Solinas Award, the future of the industry

Solinas Award, the future of the industry

Set on La Maddalena island, in Sardinia, the annual Solinas Award decided, this year, to open its doors with a commemoration of Franco Solinas, the author who actually gave his name to the award. Forty years after his death, Gillo Pontecorvo movie, The Wide Blue Road,...
Cinecittà, Funds for Internationalisation are now open

Cinecittà, Funds for Internationalisation are now open

Cinecittà, in collaboration with the Italian Ministry of Culture, has opened the Funds for Internationalisation, the measures to foster the diffusion of Italian cinematographic products abroad. There are four funds, subdivided according to their function, and each one...
Mediaset launches its offer for M6

Mediaset launches its offer for M6

Mfe-MediaforEurope, too, decided to launch its (non-binding) bid to acquire 48.3% of M6, the French channel owned by Germany’s Rtl, after the stop to its merger with Tf1.   It is now up to Rtl to decide what to do with its share (estimated at between 700...
Italian Box Office 19-25 September 2022: Avatar in pole position

Italian Box Office 19-25 September 2022: Avatar in pole position

Just a few days after its return on the big screen Avatar wins and takes the top spot at the Italian box office. In its first week, James Cameron’s Avatar polarises the attention of Italian theatres with a revenue of €1,656,035: the 2009 film, remembered as one...
Official Selection of the Rome Film Festival announced

Official Selection of the Rome Film Festival announced

A press conference was held yesterday, September 22, 2022, to announce the Official Selection of the 17th edition of the Rome Film Festival. In the usual framework of Auditorium Parco della Musica Ennio Morricone Gian Luca Farinelli and Paola Malanga, respectively...
All the winners of Screen in Green

All the winners of Screen in Green

Yesterday, September 22, Screen in Green, the first competition for young people aged between 18 and 30 aimed at promoting environmental issues in cinema and audiovisuals, ended. Developed by the Ministry for Ecological Transition and with the support of Premio...
Lazio Region, half a million for screenwriting projects

Lazio Region, half a million for screenwriting projects

The Lazio Region has allocated a five hundred thousand euro fund for screenplay projects. “Dalla parola allo schermo” is the 2022 edition of the public call for new audiovisual productions. The call is open to all those who are resident in Lazio Region and...
Apulia Film Fund, 3 millions for audiovisual projects

Apulia Film Fund, 3 millions for audiovisual projects

Apulia Film Fund, the Tender designed to support the implementation of audiovisual projects realized partially or entirely on the Apulian territory and, whose management is completely entrusted to Apulia Film Commission in its quality of Intermediate Body from...
All the European movies battling for the Oscars

All the European movies battling for the Oscars

The 95th Oscars ceremony is coming soon, in fact, despite it being in almost 6 months, specifically on the 12th of March 2023, the deadline to present the chosen titles, for each country, for the Best International Feature Film is fixed no later than the 3rd of...
Open call for selective contributions for audiovisual works

Open call for selective contributions for audiovisual works

The Ministry of Culture grants selective contributions on the basis of Law 220 of 14 November 2016 ‘Disciplina del cinema e dell’audiovisivo’, which establishes the ‘Fondo per il cinema e l’audiovisivo’ intended to finance tax...
The 12 titles in the running to represent Italy at the Oscars 2023

The 12 titles in the running to represent Italy at the Oscars 2023

ANICA has announced the 12 titles competing to represent Italy at the Oscars 2023. Among these, the selection committee will choose the one that will compete for the International Feature Film Award at the 95th Academy Awards. Films distributed or to be distributed in...