Cinemas in Italy did really well in the first half 2015. Between January and June, there was a 5% increase in attendance with 51 million admissions against 49 million in the same period in 2014. Income amounted to 330 million euros against 302 million the previous year, an increase of 9.4%. The figures were announced …
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ITALY / The Italia Prize is innovating !
The Italia Prize is innovating ! From September 19th to 24th in Turin For the past 67 years the Italia Prize has supported and highlighted all genres of creativity and quality in the media. True to this mission, and aware that society and technology are always evolving, the Prix Italia has decided to create two …
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FRANCE ITALY / Franco-Italian committee: 8 projects chosen
The committee met in Paris on April 16th. Following a call for applications by the CNC (Centre national du cinéma) and MIBACT (General Directorate of Cinema Italian Ministry of Culture), 27 proposals had been sent in (9 French-initiated and 18 Italian-initiated). Of those, 8 will receive funding: 4 Italian and 4 French. The fund was …
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ITALY / 6th Middle East Now Festival
The sixth Middle East Now, a festival for film, documentary, visual arts, music, culinary events and discussions focussed on today’s Middle East, is back in Florence from April 8th to 13th. This year’s theme: the journey. 45 films from established directors and new talent in the Middle East will be screened, most of them shown …
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ITALY / 20th Milan Film Festival: call for films
This year, the Milan Film Festival will take place from September 10th to 20th.. To celebrate its 20th year, Fritz Lang’s silent masterpiece, “Metropolis”, will be screened at the Theatro degli Arcimboli on September 20th, with live music provided by the La Scala Philharmonic Orchestra. There are two competitive sections: for feature films, only open …
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ITALY / Mediaset: net income increase
The Mediaset Group ended the fiscal year 2014 with a net profit of €23.7 million, an increase of €8.9 million over 2013. Consolidated revenue remains almost unchanged: €3,414.4 billion against €3,414.7 billion in 2013. The group will donate a dividend of €0.02 per share. Debt declined from €1.4 billion to €861.4 million. Despite the recovery …
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ITALY / Partnerships needed for Alessandro Di Rienzo and Luca Manunza’s new documentary: “Il sindaco”
Alessandro Di Rienzo (director of “Ist’imariyah”, prize-winner at the 2006 PriMed) and Luca Manunza (media activist who has worked on environmental issues in Campania, and social movements in Turkey) are wrapped up in a documentary subject set in the luminous, yet darkly threatening south of Italy. The focus is an elderly former mayor, Mario Luise. …
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