Sicilia Film Commission: new funding for the audiovisual sector
The Sicilia Film Commission finances 34 productions, available the ranking of the supported works among feature films, documentaries, TV series and short films. “It’s a commitment that we support with conviction – says Sandro Pappalardo (Councillor...
New acquisitions for Paolo Sorrentino’s Loro
Loro (Them), Paolo Sorrentino’s new film about Silvio Berlusconi (played by Toni Servillo), has been acquired by Curzon Artificial Eye for the United Kingdom, by Jinjin Pictures for North Corea, by Selmer Media for Norway and Sweden e by Infotainment for China. The...
Elisabetta Sgarbi’s new film ‘I nomi del Signor Sulcic’ Presented at the Torino Film Festival
Presented at the Torino Film Festival, Elisabetta Sgarbi’s new film, I nomi del Signor Sulcic (The Names of Mr. Sulcic). It’s a journey into memory that tells the story of the tailing of a ghost. Written together with Eugenio Lio, the film plays on the...
Bernardo Bertolucci, Oscar-Winning director of ‘The Last Emperor,’ dies aged 77
Bernardo Bertolucci, an internationally renowned master of Italian cinema, dies at the age of 77. Author, director, screenwriter and film producer, he has directed films that left a mark in the history of cinema such as Last Tango in Paris, 1900, The Sheltering Sky...
Pay TV crisis in the United States
Cord Cutting is on the rise, in the United States more and more users are deciding to give up their pay TV subscription. In the last three months alone, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence, 1.2 million subscribers have cancelled their contracts. The...
Film Commission Vallée d’Aoste: new 2018 call for audiovisual projects is now open!
The Fondazione Film Commission Vallée d’Aoste is launching a call for proposals for the development of audiovisual projects with the aim of promoting and enhancing the cultural and environmental heritage. The new call is dedicated to the development and...
VoD on the rise: even in Italy streaming subscriptions could exceed those of pay-TV
Italians like VoD (video on demand) especially in streaming, this is what emerges from a research developed by Ernst & Young. Subscriptions to online services will soon exceed those to pay-TV. Choose what to watch, when and above all where. Through VoD (Video on...
Tokyo Rewards Italian Cinema with The Vice of Hope (MIa 2017)
Great success for Il vizio della speranza (The Vice of Hope) by Edoardo De Angelis which won the 31st Tokyo International Film Festival. Il vizio della speranza’s story is set in Castelvolturno, Campania, and the cast includes Pina Turco, who plays the main role...
Lazio Cinema International: the €10m call for co-productions
The Lazio Region has opened the call for film co-productions operating in the territory. Here are all the details. The intervention aims to support investments in audiovisual co-productions involving the participation of the Lazio industry with the foreign industry,...
The audiovisual boom in Apulia
Today starts the shooting of the feature films Bar Joseph by Giulio Base, La Rivincita by Leo Muscato, Stai Sereno by Davide Dapporto and Mollami by Matteo Gentiloni. In addition to the date of the first shoot, these feature films all have the same setting in common:...
South Tyrol: 7 projects funded for the third call of 2018
The provincial government of Bolzano gives the go-ahead to the proposals of the Idm Film Fund & Commission for the support of film productions in South Tyrol. Of the 12 projects submitted in the third and final call for proposals in 2018, 7 have been admitted to...
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