Co-production, only 4 days to submit your projects
Our Co-Production Market and Pitching Forum call devoted to DRAMA, DOC and FILM projects is about to close! We are still accepting submissions of scripted and unscripted content intended for theatrical distribution, television broadcasting and digital streaming....
Strengthened partnership between Sky and Warner Bros. Discovery
Sky and Warner Bros. Discovery announce a new agreement that strengthens their multi-year partnership and brings as of today, June 30, the discovery+ app to Sky Q, in addition to the free and pay channels – Discovery Channel, Eurosport 1, Eurosport 2 – and...
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
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
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
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
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
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+, 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
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
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...
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