Cannes 2017, all the docs of the 70th edition.
The 70th Cannes Film Festival starts today and there is no shortage of important documentaries which will be screened among different sections. Even though none of them is in the official competition, four docs are in the Out of Competition section while two more...
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
According to data from the European Audio-visual Observatory on European box offices, last year 991 million tickets were sold in the 28 countries of the Union. It is the best result since 2004 with a total profit of 7,04 billion euros, a result which reflects the...
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
Starting June 1st Andrea Salerno will be the new director of La7, and will replace Fabrizio Salini. The network itself gave the announcement, thanking Salini “for the work carried out and for the fruitful collaboration, both from a personal and professional...
Cinema2Day ends up here, Franceschini: “I’m sorry”. On its last day, over 600 thousand tickets
Cinema2Day ends with high numbers, as reported by minister Dario Franceschini: ” on the last day, our initiative brought over 600 thousand people to cinemas, especially young people and families who have found out again the magic of cinema theatres”....
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
Mariangela! starts off today, a tribute to Mariangela Melato signed by Fabrizio Corallo that will be broadcast in three episodes on Rai Storia. The artistic and personal life of an extraordinary actress who died in Rome in 2013 at the age of 71. A journey through...
Cannes, Netflix films in the selection, but rules will be stricter from 2018
Just a week away from its opening, Cannes Festival has definitely decided that films produced by Netflix (Okja by Bong Joon-ho and The Meyerowitz Stories by Noah Baumbach) will be in the official selection. Their participation had been questioned after the protest of...
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...
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