Netpitch 2023 edition kicks off

Netpitch 2023 edition kicks off

NETPITCH, the competition for feature film concepts, television series and docuseries, promoted by APA and Writers Guild Italia, officially opens its 2023 edition with important new features that concern, first of all, the selection mechanism, which is more in line...
The program of the 53rd edition of the Giffoni Film Festival

The program of the 53rd edition of the Giffoni Film Festival

The 53rd edition of Giffoni Film Festival returns July 20-29, confirming it as the most anticipated summer film event dedicated to children and young people. Opening the festival is Claudio Bisio’s directorial debut film entitled L’ultima volta che siamo...
The MIA films selected by the Locarno Film Festival 2023

The MIA films selected by the Locarno Film Festival 2023

The Locarno Film Festival, now in its 76th year, has presented this year’s official program. Seventeen films, including nine world premieres, will be screened on Locarno’s Piazza Grande, the large open-air arena that can accommodate up to 8,000 spectators...
Alexia Laroche-Joubert new CEO of Banijay France

Alexia Laroche-Joubert new CEO of Banijay France

Alexia Laroche-Joubert, former CEO of Adventure Line Productions (ALP), will fill the vacant position as CEO of Banijay France starting in September. She was described as brilliant and creative by Marco Bassetti, CEO of Banijay Italy, who added how “Alexia has been a...
Ciné – Giornate di Cinema, the 12th edition returns to Riccione

Ciné – Giornate di Cinema, the 12th edition returns to Riccione

The 12th edition of Ciné – Days of Cinema is kicking off, from July 4 to 7 at the Palazzo dei Congressi in Riccione. The summer event, conceived and produced by Cineventi as a meeting point for film industry operators, is a project promoted by Anica (National...
Italy-Japan, Film Co-production Agreement

Italy-Japan, Film Co-production Agreement

Collaboration between Italian and Japanese cinema is strengthened thanks to a film co-production agreement signed by the minister of Culture, Gennaro Sangiuliano together with the minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Yoshimasa Hayashi, at the headquarters of the...
Chiara Sbarigia elected president of APA

Chiara Sbarigia elected president of APA

Chiara Sbarigia is the new President of the Audiovisual Producers Association, the first woman in thirty years elected to lead the APA. In her speech, Chiara Sbarigia recalled the nine Presidents who preceded her and with whom she has worked fruitfully side by side...
The 12th edition of Biennale College Cinema kicks off

The 12th edition of Biennale College Cinema kicks off

Biennale College Cinema, the Biennale di Venezia’s advanced training workshop, is moving towards its twelfth edition and is opening the call for emerging filmmakers for the development and production of micro-budget feature films to be presented at the Venice...
Box Office 19-25 June. Elemental takes first place

Box Office 19-25 June. Elemental takes first place

This Monday, the weekly box office ranking opens with the first place earned by Elemental, the new Disney-Pixar feature film, released in cinemas on 21 June, which earned € 1,743,427. In second place was The Flash, down one position from last week, with a weekly gross...
Lazio Cinema International, the details of the 2023 edition

Lazio Cinema International, the details of the 2023 edition

The call for applications for the first 2023 edition of Lazio Cinema International, promoted by the Regione Lazio, has been published. It allocates 5 million euros, half of which is reserved for audiovisual works of regional interest. Applications can be submitted...