Also 4 Oscar Awards in the letter of the Siae against Sky for copyright protection
The diatribe between Sky and Siae continues. A thousand authors and artists, including 4 Oscar Awards, have signed a letter to support the copyright law. A letter of complaint. A letter to affirm the importance of copyright, as it is still regulated in Italy. So there...
Lucky Red will be the first to walk on Cannes red carpet
This year, Lucky Red will have the honor to open the 71tst Cannes Film Festival with a highly anticipated film: Todos Lo Saben, directed by the Iranian Asghar Farhadi. Among the cast of the film, there will be the famous couple of Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem. The...
The Italians at Cannes
Italy has made its return to this year’s Cannes Film Festival with two of the country’s best directors: Matteo Garrone and Alice Rohrwacher. Some years ago both filmmakers had already participated and obtained the Grand Prix of the jury at the French festival: Garrone...
Viacom revenues increase mainly thanks to free TV
The accounts of Viacom Italia increased in 2017, with a total turnover of 67.9 million euros, + 20.6% compared to the previous year. A success mainly due to the excellent results of free TV. The television group led by Andrea Castellari sees a moment of strong growth...
Del Brocco announces a €70m investment for Rai Cinema
Paolo Del Brocco announced a raise of their investment for Rai Cinema to €70m. The productions have been distributed into several big categories. Paolo Del Brocco, Rai Cinema’s CEO, still recovering from the big celebration of Rome’s victory over Barcelona, made a...
New rules at Cannes Film Festival
New rules have been established at the Cannes Film Festival. Selfies on the red carpet and previews for journalists have been banned to avoid prejudices on official projections. Thierry Frémaux, director of the Cannes Film Festival, set some new rules for this...
Great success of the Italian Social Film Fund initiative Con il Sud.
98 are the projects for new films that have been sent to the “Social Film Fund – Con il Sud”. The Apulia Film Commission and Fondazione Con il Sud are celebrating the success of the initiative. The announcement, released last April 3rd, was born from the...
Finále Plzeň: all films at the 31st edition of the Czech Film Festival
Finale Plzeň the most important Czech film Festival this year has also scheduled some films that have participated in MIA|Cinema Co-Production Market. The 31st edition of Finále Plzeň, the most celebrated Czech Film Festival, kicks off from 19th to 24tn April 2018 in...
Saudi Arabia to debut at Cannes
Saudi Arabia will launch internationally and will participate in Cannes Film Festival for the first time. Saudi Arabia will make its debut presence in Cannes Film Festival with nine short films directed by different Saudi filmmakers. The projects will be presented in...
Videotime Produzioni is absorbed by Reti Televisive Italiane
Reti Televisive Italiane, owned by Mediaset, absorbs Video Time Produzioni. Cologno Monzese’s media group, after having absorbed a few months ago the company Media4commerce, is working on a merger project to incorporate the company Videotime Produzione (Vp) to Reti...
Quanto basta (MIA|Cinema Co-Production Market 2015) first days in the Italian theatres
Quanto basta is a comedy directed by Francesco Falaschi which was presented in the 2015 edition of Mia | Cinema Co-Production Market, and was released in theaters last April 5th. The premiere, held in the Aurelia Antica theatres of Grosseto, registered a very high...
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