The official selection of Nastri d’Argento of documentary has been announced
The 74 films of the 2020 Nastri d’Argento of documentary’s official selection have been announced. There are 25 titles related to the “Cinema del reale” section, another 25 works about the protagonists and stories of Cinema, Spettacolo e Cultura, 12 Docufictions...
European plans to rebuild the TV industry
European producers are adapting to a challenging time during the Covid-19 global pandemic and countries are ready to opening up for production at varying times. Content production has paused across the globe – with scripted commissions down 40% on this time last...
Towards the resolution of the “insurance” issue: Rutelli and Leone interventions on the matter
The audiovisual sector is ready to start again, after resolving the insurance guarantees’ issue for film and tv productions. The issue of insurance coverage was, in part, handled during the hearing of the Senate Industry, Trade and Tourism Standing Committee...
Submissions to the third edition of C EU Soon are now open!
C EU Soon is the MIA program dedicated to European emerging talents: up to six debut and sophomore films in post-production are selected and presented in a special session exclusively open to sales agents and buyers, followed by a session of pre-arranged one-to-one...
MIA DRAMA online talk with live Q&A
Storytelling and audiovisual production in post-Covid Italy Will our way of depicting reality change and how will the storytelling adapt to it? Working between creativity and safety. Local production vs international co-production: where to invest? The role of the...
Reed Midem proceeds with the organization of Mipcom
Reed Midem is proceeding with the organization of the thirty-sixth edition of the Mipcom and releasing an update to exhibitors regarding the market to-be-set in October. Following the cancellation of the physical event in Cannes caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, Reed...
The MiBACT call for cinematographic and audiovisual promotion is online
The MiBACT call for cinematographic and audiovisual promotion activities and initiatives is online. The call is developed along different lines of intervention: development of cinematographic and audiovisual culture; festivals, film and audiovisual reviews and awards;...
Italy triumphs at Docs Barcelona, the most important documentary festival in Spain
In the same year of the partnership between Docs Barcelona and Mia Doc (the Mia Market division that deals with documentaries and factual) two Italian films were awarded by the Festival directed by Diego Mas Trelles. These are Valentina Pedicini’s Faith, which...
The United Kingdom is moving towards a production insurance plan
The United Kingdom takes another step towards resuming the audiovisual sector after the health emergency with a production insurance plan. Following government approval, the British Film Commission has already published guidelines for the breakdown of film and...
Auditel, Comscore and Kantar partnership has been confirmed
The partnership between Auditel and the two companies Comscore and Kantar has been renewed until December 31, 2023. The collaboration has been active since August 2017 and involves, on the one hand, Auditel – the independent authority for transparent measurement...
The health protocol that sets the resumption of audiovisual productions has been signed
Audiovisual productions will be able to come back to work thanks to the adoption of the health protocol, as a result of an intense work which brings together the requests of the sector categories. Last March, many productions had to stop working because of the health...
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