All articles by Sheri Jennings – Page 5
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NewsMedusa on board for Woody Allen's Rome-set film
Italy’s Medusa film has confirmed they will produce director Woody Allen’s next feature, to be shot in Rome in July.
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NewsWoody Allen considering Rome shoot for next film
Rome has emerged as the probable next stop on director Woody Allen’s filmmaking tour of European capitols.
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NewsOscar winner Susanne Bier heads to Italy for All You Need Is Love
Fresh off her awards season success, Oscar winning Danish director Susanne Bier is heading to Italy to shoot her next film, which the director says will take a lighter, more comic tone than her intense drama In A Better World.
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Italian government approves continuation of film tax incentives
Second passage of incentive for cinema will remain active through 2013.
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NewsVenice 2011 to offer updated venues, competitive hotel prices
The Venice Film Festival is wading through its infrastructure problems at good pace, upgrading key venues like the Sala Grande screening room and negotiating better hotel fees in time for the upcoming 68th edition.
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NewsItalian EFM deals led by Sacher taking on Nader and Simin
Bim takes on Pina, while Eagle boards several high-profile projects including StudioCanal’s The Dinosaur Project.
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NewsItaly's M2 at EFM scouting for 2012 titles
New Italian distributor M2 Pictures is attending the EFM with an eye on completing their 2011-2012 roster of films, which is aimed at the 14-34 year-old demographic.
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NewsForeign shoots can get break on VAT in Italy
Reimbursement of VAT is being sped up for foreign producers.
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NewsFandango Portobello starts pre-sales for Di Gregorio's Salt of Life
Fandango Portobello has kicked off international sales for The Salt Of Life (Gianni E Le Donne), the second film by Roman film-maker and Gomorrah co-writer Gianni Di Gregorio.
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NewsVenice names regional consultants for 2011
The Venice film festival has named its new regional consultants and cinema experts for the upcoming 68th edition, which runs August 31-Sept 10, 2011.
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NewsItalian box office up 17% in 2010
The Italian 2010 box office rose 17% year-on-year with 2009, earning $948m (€734m) while local films alone banked $258m (€215m) of the total ticket sales.
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NewsGovernment extends Italian tax credit for six months
The Italian government on Wednesday has extended the Italian tax credit for the cinema industry through June 2011, leaving the fate of the tax credit, which offers fiscal advantages to national and international producers, as well as incentives to exhibitors is still up in the air.
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NewsCinecitta Studios takes share in Filmmaster Group
Italian Entertainment Group (IEG), the holding company of Italy’s Cinecitta Studios has taken a 40 percent share of Italian advertising, production and events company Filmmaster Group as part of the studio’s expansion in the international marketplace.
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FeaturesTerraferma
After the international success of Golden Door, acclaimed Italian director Emanuele Crialese returns with Terraferma, a modern take on immigration. Sheri Jennings reports from the set.
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NewsVenice films to travel to Beijing and Shanghai
Italian films from the 67th edition of the Venice Film Festival will be sent to Beijing and Shanghai thanks to the second edition of the cultural project ‘Great Italian films from Venice to Bejing’, which promotes Italian films in China.
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Italy to get first IMAX screen near Milan
Italy will get its first IMAX screen, thanks to a joint venture between IMAX Corporation and the Odeon UCI Cinemas group for the Italian market.
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Mario Monicelli dies at 95
Filmmaker Mario Monicelli, considered one of the fathers the famed ‘commedia Italiana’ genre died in Rome Monday night by suicide, Italian media widely reported. He was 95 years old.
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Italian box office, admissions register strong growth in 2010
The Italian box office is up year-on-year with admissions registering a 15.9% increase and $127m (€94.5m) box office rising 23.3% year on year with 2009. The figures were released in Rome today during the annual exhibitors convention and cover January 1- November 21.