FOCUS on film tourism. Part 1 – Traveling through cinema
Cinema has the power to transform real places into settings that leave a deep, often lasting impression on the collective imagination. By combining the world of audiovisual media with tourism, this unique combination has evolved into a significant cultural and...
Oscars 2026: who will represent Italy? Selection begins among 24 submitted films
The 98th Academy Awards® will take place on March 15, 2026, and for Italy, the time is approaching to choose which film to submit for the International Feature Film Award category. On September 23, the selection committee, established at ANICA at the request of the...
Italian Chamber of Deputies Discusses €2 Million Fund for First-Time Films and Progressive Tax Credit
The film tax credit system in Italy was introduced in 2008 with Law 244/2007 (Financial Law 2008) and later reorganized by the Cinema Law of 2016. Its aim is to incentivize the production of Italian films and international co-productions, offering a tax credit of up...
Emmy Awards 2025: a big night for Adolescence and The Studio
The 77th edition of the Primetime Emmy Awards took place in Los Angeles on Saturday night, celebrating the best in American primetime television programming. This year, the big winners were The Studio and Adolescence. The satirical series produced by Apple TV+ took...
The Conjuring: Last Rites dominates the Box Office for the week of September 8–14
This week The Conjuring: Last Rites, the last chapter of the famous horror saga produced by James Wan, is still number one at the box office, earning €3.506.458. In second place is the new movie from the popular Japanese anime series, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba –...
Paramount Skydance sets sights on Warner Bros. Discovery
Just a few weeks have passed since the merger between Paramount Global and Skydance Media, and CEO David Ellison — son of Oracle tycoon Larry Ellison — is already preparing for a new move. According to reports from The Wall Street Journal, the U.S. media giant is...
Amazon and Netflix Strike Major Advertising Deal
Amazon and Netflix signed a major advertising agreement to bring inventory from Netflix’s ad-supported tier onto Amazon’s demand-side platform (DSP) starting in the fourth quarter of 2025. The integration will launch across eleven international markets, including the...
DGCA MiC and ICE-Agency: Memorandum of Understanding for the promotion of the Italian Audiovisual Industry abroad
New opportunities are on the horizon for professionals in the Italian film and audiovisual industry, thanks to the agreement signed between the Directorate General for Cinema and Audiovisual of the Ministry of Culture and ICE – the Italian Trade Agency for the...
Disney and Atresmedia’s Landmark Agreement. A New Major Alliance
Disney has struck a strategic content deal with Atresmedia, one of Spain’s leading media groups, to expand its streaming operations in the Iberian market. The multi-year agreement, announced in Madrid, will bring Atresmedia’s premium Spanish-language series and films...
Warner Bros. writes box office history in 2025 with seven straight successes
With the release of The Conjuring: Last Rites, Warner Bros. marks a major milestone. Michael Chaves’ horror film is, in fact, the studio’s seventh consecutive title to surpass $40 million on its opening weekend, earning $83 million in the U.S. and $187 million...
Milan becomes the capital of Real Cinema with the Visioni dal Mondo Festival
The International Documentary Festival Visioni dal Mondo, conceived and directed by Francesco Bizzarri, is just around the corner. As every year, this edition is ready to celebrate documentary cinema as both an art form and a tool for understanding, offering a space...
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