2021 C EU Soon Selection Committee unveiled!

2021 C EU Soon Selection Committee unveiled!

We are beyond thrilled to announce the members of the selection committee of C EU Soon 2021: Sara May, Director of Acquisitions and Co-productions for France and Italy at Netflix, Carla Quarto di Palo, Director of International Sales at Cornerstone Films, and Ioanna...
Selective grants 2020: almost one million to selected projects

Selective grants 2020: almost one million to selected projects

The Ministry of Culture has published the list of projects financed in the 3rd session 2020 of the call for selective grants for the writing, development and pre-production of cinematographic and audiovisual works. 18 projects were considered eligible for the grant,...
The 78th Venice International Film Festival is about to begin

The 78th Venice International Film Festival is about to begin

The 78th edition of the Venice Film Festival is just around the corner. Starting tomorrow, 1 September 2021, the festival will guarantee attendance in compliance with the anti-Covid-19 measures. As in the previous year, the edition will not give in to the difficulties...
All Star: the new short film to promote the restart of cinema

All Star: the new short film to promote the restart of cinema

All Star is the title of the new short film produced by the Ministry of Culture, in collaboration with ANICA, ANEC and Cinecittà, at the centre of the new communication campaign to relaunch cinema. The short film, directed by Vincenzo Alfieri, features some of the...
Online piracy scares Hollywood giants again

Online piracy scares Hollywood giants again

Despite the high number of media platforms and their low costs, online piracy does not seem to be stopping. The problem does not only affect the music market, but also (and above all) the audiovisual market, which has always been in the cross hairs. In fact, according...
Italian Box Office 23-29 August 2021: Me contro Te always in the lead

Italian Box Office 23-29 August 2021: Me contro Te always in the lead

Me contro te – Il mistero della scuola incantata remains firmly in first place at the box office. Check out the weekly chart from 23 to 29 August 2021. The duo Luì and Sofi with Me contro te – Il mistero della scuola incantata remains at the top, with € 3,671,228 in...
Tokyo 2020: Discovery’s record

Tokyo 2020: Discovery’s record

According to Eurosport, Discovery reports a 10% increase in viewers over the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics. More than 372 million viewers in Europe watched the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. An estimated 175 million watched through TV and digital coverage, 200 million...
Italian cinemas: number of screens increasing

Italian cinemas: number of screens increasing

The Ministry of Culture published the directorial decree of 25 August 2021, authorising contributions for the Extraordinary Plan for the development of the cinemas circuit. Grants are dedicated to increasing the number of screens, and concern cinemas and multiplexes...
Film d’Essai: all titles nominated by Ministry of Culture

Film d’Essai: all titles nominated by Ministry of Culture

The Ministry of Culture, through Direzione Generale Cinema, has assigned the title of Film d’Essai. Also present is The Bad Poet, presented at What’s Next Italy MIA 2019. Among the titles that won the qualification of Film d’Essai, awarded to films...
Apulia Film Fund: new edition online

Apulia Film Fund: new edition online

The Apulia Regional Council has reopened the call for proposals for the Apulia Film Fund with a budget of 4 million euros. The call, reserved to micro, small and medium enterprises, aims to support the production phase of feature films, documentaries, TV series or...
Italian Box Office 16-22 August 2021: Me contro te beats all

Italian Box Office 16-22 August 2021: Me contro te beats all

Me contro te – Il mistero della scuola incantata debuts and wins the gold medal at the Italian box office. Discover the weekly chart from 16 to 22 August 2021. The duo Luì and Sofi with Me contro te – Il mistero della scuola incantata jumps to the first...
Cinema and publishing together for the restart

Cinema and publishing together for the restart

ANEC and FIEG, in collaboration with ANICA, have launched the new initiative “Ogni martedì la cultura e il divertimento raddoppiano”, which aims to bring audiences back to the cinema and encourage the purchase of newspapers. Here’s how. From 10...