Sky and A+E Networks have announced to extend their long-term partnership to distribute A+E content to Sky customers in the U.K., Ireland, Italy, Germany and Austria. The deal includes six brands: History, Lifetime, Crime Investigation, H2, A&E and Blaze....
The supply of streaming video services increases. Amazon launches Amazon Channels, a video on demand platform. It’s a premium offering of twenty-five channels in Germany and Austria and forty in the U.K. for the time being. Prime subscribers will partially or...
IFC Films’ Sundance Selects has acquired North American rights to distribute Jonas Carpignano’sfilm A Ciambra, which premiered in the Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes. The movie was executive produced by Martin Scorsese, produced by Stayblack, RT Features, Rai Cinema,...
The presentation of the next edition of Giornate Professionali Estive Ciné (Professional Summer Days Ciné) took place at the Italian Pavilion in Cannes.Supported by ANICA, ANEC and ANEM, the event will be held from 4 to 7 July in Riccione. The upcoming movie release...
Rai Boards of Directors meeting ended with a very foregone conclusion for many: the news plan proposed by the CEO Antonio Campo Dall’Orto have beenrejected by five votes (the President Monica Maggioni and the board members Arturo Diaconale, Franco Siddi, Rita Borioni...
Roberto De Paolis’ “Pure Hearts” is one of the selected films of the Director’s Fortnight section of the Cannes Film Festival. The feature is produced by Young Films and Rai Cinema, with the support of MiBACT and distributed by The Match Factory. It was showcased as...
The President of the region of Lazio Nicola Zingaretti spoke during the Cannes press conference to explain the current situation of Lazio Cinema International, a notice offering ten million Euros a year to support international co-production projects set in Lazio....
Indiana Production has acquired rights to The Leopard, Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa’s masterpiece, to make an English-language TV series which is currently under development. The project is the result of a collaboration with Giangiacomo Feltrinelli Editore and is...
Focus Features has acquired worldwide rights, excluding France, to director Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre’s debut film Mustang at the Cannes Film Festival. The project was presented at MIA|Cinema 2015 and is currently in pre-production. Written by the director together...
The Kinéo Movie Diamond Award was established in 2002 on the initiative of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities to promote the national film industry and is celebrated every year at the Venice Film Festival. Promoted by Kinéo Cultural Association, chaired...
Canadian film distributor Mongrel Media has acquired rights for Vladimir de Fontenay’s Mobile Homes, ahead of the screening on May 21 for Directors’ Fortnight of Cannes Film Festival. The film was a project selected for MIA|Cinema Co-production Market 2015 and it...
To celebrate the 70th edition of the Festival, Cannes Classics this year is dedicated to the history of the festival itself. The official selection involves masterpieces of cinema and a collection of five documentaries which you can find here: La belge histoire...