Rai of Paradoxes
The deadlock at Rai – denounced by the board members CarloFreccero and Paolo Messa in an open letter sent to the Italian newspaper Il Corriere della Sera – crippling the preparation of the fall schedule moves closer to the TV series. On the one hand, Rai...
Netflix orders its first Turkish-language series produced by O3 Medya
Netflix has officially ordered its first Turkish-language drama, a ten-episode series inspired by the history and legends of the ancient Ottoman empire. The drama focuses on a young man who discovers that he has mysterious powers and he is destined to save the city of...
Upfronts, topics and new shows for the 2017-2018 TV season in the U.S.
There are three main thematic areas for the U.S. TV series’ next season. The Upfronts, the most important four days of the American television during which broadcast networks announce their primetime schedules to advertisers, couldn’t help reflect the zeitgeist...
Semaine de la Critique, Emmanuel Gras’ documentary Makala wins
The jury of the 56th Cannes’ Critics’ Week (Semaine de la Critique) has awarded the prestigious Nespresso Grand Prize to Emmanuel Gras’ Makala, the only documentary among the competing films. Produced by Bathysphère, the documentary is set in Congo and follows a...
Rai deals with Netflix. Non uccidere available on streaming, then on Rai2
The Netflix model influences our public broadcaster too. For the first time in the history of public service television, a Rai TV series is available streaming and broadcasted on the small screen after a few days. Non uccidere is a thriller TV series directed by...
Lucisano Media Group: five titles acquired at the Cannes Film Market.
Lucisano Media Group has acquired distribution rights for five films at the Marché du Film of the 2017 Cannes Film Festival: Georgetown, the directional debut of Oscar-winning actor Christoph Waltz, starring in his movie with Vanessa Redgrave;Gabriela...
True colours, many deals closed in Cannes. Castellitto’s Fortunata sold to eight countries.
True Colours has closed many important deals at the 2017 edition of Marché du Film (Film Market) in Cannes: Sergio Castellitto’s Fortunata, competing in the Un Certain Regard section, has been sold to France (Paname Distribution), Latin America (Fenix Distribuidora),...
Eagle Pictures and Leone Film Group join forces for Kathryn Bigelow’s Detroit
Eagle Pictures and Leone Film Group have acquired Italian rights to distribute Kathryn Bigelow’s new feature, Detroit. Leone Film Group’s Raffaella Leone stated that they closed the deal with Megan Ellison’s Annapurna Pictures, the production company of the film....
Sky and A+E Networks, partnership renewed for the European distribution
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....
Amazon Channels, a video on demand platform
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...
Jonas Carpignano’s A Ciambra distributed by Sundance Selects in North America
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,...
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