“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...
‘Game of Thrones’ Star Charles Dance Set for ‘The Book of Vision’; Terrence Malick Exec-Producing (EXCLUSIVE)
By Nick Vivarelli – Variety.com “Game of Thrones” star Charles Dance, Dutch actress Lotte Verbeek, and rising Swedish actor Sverrir Gudnason (“Borg/McEnroe”) will topline “The Book of Vision,” an English-language fantasy/mystery directed by Italy’s Carlo...
MIA Market 2017, all the Awards for the third edition of the International Audiovisual Market
The award ceremony for the third edition of MIA, International Audio-visual Market, took place yesterday evening in Rome, at Barberini District. The director of MIA, Lucia Milazzotto, the president of ANICA, Francesco Rutelli and the president of APT, Giancarlo Leone...
The importance of the showrunner described to MIA 2017 by Frank Spotnitz
Three of the protagonists of the global television scene have discussed the tasks and responsibilities of one of the key figures in serial production. GIANMARIA TAMMARO – La Stampa The showrunner is one of the most important roles of the new television. He is the one...
MIA Special Programs: Creative Emotions – Narrative Gaming vs Scripted Storytelling: Win the Audience in the Centre Field
In the golden age of seriality, what is most required on a production level is without a doubt the ability to create worlds that can generate endless stories. And this is what video games have always done. This subject was at the center of the panel Creative Emotions-...
