Amazon Prime Video adding ads from early 2024
Following Netflix and Disney +, Amazon’s streaming platform, Prime Video, will also add an advertising-based service. Advertising will be introduced automatically and an extra fee will be required for an ad-free service. Thus, the current subscription price will...
Rome Film Fest 2023, program unveiled
Rome Film Fest, scheduled at the Auditorium Parco della Musica Ennio Morricone, announces at a press conference the opening of its 18th edition from Oct. 18-29. Cinema per Roma Foundation President Gian Luca Farinelli calls the kermesse “the festival of the...
Freely, the new UK-based streaming platform
Freely, the new streaming platform that will allow British viewers to enjoy the best of UK public TV online, is scheduled to launch in 2024. Freely promises a free service that will make available programming from the main UK public TV channels, BBC, Channel and...
Over 500 projects received from 80 countries
More than 500 projects were submitted this year for the Co-Production Market and Pitching Forum for Animation, Doc, Drama and Film, from 80 countries worldwide (+30% of countries compared to 2022). Of these, 62 were selected (15 Animation, 18 Doc&Factual, 14...
Fondo Audiovisivo Friuli-Venezia Giulia, the last annual session kicks off
The third and last annual session of the Fondo Audiovisivo Friuli-Venezia Giulia opened today 21 September and will close on 20 October. The fund has a triple function: to promote the training of professionals and to foster the development and distribution of...
Garrone’s Io, Capitano towards 96th Oscars
Matteo Garrone’s Io, Capitano has been chosen to represent Italy at the 96th Academy Awards. Yesterday, the Selection Committee established by ANICA, on behalf of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, has met to proclaim the winning title that is...
Artificial Intelligence, the conference at the Ministry of Culture: creativity, ethics, and regulation
The doors of the Ministry of Culture open – both physically and metaphorically – to the future, on the occasion of the conference “Intelligenza Artificiale: creatività, etica, diritto e mercato” promoted by Undersecretary of State Lucia...
Netflix has announced the line up of Italian productions
On the occasion of the See What’s Next event, the streaming giant Netflix presented the line up of Italian productions, which will soon arrive on the platform. These are four new projects, which enhance our creative genius. Two feature films inspired by...
FVG Film Fund, up to €300,000 for audiovisual productions
Friuli Venezia Giulia Film Fund is active until 30 September to support Italian productions, co-productions or foreign productions of feature films, short films, fiction and documentaries made locally. The call is aimed at promoting and enhancing the region’s...
Ampere Analysis, European OTT subscriptions overtake American by 2024
Western Europe will become the second continent by number of OTT subscribers by 2024, surpassing the North American figure. Asia will remain firmly in first place. This is reported by Ampere Analysis, the analysis company that follows the audiovisual, video game and...
Box Office Semptember 11-17. A Haunting in Venice, a stellar second place
Oppenheimer, for the fourth consecutive week, is still at the top of the chart, with a gain of €2,185,522. Nolan’s film is followed by A Haunting in Venice, released on 14 September in cinemas, which grossed €2,029,066. The film, a screen adaptation of the 1969...
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