“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...
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...
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....
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, 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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-...
In this session, Damian Keogh (Managing Director, Lookout Point) Craig Holleworth (Head of Business, Drama Commissioning di BBC FILMS e Programme Acquisitions per BBC Television) and Ben Donald (Executive Producer di BBC Worldwide) will explore strategic partnerships,...
ANART with the support of the SIAE – the Italian Society of Authors and Publishers – and the University of Orsola Benincasa in Naples, presents the trailers of the 10 winning formats of the ProFormat 2017 competition. MIA and APT arranged a pitch day...