Rai Cinema, under D'Amico, ramps up co-productions

Rai Cinema's new chief Caterina D'Amico says the film production arm will place a special emphasis on co-productions and to illustrate the point, Rai Cinema has just signed on as 25% partner of Spike Lee's $45m project Miracle at St. Anna, which begins shooting Monday at Cinecitta studios before moving on to locations in Tuscany. The cast features Laz Alonso, Omar Benson Miller, Christian Berkel, Michael Ealy, Valentina Cervi, Pierfrancesco Favino, Omero Antonutti, Derek Luke, ...