2020 Nastri d’Argento of documentary : among winners “Selfie”, “Life as a B-Movie: Piero Vivarelli” (Italians Doc it Better 2019), “Searching for Valentina – The world of Guido Crepax ” (Doc Pitching Forum 2018)
The winners of the 2020 Nastri d’Argento of documentary have been announced. The official selection has been composed of 25 titles related to the “Cinema del reale” section, another 25 works about the protagonists and stories of Cinema, Spettacolo e Cultura, 12...
“The Book of Vision” (MIA What’s next Italy 2017) will open the Venice International Film Critics’ Week
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Oscar winner composer Ennio Morricone died last night
Ennio Morricone, the roman musician and compositor, died last night at the age of 91. The orchestra Conductor graduated in trumpet, composition, instrumentation, band conducting and choral music at Santa Cecilia Conservatory; in the years, he has composed some of the...
Culture migrates to digital: an Impresa Cultura Italia-Confcommercio and Swg research
Impresa Cultura Italia-Confcommercio, in collaboration with Swg, carried out a study in order to analyze changing and impact of Covid-19 on the Italian cultural...
Banijay Group: green light for Endemol Shine Group acquisition
The European Commission has approved Banijay Group’s $2.2 billion acquisition of Endemol Shine Group. This deal leads the way to create the biggest production and distribution company in the world with an extensive catalogue of shows and series. Banijay will own...
Pay tv and streaming integration: on the increase
The integration between traditional pay tv and streaming services is growing according to Kagan, society of S&P Global Market Group. Service providers, which cover almost one third of global pay tv subscribers, have introduced the possibility of access to third...
On demand: revenues growth in Western Europe
According to ItMedia Consulting last report “Video on Demand in Europe: 2020-2023 – Growing up in uncertain times” – anticipated by Italia Oggi and available today – the income for Video on Demand (VoD) platform in Western Europe will increase with...
The Italian cinema resumes production after Covid-19
The Italian cinema resumes production on the set after the lock-down. Among the completed and the “in progress” productions, Riccardo Milani’s Corro da te, Bastardi a mano armata by Gabriele Albanesi, the teen dramedy Sul più bello by Alice Filippi....
Lucisano Media Group: agreements with TIM and MUBI
Lucisano Media Group, leader of the Italian group active in production and distribution in the cinematographic and television sector, has announced to have signed a license agreements with TIM and MUBI. The group has signed a license agreements with TIM including 41...
01 Distribution presents the new titles for 2020-2021
Paolo Del Brocco, Rai Cinema AD, and Luigi Lonigro, ANICA distributors national President and 01 Distribution Director, participated in a virtual convention anticipating the titles line up that will be shown in cinemas in the next few months. Twenty titles have been...
Mediawan expands itself with Mediawan Alliance
The creation of Mediawan Alliance by Pier-Antoine Capton, Xavier Niel and Matthieu Pigasse has been announced. Mediawan Alliance will deal with co-production projects development among the main French and German groups of production and distribution besides...
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