzo Alfieri, features some of the...
Online piracy scares Hollywood giants again
Despite the high number of media platforms and their low costs, online piracy does not seem to be stopping. The problem does not only affect the music market, but also (and above all) the audiovisual market, which has always been in the cross hairs. In fact, according...
Italian Box Office 23-29 August 2021: Me contro Te always in the lead
Me contro te – Il mistero della scuola incantata remains firmly in first place at the box office. Check out the weekly chart from 23 to 29 August 2021. The duo Luì and Sofi with Me contro te – Il mistero della scuola incantata remains at the top, with € 3,671,228 in...
Tokyo 2020: Discovery’s record
According to Eurosport, Discovery reports a 10% increase in viewers over the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics. More than 372 million viewers in Europe watched the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. An estimated 175 million watched through TV and digital coverage, 200 million...
Italian cinemas: number of screens increasing
The Ministry of Culture published the directorial decree of 25 August 2021, authorising contributions for the Extraordinary Plan for the development of the cinemas circuit. Grants are dedicated to increasing the number of screens, and concern cinemas and multiplexes...
Film d’Essai: all titles nominated by Ministry of Culture
The Ministry of Culture, through Direzione Generale Cinema, has assigned the title of Film d’Essai. Also present is The Bad Poet, presented at What’s Next Italy MIA 2019. Among the titles that won the qualification of Film d’Essai, awarded to films...
Lazio Region: 1.8mln for cinemas and theaters
The Lazio Region has allocated 1.8 million in extraordinary funds to support the restart of 46 cinemas and 46 theaters. The calls for proposals “Ripartenza Cinema Lazio” and “Ripartenza Teatri Lazio”, approved in a simplified procedure by the...
Audiovisual: Increasing investments in Italian audiovisual content
Increasing investments in Italian content and advertising limits. According to the press release issued by the Council of Ministers, the new European directive on media and audiovisual services has been implemented. The new Consolidation Act concerns traditional...
Italy-France co-productions: second session 2021 published
The Ministry of Culture has published the guidelines for the submission of applications to support co-productions between Italy and France. As indicated in the Ministry’s vademecum, from 3 to 24 September 2021, it will be possible to submit applications to...
