The creation of Global Cinema Federation has been announced at CineEurope in Barcelona: a union of eleven exhibitor chains and two international associations representing commercial interests of the entire sector. Mexican group Cinépolisis leading the federation and...
An important agreement for the development of co-production projects between Rai and France Télévisions has been presented this morning at Rai headquarters in Viale Mazzini. The agreement has been signed by the highest levels of the public broadcasters (Italian...
The De Agostini Editore group, owner of satellite channels DeAKids and DeAJunior (on Sky channel 601 and 623) and the free-to-air teen channel Super! (on DTT channel 47), has announced that its new free-to-air channel Alpha will be launched next fall. The man’s...
For the seventh time CineEurope takes place in Barcelona: the official convention of the International Union of Cinemas (UNIC) represents 36 territories worldwide and it aims to promote the cultural, social and economic value of cinemas. Produced by The Film Expo...
The fourth competition notice of ACM (World Cinema Support) has been published. Since 2012, ACM supports feature films co-produced with France. ACM Distribution was created in 2015 in collaboration with the EC’s MEDIA sub-programme of Creative Europe: this project...
President of ANICA Francesco Rutelli has signed the deal with SMG, one of the main Chinese media conglomerate. The signing has taken place in the presence of Consul General of Italy Stefano Beltrame, responsible for international relations ANICA Roberto Stabile and...
The Premio Fiesole ai Maestri del Cinema 2017 has been awarded to Vittorio Storaro, the three-time Oscar-winning director of photography: it is awarded by the Municipality of Fiesole in collaboration with the Tuscan group of the National Union of Italian Film Critics...
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...
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...
Gianfranco Cabiddu’s The Stuff of Dreams (Paco Cinematografica, Rai Cinema, with the contribution of MiBACT, White Pictures, in association with Videoprogetti, with the support of the Autonomous Region of Sardinia and the Sardegna Film Commission Foundation; premiered...
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....