Damian Jones renews the agreement with Fox Searchlight and reveals his new projects
British producer Damian Jones, who last year was listed as one of the UK’s top 50 producers and was a key guest at MIA’s UK Focus, renewed his 2016 framework agreement with Fox Searchlight and on the occasion unveiled his new professional projects,...
German-Italian Co-Production Development Fund: the winners of the 2019 edition
A specific Italo-German Commission, met in Berlin, selected the winning projects of the German-Italian Co-Production Development Fund. Here are all the winners of the fund. In order to encourage the cooperation of Italian and German producers the Ministry of Cultural...#MiaBoxOffice February 21-24, 2019: ’When Mom is Away’ again on the top
With When Mom is Away, the Italian comedy remains on the podium, conquering the top of the ranking, so much so that it overcomes the expected The Mule by Clint Eastwood. Discover the whole ranking of the weekend from 21 to 24 February 2019. Alessandro Genovesi’s...
Oscars 2019: All The Winners
Oscars 2019: Peter Farrelly’s Green Book triumphs with Viggo Mortensen, success also for Rami Malek for Bohemian Rhapsody and Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma. In Italy, the live broadcast of the ceremony was available on: Sky Cinema Oscar® (Sky channel 304), Sky Uno...
Netflix nabs Lisa Taback
Netflix hired Lisa Taback, the “queen” of the Oscars. Unknown to the general public, Lisa Taback is known in the film industry as the author of the campaigns for the most successful Oscars in Hollywood. Just to name a few films from recent years: La La...
Facebook defeated by Mediaset in a lawsuit for copyright infringement
The Court of Rome has condemned Facebook in a lawsuit with Mediaset. For the first time in Italy, Mark Zuckerberg’s social network has been found guilty of copyright infringement and defamation, offences committed by hosting unauthorized links on the pages of...
Marche Region provides 1.2 million for the audiovisual sector
Marche Region has published a new call for proposals reserved for cinema and audiovisual productions for a total budget of €1.2 million. Below is all the information on the new fund. The objective of Marche Region is to support small and medium enterprises in the...
The Italian public broadcasting company launches Rai Format and Rai Doc
RAI budget 2019 was approved. The Board of the Italian public broadcasting company, chaired by Marcello Foa and in the presence of the CEO Fabrizio Salini, approved the budget 2019 and established two new company areas. These are Rai Doc and Rai Format, the first with...#MiaBoxOffice February 14-17, 2019: ‘When Mom is Away’ overtakes Eastwood
With When Mom is Away (10 giorni senza mamma), the Italian comedy returns to the podium, conquering the cinema audience, so much so as to overcome The Mule by Clint Eastwood. Discover the whole ranking of the weekend from 14 to 17 February 2019. Alessandro...
Amazon Prime Video to launch its first italian TV series
Amazon Prime Video to launch its first TV series made in Italy. Production will start in 2019 and will be entrusted to Wildside. All the previews of the new show. The new original show, produced for Amazon Prime Video, will be a crime-drama written by the authors...
European Union agrees on Copyright reform
Agreement reached on EU copyright reform, to make web giants pay “fair pay” when they broadcast contents produced by others, such as writers, artists, publishers and journalists. After a gruelling negotiating battle that began on Monday, the European...
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