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...
MiC: crucial role of Cinecittà in the future of European studios
The Minister of Culture Dario Franceschini reconfirmed the importance of the new funds at Cinecittà for the repositioning of Italian cinema in the European context. And it was precisely on the studios and, therefore, on the production activity on European and Italian...
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...
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