China: 128,000 Micro-Dramas in Three Months, Over 95% Made by AI
In the first quarter of 2026, China released almost 128,000 micro-dramas, and the vast majority were made with the help of artificial intelligence. The boom has also opened up a parallel market: licensing real human faces. China’s micro-drama industry is growing...
Locarno launches cash rebate: the Locarno Region Film Fund is born
The Locarno area has established its own incentive scheme to attract film and TV productions. The launch was announced on 6 August, at the opening of Locarno79, by the Ticino Film Commission (TFC), which will administer the newly created Locarno Region Film Fund...
MFE Confirms Pan-European Streaming Platform: Roll-out from January 2027
Media For Europe (MFE) has confirmed its strategy to technologically unify its streaming assets, with the aim of covering European markets with a single platform. The move, announced by Pier Silvio Berlusconi at a press conference in Milan on 9 July 2026 was later...
Italy Box Office, August 3–9: Spider-Man: Brand New Day and Odyssey dominate the chart
Spider-Man: Brand New Day maintains the top spot, recording 11.011.456 euros in box office revenue and 1.389.617 admissions. Second place goes to Odyssey, which brings in 7.115.849 euros and 850.597 admissions. Hokum debuts in third place with 409.826 euros and 63.864...
Italy-France 2026 Co-Development and Co-Production Fund: Second €500,000 MiC-CNC Session Opens
Italy’s Directorate General for Cinema and Audiovisual (Ministry of Culture) and France’s Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée have opened the second window of the Italy-France 2026 fund, the selective grant scheme dedicated to...
Locarno Film Festival 2026: the 79th Edition Opens Today, Featuring Three MIA Titles
The 79th edition of the Locarno Film Festival opens today, August 5, transforming the Swiss city into the capital of auteur cinema until August 15. This edition received over 7,000 submissions, up 21% from 2025, from which 233 films were selected, including 103 world...
Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery: The $110.9 Billion Merger Remains Frozen
The Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger is the largest M&A transaction in recent content industry history. It remains frozen by a California federal court until at least August 17, 2026, as reported by Deadline and Reuters. At stake are $110.9 billion, the...
Assembly debates Cinema and Audiovisual Reform today
The Chamber of Deputies has addressed today the discussion on the general lines of the unified text of reform of Law 220/2016 (Cinema and Audiovisual Law). The measure, born from the convergence of five separate legislative proposals and unanimously approved in the...
Italian Box Office July 27 – August 2: Spider-Man: Brand New Day takes the top spot
Tom Holland returns as Spider-Man in Spider-Man: Brand New Day, which makes its debut straight at the top of the box office with 15,923,545 euros in earnings and 1,953,576 admissions. In second place is Odissea, which achieves a strong result with 10,260,779 euros in...
Italian Box Office July 20 – July 26: The Odyssey remains at the top
Riding the wave of its successful debut, The Odyssey remains at the top of the chart with a box office gross of 16.737.097 euros and 2.026.284 admissions. In second place, Minions and Monsters takes in 879.239 euros and records 116.225 admissions. Third place goes to...
