Emilia-Romagna Region: more than 500 thousand euros for film culture
Emilia-Romagna Region has approved the funding of 7 new projects for film and audiovisual culture, for a fund of €570,000. As reported in the press release, the funding promoted by the Emilia-Romagna Region will support the film sector and will ratify conventions with...
LuxVide and Fremantle: acquisition on the way?
Lux Vide could soon become part of Fremantle, at least according to some rumours reported by Il Sole 24 Ore. The two companies, as you can read on Il Sole 24 Ore in the article by Andrea Biondi, have recently entered into exclusive negotiations for the sale of Lux...
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
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 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 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
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
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
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
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
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...
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