The first images of Sopravvissuti (Survivors) have been unveiled. This series of twelve 50-minute episodes is one of the projects to come out of Alliance, a partnership between three European public television companies RAI (Italy), France Télévisions and ZDF (Germany). By creating Alliance, these three European public channels hope “to offer viewers more ambitious, high-quality …
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Italy / Creation of a new fund for international co-productions
After the Sicilian Region’s recent announcement to open an audiovisual fund, it is now the turn of the Roma Lazio Film Commission to create a €10 million fund for foreign film productions. Starting this year, it is planned to continue until 2027. Over this period €70 million will be given out. The fund wants to …
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Italy / New hope for showing films in cinemas
With the arrival of streaming platforms like Netflix, Amazon Prime and Disney +, cinemas in Italy and many other countries face stiff competition. The growing number of alternatives gives audiences greater choice. In France for example a mechanism has been created to protect the theatrical exploitation of films. It gives cinemas priority for the films …
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Italy / The Sicilian Film Commission opens a new fund
Sicily has announced it is opening a new fund for financing films and television productions. The sum allocated for 2022 and 2023 is €10.8 million, which will be administered by the Sicilian Film Commission. Regional administrators hope this new fund will revitalize the island by stimulating employment, local services and tourism. An article in the …
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Bulgaria – Italy / “Windless”, Pavel G. Vesnakov’s second film, now in post-production
Bulgarian director Pavel G Vesnakov’s second film is entering post-production. Entitled Windless (working title), it is produced by the Bulgarian company Red Carpet and co-produced by the Italian company, Disparate. With a budget of approximately €560,000, it received €225,000 from the Bulgarian National Film Centre. It also received support from the Italian Ministry of Culture …
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Italy / Sky Studios launches its series “Blocco 181”
Sky Studios has launched its first Italian production, Blocco 181. This 8-episode series, directed by Giuseppe Capotondi, has been available across Europe on the Sky channel since May 20th. The Blocco 181 series is set in a huge social housing complex nicknamed Bloc 181, in the heart of Milan’s mixed-race suburbs. It’s an area where …
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France – Italy / Metropolitan FilmExport buys the French rights for the Italian film “Diabolik”
Metropolitan FilmExport has bought the French distribution rights of the Italian film Diabolik. Adapted from the famous comic series of the same name, the Menetti brothers’ film was released in Italy last December. Directors Marco and Antonio Manetti chose L’arresto di Diabolik, the third adventure of the iconic character created in 1962 by the Giussani …
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