Big results in 2023 for Japanese animation studios
It is $2.34 billion in revenue for Japanese animation studios for the year 2023. Screen Daily analyzed Teikoku Databank’s report, which highlighted that the revenue contribution of animated films such as Makoto Shinkai’s Suzume ($133.4 million worldwide)...
Box office 26 August – 1 September. Despicable Me 4 and Ends With Us still on the podium
The top two positions remained unchanged this week, with “Despicable Me 4” in first place with €4,209,639, surpassing the € 10.5 total, followed by “Ends With Us”, the sentimental drama starring Blake Lively, which earned €1,113,039. “Deadpool &...
Cinema Revolution 2024 campaign, positive results
“The data on ‘Cinema Revolution’ are extremely positive. I applaud Minister Sangiuliano, Undersecretary Borgonzoni and the offices of the Ministry of Culture for having re-proposed the initiative in support of cinema in theatres, which was initially...
Call for entries for the new edition of the Doc/it Women Award now open
The call for submissions for the second edition of the Doc/it Women Award, the award of Doc/it – Italian Documentary Filmmakers Association in collaboration with Women in Film, Television & Media Italia, has opened. The appointment is dedicated to Italian...
The Italian Pavilion returns and doubles at the Venice Film Festival 2024
The Italian Pavilion, the space that welcomes professionals from the audiovisual industry to the main international festivals and markets, will be back from 28 August to 6 September 2024, as part of the 81st Venice International Film Festival, organised and promoted...
Green Production Lab is born, where cinema meets sustainability
Green Production Lab, the innovative program targeting sustainability and film professionals, has been launched. Torino Film Lab together with the National Cinema Museum in Turin puts together a response to the film industry’s increasingly imperative needs...
Paramount and Skydance, the merger will close in the first half of 2025
Paramount Global has declared the end of the go-shop period, i.e. the window of time in which the Shari Redstone-controlled group with its National Amusement could consider further bids than Skydance’s, and said the transaction will close in the first half of...
Box office 19 – 25 August. Despicable Me 4 debuts and takes first place in the chart
The debut of “Despicable Me 4”, the new episode in the saga starring Gru, released on 21 August thanks to Universal, brought home €1,394,692 in box office, upsetting the balance of the podium: Disney’s title ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’...
TIFF2024, Italian films featured at Toronto Film Festival announced
Countdown to the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), which will open its 49th edition on Thursday, September 5, two days before the conclusion of the one in Venice, and run until Sunday, September 15. The overlap with the Italian festival is not only in the...
Filming Italy Venice Award returns to the Laguna
The appointment with the Filming Italy Venice Award is back, which again this year during the Venice Film Festival will award the best films, TV series and talent of the last film and TV season, in collaboration with the monthly magazine Ciak. In addition, the award...
