Oscars Jury welcomes Guadagnino, Alice and Alba Rohrwacher and Bellocchio
The Academy awards Italians: in the Oscars Jury Alice and Alba Rohrwacher, Marco Bellocchio and Luca Guadagnino. Discover the full list of jurors. The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, the organ that votes for the Oscars, has invited 928 new artists to...
Patrick Süskind’s ‘Perfume’ to Become a TV Series
Patrick Süskind’s bestseller Perfume: The Story of a Murderer has inspired a new series directed by Philipp Kadelbach that will be accessible on Netflix. Patrick Süskind’s sublime novel, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, published in 1985 and brought to...
Endemol Shine Calls in Banks to Evaluate Possible Sales
According to from the foreign press, Endemol Shine, the TV production giant jointly owned by 21st Century Fox and Apollo Global Management, has commissioned entities like Deutsche Bank and LionTree to evaluate a possible sale. The co-owners have agreed to sell the...
Daughter of Mine (MIA|What’s Next Cinema 2017): The Film by Laura Bispuri Awarded at the Shanghai Film Festival
Presented at What’s Next Cinema di Mia 2017, Daughter of Mine (Figlia Mia) by Laura Bispuri has been awarded at the Shanghai International Film Festival as Best Film. China applauds Daughter of Mine by Laura Bispuri, with Alba Rohrwacher and Valeria Golino. The...
Comcast: The Endless Challenge
Disney is willing to purchase 21st Century Fox at all costs, and yesterday raised its bid to $71.3 billion (in cash and stock), which comes down to $38 a share. The giant led by Bob Iger has raised its bet for the assets sold by Fox, namely the British Sky, Star...
We Want Cinema: Women in Italian Cinema at Pesaro
The Pesaro Film Festival (16-23 June 2018) focuses this year on “Women in Italian Cinema”, with its special section We Want Cinema. For its 54th edition, the Pesaro Film Festival proposes in its programme a section entirely devoted to women in Italian...
Italian Cinema Law, the New Minister Alberto Bonisoli’s Statements
The new Minister of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism (MiBACT) Alberto Bonisoli issued statements on the Cinema Law. Here are the details. The new calls for the allocation of contributions to films and audiovisual works for 2018 have been published on the...
Lux Vide Profits Double Thanks to its Great TV Successes
The profits of Lux Vide have doubled, with a €1.2 million coupon for its partners and revenues of €58 million for 2017. This has been a golden year for the Lux Vide. The Italian production company founded by Ettore Bernabei has gathered countless achievements, as...
Netflix Unaffected by the Agreement Between AT&T and Time Warner
Netflix shares in Wall Street do not seem to be affected by the merger between AT&T and Time Warner, the telecommunications giant that will revolutionize the competitive scenario of online film distribution, TV series, and other entertainment content. Goldman...
Globi d’Oro Awards 2018: The Winners of the Foreign Press in Italy
The Foreign Press Association in Italy has awarded one more year the best of the Italian cinema in the 58th edition of the Globi d’Oro (Italian Golden Globes Awards). Here is the winner list. In the wonderful setting of Villa Medici in Rome, the Foreign Press...
Cattleya Increases Investments for TV Series
Cattleya is betting on TV. After the important success of some TV series, the production company has started working on new projects like Gomorra 5, Django, and Suspiria de profundis. In recent years Cattleya has produced some true successes, among which Gomorrah is...
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