Toronto International Film Festival, the complete lineup

Toronto International Film Festival, the complete lineup

The Toronto International Film Festival has announced the full selection of Gala and Special Presentations programs for the 47th edition, which will be held Sept. 8-18. Notable titles announced include Sarah Polley’s “Women Talking” and Sam...
MEDIA Talents on tour, call for 10 producers from South Italy

MEDIA Talents on tour, call for 10 producers from South Italy

The Creative Europe Desk Italia MEDIA is promoting, in collaboration with the five Film Commissions of Southern Italy (Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Puglia and Sicily) a call for participants to identify 10 producers who will participate in the MEDIA Talents on tour...
Venezia 79, the names and the program of the press conference

Venezia 79, the names and the program of the press conference

A press conference was held this morning, live from Ca’ Giustianian in Venezia, to announce the (almost) complete program of the 79th Venice International Film Festival. President Roberto Cicutto and Artistic Director Alberto Barbera outlined the films that will...
Co-production, call for projects with Spain

Co-production, call for projects with Spain

The call for co-production projects with Spain or Latin America, made in collaboration by Roma Lazio Film Commission with Cineuropa, co-financed by MiC, is online and is intended for Italian film producers. Producers must submit a project with the following criteria:...
Box Office 18-24 luglio, Thor: Love and Thunder is unstoppable

Box Office 18-24 luglio, Thor: Love and Thunder is unstoppable

A confirmation that comes for the third consecutive weekend Thor: Love and Thunder remains firmly anchored in first place at the Italian box office. Marvel’s film, which earned € 1,215,185 this week, grossed a total of € 8,825,492, thus placing it in fifth place...
Netflix is in the process of acquiring Animal Logic

Netflix is in the process of acquiring Animal Logic

Netflix will acquire Australian animation studio Animal Logic by the end of the year in order to support the OTT’s ambitious animated film program, based on films such as Over the Moon and Klaus, both Oscar nominees, and the recent The Sea Beast.   Animal...
Masi film grows. Agreement reached with Aliante and Indigo Film

Masi film grows. Agreement reached with Aliante and Indigo Film

An important new strategic agreement has been signed aimed at consolidating the audiovisual production company Masi Film, whose founder as well as president and CEO is Massimiliano Di Lodovico. A strengthening, that of Masi Film, which will see the participation in...
Giffoni Film Festival begins, inclusivity as the main theme

Giffoni Film Festival begins, inclusivity as the main theme

The 52nd edition of the Giffoni Film Festival has begun. This year the theme that will accompany the festival from July 21 to 30 will be “the invisible, those who work in silence, those who have no voice, those who remain behind and not by choice”....
Nintendo acquires production company Dynamo Pictures

Nintendo acquires production company Dynamo Pictures

Nintendo is set to acquire Japanese animation company Dynamo Pictures in an effort to develop more content based on its intellectual properties. The 100 percent acquisition of the Tokyo-based company is expected to close on October 3 and will result in a name change...