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Banijay, the French production company specializing in TV programmes, has taken a minority stake in the capital of a new Italian production house, DRY. DRY (Do not Repeat Yourself) was founded by four former employees of Magnolia, another production company associated with Banijay: Fabrizio Ievolella, Danila Battaglini, Francesco Lauber and Leopoldo Gasparotto. DRY’s aim is …
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The application call for the second Genoa “Port Zones” Film Festival is open until July 31st 2016. The Festival is for films showing any aspect of the relationship between a port and the town around it: the workings of a port, the historical development of ports, any activities created by a port, the ways a …
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For the seventh consecutive year, France’s Conseil Supérieur de l’Audiovisuel (CSA) has published a study on “Performances de la fiction en Europe” based on the 2015 viewing figures for drama programmes (films for TV, series, mini-series and serials) in the five major European markets, including Spain, France and Italy. In Spain, national productions monopolize the …
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The Italian Public Broadcaster RAI has reached an agreement with Vivendi allowing the Italian group to show its premium content on Dailymotion, the video-sharing platform owned by Vivendi. According to a Dailymotion press-release: “some of the best films in Rai’s catalogue” are now available for Italians on Dailymotion’s video-on-demand site. This includes not only several …
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In late May Marco and Antonio Manetti, two brothers making cult films, began shooting their eighth feature film, “Nun è Napule” (a working title) in Naples. Thus they remain faithful to the city which was the setting of their previous film, “Napule Song’e” (2013) winner of two David di Donatello awards. In “Nun è Napule”, …
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Doc / it, the association of Italian documentary film-makers, has opened the call for nominations for the Doc / it Award Women, a new award to promote the development of documentaries about gender equality. The organizers hope this award will highlight the work of women documentary film-makers, in line with the Audentia Award for best …
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On April 27th the Italian State Council finally gave the go-ahead to the government decree that the television licence fee (“canone Rai”) be included directly in electricity and gas bills. A few weeks ago, the country’s highest administrative body had reservations about this, in particular asking for a guarantee that only households possessing a television …
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