PerSO, the “Social Film Festival” of Perugia from 23 September to 1 October
The third edition of PerSO, the “Social Film Festival” for social documentaries, will take place in Perugia from 23 September to 1 October 2017. Guests from all over the world will be present at the event and there will be more than thirty titles in the competition,...
Spike, Super!’s men’s interest channel to air on the DTTV from October 22
Viacom (Visual & Audio Communications) acquires 50% of Super! and from October 22 it launches men’s interest channel Spike on channel 49 of the DTTV. Spike is also present in other countries, with case histories in the UK and the Netherlands; its ratings are...
Netflix vs Amazon. Ted Sarandos: “we are interested in everything except mainstream and what’s already been watched”
The war of the Networks. According to American independent films distributor and Slamdance President Peter Baxter, “this is a positive war for the audience and the independent authors, who are the real beneficiaries of this conflict”, which is transforming into a real...
Audrey Hepburn. The Rome Film Festival has her (funny) face
Audrey Hepburn, timeless icon of style, grace and elegance. She is the protagonist and the official image of the Rome Film Festival, produced by Fondazione Cinema per Roma, with Piera Detassis as President and Antonio Monda as Art Director. David Seymour took the...
Netflix: Barbara Ferrieri to become Originals Publicity Manager Italy from next October
Barbara Ferrieri, graduated in philosophy at the Catholic University of Milan, will be Netflix’s Originals Publicity Manager Italy from October 2. She was Communications Director at Discovery Italia until a few months ago (Pr & Social Media Manager at the TV group...
Frank Vincent dies at 80
Born in 1937, Frank Vincent’s career starts in 1975 when he got cast in some gangster movies such as The Death Collector with Joe Pesci. Martin Scorsese noticed him first and wanted him in Raging Bull with Robert De Niro. Then in Godfellas and Casino. He usually...
Italy for Movies, the new national portal in support of tourism and the audio-visual industry
During the 74th Venice International Film Festival, Italy for Movies was presented to the press: it’s the national portal of locations and production incentives carried out by Istituto Luce-Cinecittà, in partnership with the Italian Film Commissions Association and...
Sky: commercials are increasing
“After July has grown 5% compared to the same month in 2016, net of the European Football Championship, we estimate we close the tax year with a positive sign” states Advertising Director Daniele Ottier during the press conference for the presentation of the schedules...
A record-breaking “Grande Fratello VIP” (“Celebrity Big Brother”)
Director of Canale 5 Giancarlo Schieri commented on the record-breaking TV ratings of Grande Fratello VIP (Celebrity Big Brother): “This is the second year and it’s another huge achievement. There was a great expectation and the record numbers collected yesterday on...
Netflix and the investigative journalism
Netflix strikes back. After Amanda Knox, the documentary film on the murder of Meredith Kercher, after Making a Murderer, on the assassination of Teresa Halbach, and The Keepers, on the unsolved homicide of the nun Sister Cathy Cesnik, the streaming giant announces it...
“The Music of Silence” (“La Musica del Silenzio”): the biopic on Andrea Bocelli
The world wants the truth and the television and cinematographic storytelling fits to this new trend. The successful docu-series Ignoto 1, on the hunt for Yara Gambirasio’s killer, followed by the sought-after Mafia Capitale, reconstructing the Roman crime network led...
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