All Italy articles – Page 13
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NewsItaly reduces streamer investment obligations, removes IP protections for indie producers
Services such Netflix and Disney+ must now invest 16% of their Italian turnover into European works, down from 20%.
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NewsHow ‘There’s Still Tomorrow’ is bringing women and older audiences back to Italian cinemas
An unlikely success story, Paola Cortellesi’s black and white film topped the Italian box office in 2023.
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NewsTorinoFilmLab unveils projects and participants for 2024 ScriptLab (exclusive)
Development lab selects 16 projects and 23 participants for 2024 edition
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Reviews‘Stray Bodies’: Thessaloniki Review
Elina Psykou explores how issues of IVF, abortion and euthanasia are treated differently across Europe
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NewsPeruvian Indigenous-language drama ‘Yana-Wara’ sells to Italy’s Exit Media (exclusive)
‘Yana-Wara’ is screening in competition at this month’s Malaga Film Festival in Spain.
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Reviews‘Woken’: Dublin Review
A pregnant woman washes up on a mysterious, sinister island in Alan Friel’s genre debut
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NewsLocarno pays tribute to filmmaker Paolo Taviani, who has died aged 92
Paolo Taviani, along with brother Vittorio, directed Palme d’Or winner ’Padre Padrone’ and Golden Bear winner ’Caesar Must Die’.
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NewsFremantle unveils new CEOs for The Apartment and Wildside
Also strikes co-pro deal with former bosses Lorenzo Mieli and Mario Gianani.
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Reviews‘Gloria!’: Berlin Review
A young woman finds her voice in an Italian musical institute at the turn of the 19th century
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NewsMinerva strikes key deals for Italian thriller ‘The Net’
Sardinia-set crime drama is directed by Domenico Emanuele de Feudis
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NewsTVCO lights up UK sexual surrogacy drama ‘Embers’ (exclusive)
Feature filmmaking debut of UK actor Christian Cooke.
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Reviews‘Shikun’: Berlin Review
Amos Gitai transplants Eugene Ionesco’s 1959 protest play ’Rhinoceros’ to modern Israel
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Reviews‘Another End’: Berlin Review
Gael Garcia Bernal must confront memories made flesh in this near-future sci-fi
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NewsBeta acquires Italian drama ‘My Place Is Here’ (exclusive)
Set in the aftermath of WWII, the film stars ’Cinema Paradiso’s’ Marco Leonardi and ’Skam Italia’s’ Ludovica Martino.
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NewsHarvey Keitel to star in futuristic drama ‘Milarepa’ (exclusive)
The film is produced by Italy’s L’Altrofilm and the US’ Orwo Studios.
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NewsItaly’s Minerva Pictures and TVCO strike international sales partnership (exclusive)
Italian sales companies will jointly acquire films together and share expertise.
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FeaturesItalian government reforms could prove a challenge to film producers
Many producers say the new government has a completely different attitude towards the Italian industry than previous leaderships.
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FeaturesWhat can Italy’s sales companies do to compete internationally?
The biggest Italian films are typically represented by non-Italian sales companies.
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NewsRai Cinema boss Paolo del Brocco seeks to allay Italian concerns over new sales outfit
Rai Cinema International Distribution will offer a “very clear and simple” line-up of Italian films says del Brocco.
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NewsIsabelle Huppert to take on multiple roles in Tonino de Bernardi’s ‘Close-Up’ (exclusive)
Paris-based Loco Films is on board for international sales and is launching the film at the EFM.