Record scores for Commissario Montalbano and the economic impact on the territory
One billion viewers. Not one less. This is the astonishing number of people who have watched at least one episode of Commissario Montalbano, the most popular of Italian TV detectives, since its first screening on Rai May 6 1999. The first three series were broadcast...
A new distributor is on the market: Altre Storie Distribuzione, founded by Cesare Fragnelli
Altre Storie Distribuzione was set up from a branch of Altre Storie, a company established in 2014 thanks to a group of young authors. Starting from April, the new distribution company will offer both traditional and new experimental films, always with an eye to the...
Udine Far East Film Festival: Italy will be present with one of the thirteen projects selected for Focus Asia
From 26 to 28 April, the Far East Film Festival (FEFF) of Udine will host the second edition of Focus Asia, a co-production market where Asian and European buyers will share on different genre productions (finished projects). But there’s more: this year Focus...
Filming of “L’amica geniale”, a HBO-RAI original series is set to start next August
After the casting for Lila and Lenù, the two young leading actresses of L’amica geniale, filming will start next August. The eight-episode TV series, an adaptation of Elena Ferrante same title best selling published by e/o will be directed by Saverio Costanzo....
Venice Virtual Reality, Venice opens up to virtual reality with a first VR film contest
The 74th Venice Film Festival will host the first ever competition dedicated exclusively to virtual reality: the Venice Virtual Reality will be held August 31 to September 5 in the VR Theatre at the Casino Palace. The jury, made up of five personalities of the...
Nicola De Angelis: “MIA is a young market, a great tool for Italian audiovisual”
Nicola De Angelis, Development and International Co-Production Manager at Fabula Pictures, was a relator of the panel “Telco: are they real players for the financing of our films?” at MIA 2016. De Angelis praises this experience, mostly for the focus of that talks and...
David Stefano Moscato, Kobalt Entertainment: “MIA is a great occasion for independent producers”
David Stefano Moscato, Kobalt Entertainment’s CEO, presented at the “Arts and Culture” Pitching Forum of MIA | Doc 2016 the project Il Club dei 27 (The 27 Club) directed by Mateo Zoni. The film is about Giuseppe Verdi’ life and it follows an 11 years old opera-loving...
March 2017, release date for MIA Cinema presented movies
Many movies presented in What’s Next Italy are going to be released in cinemas in March 2017. What’s Next Italy is the showcase of the Italian developing next movies that are exclusively presented to buyers during MIA. Rosso Istanbul last movie...
Creative Europe Slate Fund for Vivo Film with three new projects by young filmmakers
Vivo Film, a movie company based in Rome funded by Gregorio Paonessa and Marta Donzelli, obtained a slate fund from Creative Europe (a program launched in 2014 that provides 1,46 billion to the cultural sector between 2014 and 2020) for 3 projects directed by three...
La Ragazza nella Nebbia and Il Suggeritore by Donato Carrisi are about to become a film and a tv series
La Ragazza nella Nebbia (The Girl in the Fog), 2015 bestseller by the Italian writer Donato Carrisi, has been presented at MIA 2016 for a screen adaptation by Colorado Film Production C.F.P. Srl. After one year, the film is a work-in-progress as Gavila Production,...
