Approval of Rai budget. The wage ceiling has been confirmed. Rai Ragazzi will be directed by Luca Milano
Rai Boards of Directors met yesterday in a stormy meeting: for the first time, the budget’s approval has not reached a unanimous consent: two out of the nine voting members gave a contrary opinion (Giancarlo Mazzucca of the Centre Right and Arturo Diaconal,...
BIF Market, first one in Europe for fantasy genre. Romain Roll:” a necessary market”
Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFFF), which has hosted for three years the co-production market Frontières, will inaugurate this year (13 to 15 April) a new co-production market, the BIF market, the first one in Europe exclusively devoted to fantasy...
Dogman by Matteo Garrone, HanWay Film has bought world distribution rights
HanWay Film has bought the world distribution rights for the next film by Matteo Garrone, Dogman. The English company, who has already distributed Tale of Tales, is already committed with the project Pinocchio, always by Garrone, presently suspended until February...
Sony has announced Pop, starting form May 4 also Italy will have the kids channel which has been a great hit in the UK
Pictures Television Networks (SPTN) has announced the Italian launch of Pop, their first free-to-air channel in our country. It will be on air starting from May 4 and will replace Neko TV, which has been acquired by Television Broadcasting System. Pop has already been...
Cannes, No Italian films in the competion for the Golden Palm. Castellitto and Zambrano will be present in Un Certain Regard
No Italian films will compete for the Golden Palm at the 70th Cannes Film Festival, whose official selections were announced earlier today (with the exception of the Semaine de la Critique and the Quinziane des Réalisateurs, whose selected films will be announced...
Giancarlo Leone is the new president of Associazione Produttori Televisivi
Giancarlo Leone was unanimously elected by Apt members as the new president of the Association. The appointment has been confirmed after the official nomination of 28 March. Leone is 61, and has been previously Rai Cinema General Manager, vice Director General of Rai...
The Turkish soap opera has seduced Italy: Luca Rochira, Fox Life:” perfect fiction for our audience”
As confirmed by the latest edition of MipTV at Cannes, despite the difficult political situation, Turkey has become a giant in the audivisual production: its TV products have reached an excellent level and, most importantly, they are ‘western’ enough to...
Five finalists for each category. Also some documentaries screened at MIA were present
The five finalists have been announced for the 7th edition of Doc/it Professional Award, offered to the best Italian documentary of the year organised by the Associazione Documentaristi Italiani, this year in collaboration with Roma Lazio Film Commission. This year...
Lisa Nishimura revolution: “On Netflix documentary is second only to TV series”
The Perugia Journalism Festival was attended by Lisa Nishimura, Netflix vice-president of documentary and comedy programming since 2007. Miss Nishimura was previously General Manager at Palm Pictures. A successful career that brought her to lead a big revolution: On...
Sembra mio figlio (MIA 2015) by Costanza Quadriglio, filming in Iran due to start on April 15
Sembra mio figlio, the film by Costanza Quadriglio presented at MIA | Cinema 2015, will be filmed in Iran from April 15. An Iran-Italy coproduction, the film is produced by Ascent film of Andrea Paris and Matteo Rovere with Rai Cinema, in coproduction with Cavia Film...
