WeFilmGood: the online video pitch platform created by Maison des Scénaristes.
Maison des Scénaristes, an association for the promotion of authors in international festivals, has recently created WeFilmGood, an online platform where authors can present their projects online to producers in the form of a video pitch. Co-founder of Maison Sara...
Piracy, judgement against Pirate Bay may have repercussions on the giants of the web.
The judgement of the Court of Justice of the European Union against the online platform Pirate Bay which allows users to share illegal torrent file may have serious repercussions on giants such as Facebook, Google and YouTube as well. The judgement confirms the...
Italian Golden Globes, Gianfranco Cabiddu’sThe Stuff of Dreams wins Best Film
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ACE, an alliance of major to combat online piracy
Many companies decided to combat the rampant phenomenon of piracy, after what happened with Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean and the new season of Netflix’s Orange is the New Black: they were held ‘hostage’ by a group of hackers who asked for a substantial ransom....
Franceschini: “Implementing decrees will be ready by summer”
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Federer as audiovisual experience. A report from Chimenz at the “Where does Italian cinema go?” convention.
“We’re in the right business”. Marco Chimenz insisted on repeating this sentence more the once to the audience of insiders who today were at the meeting room in Via Alibert (Rome) during his warmly welcomed speech at the “Where does Italian cinema go?” convention,...
Facebook and Mtv join together for a TV series?
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Ligabue and Accorsi work together again for Made in Italy, produced by Fandango.
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Locarno Film Festival – Comencini’s Stories of Love that Cannot Belong to this World, presented at What’s Next Italy 2016.
On Sunday 6 August Stories of Love that Cannot Belong to this World by Francesca Comencini will be premiered in the Piazza Grande programme of the Locarno Film Festival. The film is produced by Fandango and Rai Cinema and it is based on the director’s book by the same...
Call for Entries for MIA | Cinema, Co-Production Market & Pitching Forum and MIA | TV, Drama Series Pitching Forum.
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Oscar Mammì, godfather of the first organic law on the broadcasting sector, dies.
Oscar Mammì, godfather of the first organic law on the radio and television broadcasting, died yesterday after a long illness at the age of 90. He was born in Rome, graduated in economics and business studies and was employed in a bank where he started to get...
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