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ITALY / HBO co-produces a series with RAI

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HBO American Pay TV channel, which produces many series, is making a co-production with RAI and Wildside – an adaptation of a novel by Elena Ferrante about two young Neapolitans in the 1950’s. It will be the first series produced by HBO in a language other than English. It is directed by the Italian Saverio …

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ITALY / 75th Venice International Film Festival

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For its 75th edition, the Venice Biennale turned towards digital with a dedicated platform allowing film enthusiasts from all over the world to “be present” at previews on the web. Creative Europe MEDIA organized a forum for European film, held within the precincts of the festival. The forum brought together film industry representatives and politicians …

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ITALY / The Fashion Film Festival Milan introduces a category on sustainable fashion

The fifth edition of the Fashion Film Festival Milan, taking place from September 20th to 25th at the Anteo Palazzo del Cinema, will coincide with the city’s Fashion Week. This year the festival will be highlighting sustainable fashion. The festival organizers, headed by Constanza Cavalli Etro, are presenting a new category: “Best Green Fashion Film”. …

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ITALY / Rai Ragazzi launches an initiative for creative young people in animation

Rai Ragazzi, the children’s department of Italy’s national broadcaster, has launched a new initiative for young animation creators, students or recent graduates. The channel has launched a competition “L’ora di tuffarsi” (Time to dive) and the best programmes will be announced on September 3rd. The projects will be reviewed by Rai Ragazzi’s animation and television …

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ITALY / Radio Rai launched two new channels in June

In Rome, Radio Rai announced the launch of two new radio programmes in June: Radio Rai1 Sport and Radio Rai2 Indie. Roberto Sergio, the station’s director, said “With these two new channels our radio offering is increasing, bringing the total number to 12, soon 13 (…) That’s a lot, unthinkable just a few years ago, …

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ITALY / 2018 summer season of “Doc3” starts on Rai3

The Doc3 slot has just unveiled its summer schedule. During the second half of almost every Thursday evening from June 21st to October 4th some fifteen documentaries will be shown, presented by Fabio Mancini. Each film tells a story from around the world, seen through the eyes of the men and women concerned. Here is …

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ITALY / €10 million given to film production in Puglia

The Apulia International Film Fund has doubled its offer, allocating €10 million for film production in the Puglia region between 2018 and 2020. The size of the fund helps support the local film industry and attract national and international productions, says Antonio Parente, director of the Apulia Film Commission. All projects for drama, documentary, short …

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