Green Pass: Franceschini’s open letter on cinema and theater capacity
Minister of Culture Dario Franceschini has decided to send an open letter to the Prime Minister Mario Draghi and to the Minister of Health Roberto Speranza asking for more flexibility on the rules regulating access to cultural shows. The Ministry of Culture press...
MiC: 5 million euros for the entertainment industry
The Direzione generale Cinema e audiovisivo has disbursed a fund of five million euros for the year 2021 to support prevalently mutual cooperatives working in the entertainment industry carrying out staging, production, organization or other subsidiary services....
Europe: Streaming continues its race
Streaming in Europe is in strong development even after the pandemic. This is revealed in the report “State of Streaming Europe – Q2 2020” by Conviva. The second quarter of 2021 records a growth in its consumption of 19% compared to the previous year....
Eight hundred thousand euros for audiovisual productions in Sardinia
The Fondazione Sardegna Film Commission has published the new call for the Fondo Sardegna Ospitalità 2021, here it is how to access the fund. Until November 5, 2021, it will be possible to submit applications to access the Fondo Ospitalità created with the aim of...
London and Toronto: all the Italians in the line-up
Italian cinema is appreciated abroad as confirmed by the ever-increasing presence of Italians at international festivals. Here are all the titles that will be in Toronto and London. From September 10 to 18, 2021, the Toronto Film Festival will take place. In addition...
Netflix: news about it are coming in Italy from 2022
Netflix confirms its great interest in Italy not only for the launch of new productions, in fact the streaming giant has also decided to account the revenues generated by Italian subscriptions starting from 2022. The fiscal novelty is due to the expansion of the...
Charades and I Wonder Pictures for Italian talents
French sales and co-production company Charades and Italian I Wonder Pictures are entering into an important agreement for the distribution of Italian projects. According to an exclusive from Variety the two companies are going to collaborate...
SIUSA: the online thematic path to access audiovisual sources in the archives
In its archives the SIUSA portal has made available fragments of interviews and testimonies with the aim of offering a contribution to the knowledge and diffusion of oral sources. This initiative makes accessible the meticulous collection carried out by Istituto...
Digital Services Act against the online piracy
Online piracy is back to be the main problem about the advent of digital, but some solutions have arrived: the Digital Services Act (DSA) and the Digital Markets Act (DMA), which are the European measures to protect the consumer. This is a set of rules applicable...
Italian Box Office 30 August-5 September 2021: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings tops the chart
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings debuts this week and achieves the best result at the box office. Check out the weekly chart from 30 August to 5 September 2021. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings takes the podium and earns € 1,484,436 in its first...
More than 2 million for international co-productions
The €2.5 million call for proposals for the production of feature-length films made under a co-production or minority participation scheme is now active. The contributions made available by the Direzione generale Cinema e audiovisivo will be active until 1 October...
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