Les Arcs Festival, all the Italian films in the 9th edition
The Les Arcs Film Festival unveiled the programme of its 9th edition, which will take place on 16-23 December 2017. Among the ten films in the main competition there is Nico, 1988 by Susanna Nicchiarelli (What’s Next Italy 2016), winner of the Orizzonti Section at...
Is Disney about to acquire FOX?
Sources close to the deal have revealed rumors about a possible Disney acquisition of some FOX’s international assets, a deal that would enourmously change the global audiovisual landscape. The acquisition would be part of Disney’s strategy to reach a prevalent role...
Pinewood Television rebrands as Twelve Town. Helen Gregory: “creativity at the heart of producing process”.
After the full-acquisition by StoryFirst in September, Pinewood Television rebrands as Twelve Town and pens a deal with producing company Riff Raff, led by actor Jude Law and producer Ben Jackson. Twelve Town, which mantains Helen Gregory (speaker at MIA Market 2017’s...
Israeli TV series False Flag is coming to Italy starting November 7 on FOX.
From November 7, Fox will broadcast Israeli drama False Flag created by Maria Feldman, who was a guest of MIA 2017 during IDM Südtirol: RACCONTI # 6 as a mentor for the selected projects together with Harold Valentin (author of the series Call My Agent). The title,...
Eurimages Fund, four films of previous editions of MIA Market among the 30 selected projects
The Board of Management of the Council of Europe’s Eurimages Fund has chosen thirty projects (22 fiction, 7 documentaries and one animation film) which will receive a financial support for a total amount of 5.598.535 euros. Among the selected projects, there are...
“Sirene”: the Italian fantasy drama gains an audience share of 20.6% for its debut
“Sirene” (“Mermaids”): the fascinating mythological creatures become the protagonists of a TV series. The fantasy drama, written by Ivan Cotroneo, comprising six episodes set in contemporary Naples, experiments with a whole new genre and succeeds, even on...
Dicktatorship (MIA DOC Pitching Forum 2017) among the films financed by IDM Alto Adige Film Fund & Commission. Five Italian films in the complete list.
IDM Alto Adige Film Fund & Commission announced nine winning projects of the third and last call of 2017. This films will obtain a funding in their production and pre-production phase, for a total investment of 1.3 mln euros. Film Commission will fund five Italian...
Torino Film Festival 2017, 9 Doigts by F.J. Ossang (New Cinema Network 2014) among the Italian premieres.
The press conference of the 35th edition of the Torino Film Festival, which will take place on Turin on 24 Nov-2 Dec, was held on Tuesday, November 14. The focus of TFFdoc will be The Journey and it will be represented by tho films, both at their italian premiere....
What’s Next Italy, True Colours announces the international distribution of The Place and The Invisible Boy – Second Generation
The second edition of What’s Next Italy, held at MIA Market 2017, was fruitful for True Colours: Catia Rossi’s company concluded several international agreements for the distribution of the new film by Paolo Genovese, fresh from the worldwide success of Perfect...
The Girl in the Fog (MIA|Cinema Co-Production Market & Pitching Forum 2016) by Donato Carrisi, now in theatres
The Girl in the Fog, a novel written by Donato Carrisi, is now a movie directed by the same Carrisi at his cinematographic debut. The movie, starring Toni Servillo, Alessio Boni and Jean Reno, presented as a project at MIA | Cinema Co-production Market & Pitching...
Hot new Italian TV projects unveiled at Rome’s MIA Market 2017
The TV Upfronts event organised by the MIA Market in Rome saw the most important production companies in the Italian TV landscape share details of their upcoming projects. In the audience were showrunners Chris Brancato (Narcos) and Evan Katz (24), producer Kate...
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