Roberto Cicutto and Gilles Marchand new members on the Locarno Film Festival Board
At an extraordinary meeting held on Friday 4 October 2024, the General Assembly of Locarno Film Festival members confirmed the addition of two new members to the Board of Directors. Roberto Cicutto, Italian producer and former President of the Venice Biennale...
Box Office September 30 – October 6: Joker: Folie à Deux debuts at the top
It’s a week of major new releases at the box office, where Joker: Folie à Deux, directed by Todd Phillips and produced by DC Entertainment, Joint Effort, Quebec Film and Television Tax Credit, Village Roadshow Pictures e Warner Bros., debuts at number one with...
New Korean content on Samsung TV Plus
Samsung TV Plus, the free ad-supported streaming service, has recently expanded its catalog with over 4,000 hours of Korean films and TV shows, reflecting a growing global interest in K-Content. This move confirms the expansion of Korean culture, which, once...
European Film Awards reward documentaries and animated films
European Film Academy, the organisation founded in 1988 and dedicated to promoting European cinema, has announced a significant new development: starting this year, documentaries and animated films will be included among the categories considered for the European Film...
Milano Film Fest arrives in June 2025
From June 3th to 8th 2025, under the Artistic Direction of Claudio Santamaria, the Milano Film Fest will be held. This will be a new festival aimed at bringing together the greatest faces of cinema and offering world premieres of films, TV series and special events....
The eighth edition of Castello Errante
Fourteen under-35s have been selected for the eighth edition of Castello Errante. Residenza Internazionale Cinema, the training experience for the film industry aimed at enhancing Lazio’s territory. The training experience of Castello Errante is divided into two...
Box Office September 23-29. Despicable Me and Beetlejuice Beetlejuice still on top
For the third consecutive week, Despicable Me 4 dominates the Box Office with earnings of 541,128 euros, followed by Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, which collects 528,226 euros. In third place, Vermiglio, a film set in Sicily at the end of World War II, rises with earnings...
Warner Bros. streaming platform Max to arrive in Australia in 2025
Warner Bros. announced its streaming service Max will arrive in Australia in the first half of 2025. Max was launched as HBO Max in spring 2020 in Latin America and Europe. In August 2022 it was announced that it would merge with Discovery+ with a corresponding name...
Disney+ intensifies control over sharing: fees for subscriptions and extra services increase
Disney+ is officially launching a crackdown on password sharing, offering a paid ‘extra member’ option. In fact, this week, Disney+ started informing its users about the new paid sharing modes available, offering the possibility of adding members from outside the...
Abruzzo Film Commission is officially born
The Fondazione Abruzzo Film Commission was officially born on September 26th with the signing of the notarial deed. The venue chosen to host the Foundation is Palazzo Dragonetti De Torres in L’Aquila. The members who will make up the Board of Directors are:...
