Netflix See What’s Next comes to Rome
What should we expect from the new Netflix programming? The new contents will be unveiled at the two-day event in Rome. This year the Netflix executives have chosen Rome as a location for See What’s Next. The annual event in which the new contents of the...
The Directors’ Fortnight film selection
The Directors’ Fortnight has announced the official list of films that will be present at Cannes from May 9 to 19. Italy has won three positions in the director’s selection with two feature films and a short film. The first one is titled Troppa Grazia,...
Italian films at the Moscow International Film Festival
Everything is ready for the 40th edition of the Moscow International Festival, set to begin tomorrow. Let’s find out which Italian films will be competing. The Moscow International Film Festival will be held this year from April 19 to 26, 2018: the usual appointment...
Hot Docs Festival will show Italian documentaries in Toronto in its 2018 edition
The Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, the most acclaimed documentary festival in the world, will take off this year from April 26th to the 6th of May in Toronto. For this year’s edition, the festival will also include some Italian projects. In this...
Getting ready for La Semaine de la Critique in Cannes
The 57th edition of La Semaine de la Critique in Cannes is just around the corner, set to begin next Wednesday 9 of May. Let’s have a look at what’s to come: The 57th edition of the Cannes Semaine de la Critique will take place this year from May 9th to the 17th,...
FARE UN FILM, a new initiative for cinema projects in Lazio Region
Antonietta De Lillo has announced this new initiative “FARE UN FILM” for the realization of cinema projects under the theme of the man and the beast. The initiative has been called “FARE UN FILM”, and it has been conceived by Antonietta De...
344 productions sustained with Lazio Regional Fund
Last year the Italian region of Lazio sustained the realization of 344 cinema and audiovisual projects thanks to the 9 million euro financing granted by the Lazio Regional Fund for the Audio-visual. The projects developed are very varied, from movies to fiction,...
New project for Saudi director Haifaa Al-Mansour
Haifaa Al-Mansour is the first female director originally from Saudi Arabia. After debuting in 2012 at the Venice Film Festival with Wadjda, she returns to the big screen with an animated film: Miss Camel. In a country like Saudi Arabia, where artistic expression is...
The historic agreement between Tim and Vision Distribution
An important agreement between Tim and Vision Distribution for the distribution and co-production of films has been reached. For the first time, the films will arrive on the small screens just 4 months after their release in the movie theatres. It has been a historic...
Farewell to Milos Forman
Milos Forman has left us at age 86 after a brief period of recovery from an illness. The film writer won two Oscar’s awards for his movie One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest in 1976 and Amadeus in 1985. The first film brought to light the remarkable young talent...
Discovery and the new TV channels: how the free-to-air television is changing
The Discovery business is extended, continuing with the launch of new channels. A positive trend that until today has brought well 10% of share in the 24 hours. Discovery Italia launches Motor Trend that will occupy Channel 56, taking the place of Focus that Mediaset...
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