Distribution: calls for circulation of Italian films abroad

Distribution: calls for circulation of Italian films abroad

The MiC, in collaboration with Cinecittà spa and ITA, in agreement with the main trade associations, has renewed the €1,200,000 fund dedicated to boosting theatrical distribution of Italian films worldwide. The grant is intended to incentivize the film’s...
Box Office June 20 – 26: Elvis tops the charts

Box Office June 20 – 26: Elvis tops the charts

Debut in first position at the box office for the biopic on the King of Rock directed by Baz Luhrmann, which grossed € 878,586 in its first days of programming and easily conquered the first position, a result likely to be repeated in the coming week. In second...
Canada tries again with streamer regulation

Canada tries again with streamer regulation

Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party has taken another step forward in its attempt to create streamer regulation and bring foreign-based OTTs under domestic regulation. Bill C-11 (also known as the Online Streaming Act) was passed by the Canadian House by a vote of...
Lazio Cinema International, 19 millions for audiovisual

Lazio Cinema International, 19 millions for audiovisual

The Lazio Cinema International Notice, through which the region has been supporting international co-productions made in the region since 2016, is back. Thus opens the first of two windows planned for 2022, during which it is possible to apply for funding. The Notice,...
Piracy in Italy, 315 million violated content

Piracy in Italy, 315 million violated content

At the States General of the fight against piracy, organized by FAPAV, the Federation for the Protection of Audiovisual and Multimedia Content Industries, representatives of institutions and industry in attendance agreed that it is time to strengthen the fight against...
MIA Market at Matera Digital Week

MIA Market at Matera Digital Week

From today until Sunday, June 26, the first edition of Matera Digital Week will be held, after being postponed last December due to the pandemic. The event will be the culmination of experimentation, applied research and technology transfer projects that have Matera...
Paramount+ lands in Italy

Paramount+ lands in Italy

Paramount+, Paramount Global’s streaming service will arrive in Italy in September, before landing in France, Germany, Switzerland, and Austria. Jaime Ondarza, EVP & South EMEA Hub Leader, Head of Streaming Southern Europe, Latin America, MIddle East &...
Nastri d’argento 2022, arthouse cinema wins

Nastri d’argento 2022, arthouse cinema wins

Paolo Sorrentino’s The Hand of God and Mario Martone’s Nostalgia, with 6 and 4 awards respectively, are the winning films of the Nastri d’argento 2022, the annual awards of the National Union of Italian Film Journalists. To Marco Bellocchio the award...
Box Office June 13-19: silver medal for Lightyear

Box Office June 13-19: silver medal for Lightyear

Despite the arrival in Italian theaters of the latest Pixar-branded film Lightyear, the dinosaurs of Jurassic World: Dominion not let up and conquer for the third week in a row the first place at the box office, grossing in the last week the figure of € 1,056,614 for...
Jon Snow’s return: HBO announces spin-off

Jon Snow’s return: HBO announces spin-off

According to Variety, a further spin-off of Game of Thrones, based entirely on the character of Jon Snow, is in development at HBO. Kit Harington will thus reprise one of the series’ fan-favorite roles, and the story will take place after the events of the...
The first footage of Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

The first footage of Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

Receiving a warm greeting from the audience, Guillermo del Toro took the stage at The Annecy Film Festival and presented the world premiere of eight minutes of his version of Pinocchio shot in stop-motion. In the first excerpt screened we find Geppetto meeting the...
Films on The Move, 16 million for distribution

Films on The Move, 16 million for distribution

The second cut-off of the Films on the Move call opened by the EU Commission under the Media section of the Creative Europe program is set fo July 5. Films on the move promote innovation, competitiveness and scalability of the European audiovisual sector. The call...