Game of Thrones: parents are naming their babies after its characters
From fiction to reality: Arya and Khaleesi, heroines from Game of Thrones, are among the most widespread names among the newborns in 2018. Everybody knows that Game of Thrones, whose eighth season arrived at its end last night, is the record series: by budget,...
Lazio Cinema International Fund: 10 million for international co-productions
Lazio Region has announced a new call for Lazio Cinema International Fund aimed to attract international film and audiovisual productions. It will be possible to submit applications from May 30th. The call aims to support investments in film and audiovisual...#MiaBoxOffice May 16-19 2019: John Wick triumphs over Pikachu
John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum wins the audience, outdoing Pokémon Detective Pikachu. Pain and Glory gets the third place. Discover the whole ranking of the weekend from 16th to the 19th of May, 2019. John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum enters the box...
Calabria Film Commission: 1.35 million for audiovisual productions in the territory
Calabria Film Commission has announced a new call for proposals destined to national and international audiovisual productions which are realised in Calabria Region. Applications must be submitted between May 17th and June 15th, and between September 2nd and October...
Carlo Bixio Prize’s 8th edition for screenplays and series concepts
APA (Association of Audiovisual Producers), RTI (Reti Televisive Italiane) and RAI (Radiotelevisione Italiana) announce Carlo Bixio Prize’s 8th edition. The call for proposals is open to original screenplays and series concepts. The deadline for submitting...
We watch online videos for nearly 7 hours per week
Online video is gaining in popularity around the world and between people of every age. Movies are the favourite type of online content by olders while youngers prefer TV shows. Viewers are watching more and more online videos. The “State of Online Video...
Italian Great Stories: Italian TV series fly to Los Angeles
Italian Great Stories is an initiative aimed at attracting international partners in the production of TV series to be shot in Italy and inspired by Italian literary works. The project is promoted by Italian Film Commissions and APT (Association for Television...
Creative Europe: 1.75 million for culture and audiovisual content through digital
Creative Europe, the EU’s programme that supports the European cultural and creative sector, has published “Bridging culture and audiovisual content through digital” call for proposals. The total budget is estimated at 1.75 million euros and the deadline for...
Genoa’s bridge: report of a tragedy on air on National Geographic
Genoa’s bridge: report of a tragedy goes on air on Sunday May 12th at 10.30 pm on National Geographic (Sky channel 403). The documentary produced by National Geographic collects unreleased first-hand accounts of the morning of August 14th, 2018 and it reconstructs the...
Tv series drive book sales
Audiovisual and publishing, the two industries reinforce each other. Here’s what happens to the book when the tv series is on air. The tv shows make the purchases of the novels on which they are based increase. It is clear thanks to the survey «Television...
