On September 26th, Marcello Foa was appointed the new chairman of RAI, the Italian public broadcaster. The decision was made by the parliamentary committee supervising the group after the government intervened. An Italian-Swiss journalist, Foa succeeds Monica Maggioni at the head of Italian public broadcasting. A graduate in political science, Marcello Foa began his career …
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The audience at the 36th Turin International Film Festival will have the privilege of being the first to view Nanni Moretti’s latest film, Santiago, Italia. It will be released in Italian cinemas a few days later, on December 6th. The Turin Festival is an event Moretti knows well, since he was its director from 2007 …
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In collaboration with the Italian production company IMAGO, the Italian Embassy in Cyprus organized an Italian Film Festival in Nicosia and Limasol from September 19th to 25th. The event was made possible by a special grant from the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs as part of a bilateral agreement with Cyprus. The event opened with …
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The 70th Prix Italia will be held in Capri from September 25th to 29th. When it was created in 1948, the awards were only for radio programmes, opening out to television in 1957. The Prix has a unique structure: the General Assembly, made up of its international members, makes the decisions while RAI organises the …
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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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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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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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