FOCUS on Artificial Intelligence in the Audiovisual Sector. Part 1 – From Hype to Normalization
In recent years, the rise of Web 2.0 has turned internet users from passive consumers into active creators, shaping online communities in ways we couldn’t have imagined before. YouTube is the clearest example: today it’s a crossroads for personal videos, vlogs, web...
Lombardy Region Opens €300,000 Call to Support Writing and Pre-Production
The Lombardy Region, in collaboration with the Lombardia Film Commission, has launched a new €300,000 call dedicated to the early development stages of audiovisual works. The initiative is designed to support films, TV series, animations, and documentaries that are...
Registrations open for the fourth edition of La Bottega della Sceneggiatura
Applications open today, 18 September 2025, for the fourth edition of La Bottega della Sceneggiatura, the advanced training program created by Premio Solinas in collaboration with Netflix. The initiative is aimed at young writers aged 18 to 30 of any nationality,...
The David evolves: all the new features of Italy’s prestigious Film Award
The 2026 edition of the David di Donatello Awards will introduce several changes aimed at making the award more transparent, authoritative, and inclusive. Piera De Tassis, President of the Italian Film Academy and Artistic Director of the award, shares the news...
Coming soon: Fuori Sala – Alice nella Città turns Rome’s iconic streets into a stage for cinema and culture
In just a few days, Rome will become the exclusive set of Fuori Sala, the new format by Alice nella città, which will bring cinema into the streets of the historic center of the Capital. This initiative anticipates the 23rd edition of the Festival directed by Fabia...
Unlocking New Audiences: the report exploring how TV consumption habits are changing
Consumer habits around television and streaming consumption are rapidly evolving, indicating a shift toward free, ad-supported models. This is one of the key findings of Unlocking New Audiences, a study conducted in Spain, France, Germany, and Italy, the results of...
FOCUS on film tourism. Part 1 – Traveling through cinema
Cinema has the power to transform real places into settings that leave a deep, often lasting impression on the collective imagination. By combining the world of audiovisual media with tourism, this unique combination has evolved into a significant cultural and...
Oscars 2026: who will represent Italy? Selection begins among 24 submitted films
The 98th Academy Awards® will take place on March 15, 2026, and for Italy, the time is approaching to choose which film to submit for the International Feature Film Award category. On September 23, the selection committee, established at ANICA at the request of the...
Italian Chamber of Deputies Discusses €2 Million Fund for First-Time Films and Progressive Tax Credit
The film tax credit system in Italy was introduced in 2008 with Law 244/2007 (Financial Law 2008) and later reorganized by the Cinema Law of 2016. Its aim is to incentivize the production of Italian films and international co-productions, offering a tax credit of up...
Emmy Awards 2025: a big night for Adolescence and The Studio
The 77th edition of the Primetime Emmy Awards took place in Los Angeles on Saturday night, celebrating the best in American primetime television programming. This year, the big winners were The Studio and Adolescence. The satirical series produced by Apple TV+ took...
The Conjuring: Last Rites dominates the Box Office for the week of September 8–14
This week The Conjuring: Last Rites, the last chapter of the famous horror saga produced by James Wan, is still number one at the box office, earning €3.506.458. In second place is the new movie from the popular Japanese anime series, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba –...
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