The theme of the 26th MedFilm Festival was “a new way of being together.” All the selected films were available on the Mymovies platform from November 9th to 15th. This year’s festival featured 70 films from 30 different countries – 38 of them being screened in Italy for the first time. The official competition, for …
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ITALY / New restrictions with the closure of cinemas
Since October 26th all cinemas, theatres, sports halls and swimming pools have been closed in Italy, and will have to remain closed until November 24th, following new restrictions to fight the Covid-19 pandemic. Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte explained that these measures were necessary to avoid a 2nd lockdown. Their aim: “to keep the contagion …
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FRANCE ITALY / L’Ombra di Caravaggio and L’Agnello, the latest Franco-Italian productions
At the end of September L’Ombra di Caravaggio began shooting in Naples, written, directed and performed by Michele Placido. Once filming is completed in Naples, the crew will move on to Rome, then around Viterbo, Arricia, Frascati and Malta. L’Ombra is about the life of the 16th century Italian painter, Michelangelo Merisi. The cast is …
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ITALY / Programming for the 14th IFF
The 14th Integrazione Film Festival will run from October 20th to 24th. Through the selected films, the IFF highlights stories of migration and integration. The 14th IFF has two categories: an international competition for documentariesan international competition for short drama films This year’s IFF is special for several reasons. It was due to take place …
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ITALY MALTA / Il Quinto Sapore (Umami) being filmed
Il Quinto Sapore (Umami) (The Fifth Flavour – Umami) is a comedy directed by Angelo Frezza. It features Karin Proia, Angelo Orlando, Daphne Scoccia and Antonella Laganà. The film is about a magazine editor, Anna, and a food critic, Alessandro. They have been working together for ten years but haven’t spoken to each other since …
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EUROPE / Nominations for the PRIX EUROPA 2020
The EUROPA Prize was founded in 1987 by the European Parliament, the European Commission and the European Cultural Foundation. This competition for outstanding European media content rewards the best European television, radio and online productions, with the aim of publicising them throughout Europe and supporting their continental distribution. This year 263 organizations submitted a total …
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ITALY / Call for the #MedFilm Works In Progress
Created 26 years ago, Medfilm is Rome’s oldest film festival and the first specifically for Mediterranean films. Due to the current crisis, this year’s festival will be online and is scheduled to run from November 6th to 15th. In 2016 the organisers created #MedMeetings, and this year they are adding a workshop: #MedFilm Works In …
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