Berlinale 2019: Emin Alper’s A Tale of Three Sisters (Co-production Market and Pitching Forum|MIA 2016) in competition
The Berlinale announces first nine films selected for the Competition and the Berlinale Special of the 69th Berlin International Film Festival (February 7-17, 2019). The list includes Emin Alper’s A Tale of Three Sisters, which participated as a project at the...
Elizabeth Karlsen and Stephen Woolley to receive a prestigious BAFTA award
Elizabeth Karlsen, guest at MIA Market 2018, and Stephen Woolley will be awarded at BAFTA 2019. The two British producers will receive their awards on 10 February. Among the most prolific independent film producers working in the UK today, Elizabeth Karlsen and...
The television of the future: pay TV wins out!
What is the future of TV? They call it the “Netflix effect”, so the market will adapt to the entry into the field of the over-the-top (OTT). The audience is asking for more and more TV, and video on demand services are the most important ones. The...
A TV drama series for Audrey Hepburn
After My Brillian Friend, another great international project is being prepared for the Wildside by Mario Gianani and Lorenzo Mieli. It is a TV series about Audrey Hepburn, one of the greatest icons of Hollywood cinema. Inspired by the bestseller Audrey At Home, the...
My Brilliant Friend (GREENLit | MIA 2018) already sold in 130 territories, now lands in China
My Brilliant Friend confirms the success overseas. The TV series has already been sold in 130 territories, most recently it has been announced the agreement with the Chinese iQiyiyi platform. After the great results obtained by Elena Ferrante’s books, the TV...
2019 Golden Globe Nominations
The Golden Globe nominations have opened the season of Hollywood awards that will end with the Oscars. Vice, the biopic on Vice President Dick Cheney, got six nominations, while five on equal terms received Green Book, starring Viggo Mortensen, and A Star Is Born with...
The cinema reclaims the Italian summer
Revolution 2019: great films return to the cinema to bring back the audience. Thus, even in Italy, major productions enter the summer cinemas planning. Film industry and institutions together for cinema. The relaunch of cinema in the summer is announced in Sorrento,...
Call for co-development Italy – France 2018: the winning projects
Twelve projects have won the Italy-France co-development call, announced by the Directorate General for Cinema of the Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities. The Fund, established in 2013, aims to encourage co-productions of feature films between France and...
Netflix’s Future: more content and more local projects
New development plan for Netflix, the platform focuses on internationalization, not forgetting Europe. What future for Netflix? The SVoD platform has a clear development plan in place, which is based primarily on content enhancement. The content available will be...
British Council launches #FiveFilms4Freedom 2019
Working in partnership with BFI Flare: London LGBTQ+ Film Festival, the British Council makes five LGBTQ+ themed short films available for the world to watch online, for free, for a 12-day period. The line-up of films, featuring work by emerging filmmakers from across...
