European Film Awards 2018: Dogman and Happy as Lazzaro nominated
Dogman by Matteo Garrone and Happy as Lazzaro by Alice Rohrwacher will rapresent Italy at the European Film Awards (Efa 2018). The award ceremony at the European Film Festival will be held on December 15 in Seville. The two films have gained four nominations: Best...
How the #MeToo movement is changing Hollywood
The map of power in Hollywood is becoming increasingly pink. In the Mecca of cinema, overwhelmed by a wave of sexual scandals, women are gaining positions as managers, directors and actresses, and the number of female stories is also increasing, as shown by some...
Emilia-Romagna: 8 new projects financed by the audiovisual fund
Five feature films and 3 documentaries will be made with the contribution of the Regional Fund for Audiovisual Emilia-Romagna. The projects will be shot in different locations in the region. Funding for the second window of contributions has exceeded 705 thousand...
Increase in advertising revenues: the results of the Italian networks
Italian television celebrates: advertising sales up on last year. Data in growth especially for La7. Positive trend for TV advertising investments from January to September 2018: 2.633 billion euros with an increase of 1.2% compared to last year. According to the...
Your home becomes a set: now it’s possibile and easy!
Roma Lazio Film Commission launches the new initiative “Casa tua diventa un set” (Your home becomes a set). In this way, every citizen can open the doors of his own home to film and television productions. Roma Lazio Film Commission actively supports the...
Audiovisual sector: European Council approves the new directive
New regulation for the audiovisual sector in Europe. After the European Parliament, the Council also approves the new rules that will govern the sector. In 20 days, the text will be published in the Official Journal of the European Union, so that the new rules on the...
Disney-Fox: Europe also gives green light to acquisition
The European Commission approves the aquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney, but the antitrust authorities have set certain limits. A transaction worth 71.3 billion dollars. Thus One company Disney managed to acquire 21st Century Fox. To seal the operation was...
Passeggeri notturni: the book by Gianrico Carofiglio becomes a TV series
Shooting is underway in Bari on the new fiction that will be broadcast on Rai2, Passeggeri notturni (Night Passengers). The series is inspired by the stories of Gianrico Carofiglio. The stories collected in Passeggeri notturni will have as fil-rouge a radio speaker...
LaF: All upcoming TV shows
Effe Tv is full of TV series. The Feltrinelli media company has signed some agreements that will bring to the channel laF new shows beloved by the public. The transmission agreements have been signed with BBC Studios, Itv Studios Entertainment, Endemol Shine and...
Mediaset: good results for the group’s advertising sales agency Publitalia
Positive and growing figures for the Italian television Mediaset, thanks to the numbers of Publitalia, the group’s advertising sales agency. This is confirmed by the CEO Stefano Sala, who has no doubts about the Mediaset’s future. For Publitalia, the first...
Creative Europe: new calls in support of audiovisual sector for €18.9 million are open
The Media sub-programme of Creative Europe has launched two new calls for proposals in support of the audiovisual industry: one for TV programming and the other for development of audiovisual contents. With the aim of strengthening the capacity of the audiovisual...
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