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ITALY / The Lying Life of Adults soon a TV series

Elena Ferrante’s latest novel, The Lying Life of Adults, will be adapted into a television series. Her first saga My Brilliant Friend was broadcast by HBO in co-production with Wildside and Rai. This time Netflix will produce this new series. Set in Naples in the 1990’s, The Lying Life of Adults follows Giovanna’s passage from …

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ITALY / Moviement Village and MioCinema to help cinemas

The world of culture has been badly hit by the Covid-19 crisis. Many aspects of it have been weakened, particularly cinemas. And even though the lock-down has been eased in many countries, re-opening cinemas is not yet on the agenda. In order to remedy this, several initiatives have been created in Italy. As from July …

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ITALY / Start of filming for Il giorno e la notte

In early May Italian director Daniele Vicari began filming his new feature Il giorno e la notte. In compliance with contagion-prevention rules, he is directing his film remotely, sending the actors kits which include filming equipment. The collectively-made film follows four couples, with a cast including Dario Aita, Elena Gigliotti, Barbara Esposito, Francesco Acquaroli, Isabella …

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WORLD / We Are One, a Global Festival

We Are One: A Global Film Festival is an online event designed to counteract the many festival cancellations which have happened since the start of the Coronavirus pandemic. The idea for the event originated from a dialogue between the Tribeca Festival and YouTube, then several other festivals responded, with around twenty now joining the event, …

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ITALY / Map to the Stars, a guide to the festivals

At the end of April, the Associazioni Festival Italiani di Cinema (AFIC) launched Map to the Stars. This free application is to help people find their way through the myriad of film festivals in Italy. It was created with the help of the Ministry of Heritage, Cultural Activities and Tourism, and the General Directorate of …

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ITALY / From the Sidelines, a sports documentary

From the Sidelines is a 2019 documentary directed by Simona Cocozza and made during the 30th World University Games in Naples, a multi-sport event organized every two years in a different city to celebrate international university sport and culture. For two weeks the Neapolitan director captured the relationship between coaches and athletes, the tensions, the …

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ITALY / Italian Screenings on the internet

Italian Screenings is an annual market entirely for Italian productions. Organised by the Luce-Cinecittà Institute, the 17th edition has been confirmed from July 21st to 24th, with screenings taking place online thanks to the Festival Scope platform. Recent Italian productions will be presented to an audience of buyers from all over the world. The organisers …

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