Marché du Film 2017, all Italian films.
From May 17 to 28, the Marché du Film 2017 will take place, as usual, at the Palais Riviera of Cannes. Many of the films of the Italian section has been presented or screened during the last two editions of MIA Market. MIA is also partner of the Italian Pavillon,...
European Audio-visual Observatory, 2016 data: Big success for animation, American films prevail
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Relentless Netflix has announced 400 new jobs and two new European original series.
The recent querelle with the Cannes film festival has not stopped Netflix, who on the contrary has announced not only the creation of a new customers hub in Amsterdam where 400 new staff will be hired by 2018, but also increased investments on European original...
From June 1st Andrea Salerno new director of La7
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Cinema2Day ends up here, Franceschini: “I’m sorry”. On its last day, over 600 thousand tickets
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Netflix, Hastings accuses Cannes. Barbera’s comment: “Festival out from market logics”
Reed Hastings, CEO of Netflix, has given harshly commented the Cannes Festival’s decision that, starting from 2018, will not allow films to qualify for the competition unless they are released in theatres. Hastings posted his comment about such resolution on...
Mariangela!, a tribute to Melato starting from today on Rai Storia
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EndemolShine UK launches Shiny Button Productions, from the creators of Murder in Successville.
EndemolShine UK has created Shiny Button Productions, a new production company working in England and specialised in comedies. Its founders are Andy Brereton, James De Frond and Tom Davis, who conceived the English big comedy hit Murder in Successville. Shiny Buttom...
Monica Bellucci won the Nastro d’Argento Europeo 2017 for her interpretation in the film On the Milky Way by Emir Kusturica
Monica Bellucci won the Nastro d’Argento Europeo 2017 for her interpretation in the film On the Milky Way by Emir Kusturica. The prestigious award, assigned in the past to such personalities as Krzystof Kieslowsky, Philippe Noiret, Aki Kaurismaki, Ken Loach, Alain...
Vision Distribution revealed its management. Scrosati: “fundamental contribution to the Italian market”
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