Italian Box Office Oct. 30-Nov. 05. ‘C’è ancora domani’ surpasses 7 million euros
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The Lucca Comics & Games program
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Calabria Film Commission, €4.85 million for audiovisual productions
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Lombardia per il Cinema, regional call for films and documentaries is open
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Italian Box Office 23-29 October. Gold medal for C’è ancora domani
C’è ancora domani, the directorial debut with which Paola Cortellesi opened the Rome Film Festival, took first place at the weekly Italian box office with €1,656,742. Silver medal for Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon, which in its second week...
Amazon, ad revenue grows 26% and Prime Video becomes larger business
Amazon announced a solid third quarter with Amazon Web Services (AWS)-related revenue growth of 12 percent to $23.06 billion; online sales and advertising sales are also good times, the latter registering a 26 percent increase with revenues of $12.06 billion. Both...
Disney+, Italy’s new productions aim for excellence
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