In 2019 the Direzione Generale Cinema e audiovisivo, part of Italy’s Ministry of Culture, created this fund. The goal is to strengthen international collaboration by encouraging Italian film-makers to think globally – “promoting cross-border co-productions while also helping Italian and European films and audiovisual productions find distribution in Italy and abroad”. Among the winners of the …
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Organized by Rete degli Spettatori and MyMovies, A TUTTO SCERMO continues its mission of creating an outlet for independent films and documentaries. From February 19th to April 18th 2021, a selection of 10 documentaries produced in Italy will be available on demand on the MyMovies platform. This year the documentaries have been chosen to “illustrate the variety of approaches …
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The TorinoFilmLab and the Annecy Festival of Italian Film launch Alpi Film Lab to strengthen film industry links between France and Italy. Two courses will be offered: to professionals and to French and Italian students. Timetable for professionals: AlpiFilmLab will help develop eight feature film projects with potential for cross-border co-production (dramas, documentaries and animated …
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The Best Feature Film Award at the 32nd Trieste Film Festival went to “Dasatskisi” (Beginning) by Georgian director Dea Kulumbegashvili. With a first screening at the Toronto International Film Festival, this Franco-Georgian co-production was also selected at Cannes in 2020. Yana (Ia Sukhitashvili), the wife of a Jehovah’s Witness leader, finds her familiar world slowly crumbling around …
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Italian film-maker Laura Luchetti is directing a new series called Nudes. Filming began in Italy’s Emilia Romagna region, with principal locations in Casalecchio di Reno, San Giovanni in Persiceto and Bologna. Produced by BIM Produzione and RAI Fiction for RAI Play, Nudes is an Italian remake of a Norwegian series of the same name exploring …
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The theme of the 26th MedFilm Festival was “a new way of being together.” All the selected films were available on the Mymovies platform from November 9th to 15th. This year’s festival featured 70 films from 30 different countries – 38 of them being screened in Italy for the first time. The official competition, for …
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Since October 26th all cinemas, theatres, sports halls and swimming pools have been closed in Italy, and will have to remain closed until November 24th, following new restrictions to fight the Covid-19 pandemic. Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte explained that these measures were necessary to avoid a 2nd lockdown. Their aim: “to keep the contagion …
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