Italian musician/writer/director Luciano Ligabue continues his tour promoting “Made in Italy”, his latest film released at the end of January. The film’s music track is Ligabue’s new album of the same name – the first time in Italy that a music album has been a central element of a film. Sources: la Repubblica Napoli, Donna …
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The new five-year services contract signed between Rai (public broadcaster) and the Italian Ministry of Economic Development provides for an English-language channel which should go on air soon. At some point in 2018 this channel will broadcast 24 hours a day, offering news, documentaries, films, series and live sports events – all entirely in English. …
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The 11th Terra di Tutti festival, held in Bologna between October 13th and 15th, presented awards to several French documentaries and television reports. Focussing on social cinema, Terra di Tutti this year offered 35 documentaries and TV reports from around the world, including twenty in competition. In a selection strongly influenced by the twin themes …
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Last weekend the 69th Prix Italia, organised by Rai (Radiotelevisione italiana), presented its awards to fifteen radio and television programmes from across the world. The Italia Prize picks out the most creative work on television, radio and the web, and among this year’s winners are two French programmes: De guerre en fils, a 6 × …
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Having joined Telecom Italia in July, Amos Genish was appointed to the company’s general management team in late September. Genish’ career has taken him from the Israeli army, where he served as captain, to the management of Vivo, a Brazilian subsidiary of the Spanish Telefonica group. In January this year he joined the French giant …
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The first full-length feature by Algerian director Sofia Djama, presented in the Orizzonti section at the 74th Venice International Film Festival (August 30th – September 9th), was well received and won three awards. The Orizzonti jury, chaired by Italian director Gianni Amelio, awarded its Best Actress Award to Lyna Khoudri, who features alongside Sami Bouajila …
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On August 21st Mario Martone (“L’amour meurtri”, “Frères d’Italie”) began shooting his seventh full-length feature “Capri – Batterie”. Filming is scheduled to last eight weeks, split between the island of Capri and the Cilento region in Italy, south of Salerno, where in 2010 the Neapolitan director shot “Frères d’Italie”. The screenplay for his new film …
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