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Corsicato starts shoot for Il Volto, backed by new BLS fund
Neapolitan director Pappi Corsicato’s new comedy Il Volto Di Un’Altra (The Face Of Another) kicks off shooting this week in Italy’s Northern Trentino Alto-Adige region.
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Harry Potter 8 to have world premiere as opening of Giffoni
Final film will screen at Giffoni in 3D on July 12.
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Rossellini films to be digitally restored
Film entities Cinecitta Luce, Bologna-based CSC- Cineteca Nazionale and France’s Coproduction Office have joined together to digitally restore ten Roberto Rossellini films in an initiative called The Rossellini Project.
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Danish Film Institute on von Trier: 'Great artists make stupid remarks'
UK distributor stands by release; Susanna Bier’s Italian co-producer shows solidarity with her.
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Italy's M2 Pictures plucks Wallflower, Nurse 3D
Italian Indie distributor M2 Pictures, which opened in October 2010 is making tracks in the territory, adding high profile Hollywood pictures to their 2012 slate during the Cannes market.
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Minerva heads to Cannes with Tatanka, What A Beautiful Day
Saviano adaptation and Italian box-office record-setter lead the slate.
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Bellocchio to receive Venice lifetime achievement award
Director c is to receive a Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at this year’s festival.
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We Believed takes seven awards at Italy's Davids
Daniele Luchetti’s Our Life (La Nostra Vita) wins best director; 20 Cigarettes also honoured.
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UPDATE: Warner, Sony sign strategic distribution pact for Italy
A deal for Warner Bros to distribute Sony films in the territory has been confirmed.
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Venice to honour Pacino, to screen his new doc Wilde Salome
Actor and director Al Pacino has been tapped to receive Venice’s Glory to the Filmmaker 2011 Award dedicated to an artist who has left an original mark on contemporary cinema.
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Darren Aronofsky to head Venice jury
The acclaimed US filmmaker won Venice’s Golden Lion in 2008 for The Wrestler and is riding high following the $295m worldwide success of Black Swan.
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Garrone gears up for Naples shoot this summer on new film
Gomorrah follow-up, again with Fandango, has a working title of Big House.
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Laughter therapy
How can international films make a mark at the Italian box office in 2011 when local films tackling timely subjects are dominating?
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Auteurs in action
New projects from Nanni Moretti, Paolo Sorrentino, Emanuele Crialese and Gabriele Salvatores are putting Italian film-making on course for a stellar year.
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Pain relief
How did an English-language, New York-set project end up as a majority Italian co-production with access to the country’s full array of financial incentives — as well as those available in the US? We talk to the team behind Someday This Pain Will Be Useful To You
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The nuovo generation
Who does the Italian industry believe are the country’s most exciting new Italian actors, directors and writers? Profiles by Sheri Jennings
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Tax credit: the lowdown
How can foreign producers access the tax credit? Sheri Jennings reports
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The beautiful country
All roads may no longer lead to Rome but Italy’s network of regional film commissions and a generous tax credit are putting the territory and its producers firmly on the international production map. Sheri Jennings reports
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Italy's new culture minister named; arts budget reinstated to 2010 levels
Giancarlo Galan, the former governor of Italy’s Veneto region and most recently minister of Agriculture, has been named Italy’s new culture minister.
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Rutger Hauer's Milan festival taps jurors including Robert Rodriguez, Ridley Scott
The fourth edition of Milan-set international film festival I’ve Seen Films — which is founded and directly managed by actor Rutger Hauer since 2008 — has announced its international jury of the upcoming edition.