The 28th Festival de René Viale will be held in Bastia from January 30th to February 8th. A cultural event highlighting the Corsicans’ love of Italian cinema.
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ITALY / Michele Placido’s 7 minutes and 11 women
On December 1st Italian director Michele Placido (“Romanzo criminale”, “Angel of Evil”) began shooting his twelfth film, “7 minuti”. The story is about 11 textile workers who have the difficult task of representing 200 colleagues at a crucial union meeting. They are only allowed to talk for 7 minutes to defend all the workers, threatened …
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ITALY / Andrea Occhipinti, European Co-producer of the Year
Andrea Occhipinti, managing director of Lucky Red, an Italian production and distribution company, is this year’s winner of the European Co-production Award – the Eurimages Award. It will be presented to him on December 12th at the European Film Awards ceremony in Berlin. Founded in 1987, Lucky Red this year produced “Il Nome del Figlio”, …
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ITALY / The life of Pope Francis adapted by Daniele Lucchetti
Produced by Taodue and Mediaset Premium, “Chiamatemi Francesco” (Call me Francis) looks at the path followed by Jorge Mario Bergoglio, particularly his life as a young Jesuit in Argentina during the dictatorship and Dirty War there before he became the Pope of the Catholic Church, called Francis, in 2013. The Argentinian actor Rodrigo de la …
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ITALY / A documentary about Neapolitans who convert to Islam
Ernesto Pagano‘s new documentary, “Napolislam”, was released in Italian cinemas on December 2nd. Originally scheduled for November 25th, the film’s release was changed by the distributors Uci Cinemas after the attacks in Paris. The director follows the daily life of ten Neapolitans who have converted to Islam – an unemployed person, a young girl in …
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FRANCE ITALY / Banijay will adapt the Israeli game “Double Or Nothing”
In November the Banijay Group production company acquired the rights to adapt the Israeli game show “Double or Nothing”. Developed in Israel by Armoza Formats and Studio Glam, the programme pits a pair of contestants against one opponent in a series of challenges. To win the stake money, the couple have to do twice as …
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ITALY / Gianfranco Rosi finished a documentary on Lampedusa
On October 29th Italian director Gianfranco Rosi, winner of the 2013 Golden Lion at Venice for “Sacro GRA”, presented the first sequences of his new documentary, “Oltre Lampedusa” (literally Beyond Lampedusa), during an evening celebrating 15 years of RAI Cinema. Produced by RAI Cinema, Luce Cinecittà and Arte France, the film “tells the stories of …
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