Cannes 2018: the Triumph of Italians
Who were the best contestants at the Cannes Film Festival? Among the winners, there has been a remarkable presence of Italy: Marcello Fonte (main actor of Dogman), Alice Rohrwacher (for Lazzaro Felice screenplay) and Stefano Savona (for the documentary Samouni Road)....
‘Samouni Road’: Another Italian Success in Cannes 2018
Another Italian triumph at Cannes 2018 with Stefano Savona, awarded for Samouni Road with the Best Documentary prize “L’Oeil d’or”. This has been a successful edition for Italian cinema in Cannes. Alongside the triumph of Lazzaro Felice with Alice Rohrwacher and...
Carlo Bixio Award: the Seventh Edition Call is Now Open
The seventh edition of the Carlo Bixio Award, a competition for young writers organized by Rai, APT (TV Producers Association) and RTI (Reti Televisive Italiane), has started. To participate, applications can be submitted until September 3rd, 2018. This year’s edition...
Rai Cinema to Become Part of GlobalGate, an International Network for Distributors and Producers
Rai Cinema teams up with GlobalGate to facilitate the film distribution and commercialization in other countries. Here are the details of the agreement. GlobalGate is a global network that links international producers and distributors of audiovisual content to...
‘In Dolce Attesa’, a series project born from ‘Un Posto al Sole’
A spin-off from the Italian soap opera Un Posto al Sole is being born. The new series, under the title In Dolce Attesa, will feature some of the most beloved faces of the long-lasting Neapolitan soap opera, as Patrizio Rispo (the goalkeeper Raffaele Giordano), Claudia...
Apulia Film Commission triples its funds
The Film Commission of the southern Italian region of Puglia, presided over by the filmmaker Maurizio Sciarra has tripled its funds for the next three years. The sum that the Apulia Film Fund will make available to those shooting their projects in the southern region...
Notorious Pictures Purchases Seven New Films at the Cannes Film Festival
The society Notorious Pictures has purchased seven new cinematographic works at the 2018 edition of the Cannes Film Festival. Notorious Pictures, the Roman society headed by Guglielmo Marchetti (CEO & Chairman Investor Relator) has gone shopping in Cannes. The...
CBS Sues Shari Redstone and National Amusements to Block Viacom Merger
CBS Corp. filed a lawsuit accusing majority shareholder Shari Redstone of breaking her fiduciary duty to CBS shareholders. CBS filed suit on Monday May 14 in Delaware Court of Chancery against Shari Redstone (president of National Amusements and vice chair of CBS and...
‘L’estate Infinita’, Edoardo Nesi’s Novel for a New TV Series
After Lazzaro Felice, the film by Alice Rohrwacher in competition at the Cannes Film Festival, Timvision and Tempesta team up again for a new project: a TV series based on the novel L’estate Infinita by Edoardo Nesi. From the pages of a book to the small screen....
Focus, the new theme channel from Discovery comes to Mediaset
In two days Focus, a new free theme channel from Discovery, will arrive at Mediaset. Born from the synergy between Mondadori and Mediaset, and inspired by the homonymous science and cultural popularization magazine, the channel (which will be available in the number...
BAFTA 2018: the winners of the British television
The BAFTA Awards (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) have crowned the protagonists and the best British TV series. Unexpectedly in the top category of the BAFTA Awards, Best Drama Series, BBC’s Peaky Blinders took a surprise win, passing ahead of the...
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