The Italian film and television industry could step into the gap left by the dual Hollywood strikes, leading industry executives said at a panel, organized in collaboration with the Audiovisivo Italiae, at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday.
“If supply decreases with Hollywood on strike, we need to be ready with our products for the international market as well,” said Francesco Rutelli, president of the Italian national audiovisual association Anica, speaking at a panel moderated by THR Roma editor-in-chief Concita De Gregorio.
“We need to interpret market changes in real-time. And we need the government to issue certain rules with respect to these changes. It’s not a matter of changing the system’s regulations, but of adjusting them quickly to the changed and rapid changes taking place.”
Maria Pia Ammirati director of Rai Fiction, a division of Italy’s national public broadcaster, noted that since the beginning of...
“If supply decreases with Hollywood on strike, we need to be ready with our products for the international market as well,” said Francesco Rutelli, president of the Italian national audiovisual association Anica, speaking at a panel moderated by THR Roma editor-in-chief Concita De Gregorio.
“We need to interpret market changes in real-time. And we need the government to issue certain rules with respect to these changes. It’s not a matter of changing the system’s regulations, but of adjusting them quickly to the changed and rapid changes taking place.”
Maria Pia Ammirati director of Rai Fiction, a division of Italy’s national public broadcaster, noted that since the beginning of...
- 9/3/2023
- by Ilaria Ravarino
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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A few weeks ago, in an interview with Italian newspaper La Repubblica, Venice Film Festival director Alberto Barbera spoke about a possible crisis looming for the Italian movie industry if it continues to value quantity over quality.
“The [Italian] movies we selected [this year] are great, in some cases excellent. However, it doesn’t seem to me that there has been an investment in quality overall,” Barbera said. “The quantity of this year’s productions [is] exorbitant compared to our market and the capacity of platforms to incorporate them.”
Producing 250 feature films a year, as Italy did in 2021, is a level of production “that belongs back in the 1960s,” Barbera said. The industry ”must prioritize quality” over quantity.
But if, arguably, too many Italian movies are being made, it is clear that too few people are coming out to watch them. Box office in Italy has not...
A few weeks ago, in an interview with Italian newspaper La Repubblica, Venice Film Festival director Alberto Barbera spoke about a possible crisis looming for the Italian movie industry if it continues to value quantity over quality.
“The [Italian] movies we selected [this year] are great, in some cases excellent. However, it doesn’t seem to me that there has been an investment in quality overall,” Barbera said. “The quantity of this year’s productions [is] exorbitant compared to our market and the capacity of platforms to incorporate them.”
Producing 250 feature films a year, as Italy did in 2021, is a level of production “that belongs back in the 1960s,” Barbera said. The industry ”must prioritize quality” over quantity.
But if, arguably, too many Italian movies are being made, it is clear that too few people are coming out to watch them. Box office in Italy has not...
- 9/2/2022
- by Gianmaria Tammaro
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Film arm of Italy’s state broadcaster has four films in competition at Venice.
Rai Cinema is investing €85m (86.9m) in 80 new projects this year, according to CEO Paolo Del Brocco.
Del Brocco was speaking to Screen as the film production and distribution arm of Italy’s state broadcaster gears up to premiere three films in the Venice Film Festival’s main competition. In total, Rai Cinema has 22 films debuting in all Venice sections including Horizons.
“Obviously, the overall production value of the films is higher, given that Rai Cinema’s investment covers only a part of the movies’ financial requirements,...
Rai Cinema is investing €85m (86.9m) in 80 new projects this year, according to CEO Paolo Del Brocco.
Del Brocco was speaking to Screen as the film production and distribution arm of Italy’s state broadcaster gears up to premiere three films in the Venice Film Festival’s main competition. In total, Rai Cinema has 22 films debuting in all Venice sections including Horizons.
“Obviously, the overall production value of the films is higher, given that Rai Cinema’s investment covers only a part of the movies’ financial requirements,...
- 8/2/2022
- by Alina Trabattoni
- ScreenDaily
Italian auteur Mario Martone, who was recently in Cannes with “Nostalgia,” is set to direct a high-profile doc about the late Massimo Troisi, one of Italy’s most beloved comic actors who starred in the Oscar-winning film “Il Postino.”
Troisi, who played the simple postman who rides his bicycle on the sandy terrain of an Italian island to deliver mail to his sole client, the Nobel Prize-winning poet Pablo Neruda, died tragically of congenital heart failure at age 41 in June 1994, the day after “Il Postino” finished shooting at Rome’s Cinecittà studios.
The film directed by Michael Radford, which also starred Maria Grazia Cucinotta and Philippe Noiret, became an arthouse sensation one year later when it opened in the U.S. distributed by Miramax.
“Il Postino” went on to win an Oscar in 1996 for best dramatic score, having earned five nominations, including for best film, as well as best director for Radford,...
Troisi, who played the simple postman who rides his bicycle on the sandy terrain of an Italian island to deliver mail to his sole client, the Nobel Prize-winning poet Pablo Neruda, died tragically of congenital heart failure at age 41 in June 1994, the day after “Il Postino” finished shooting at Rome’s Cinecittà studios.
The film directed by Michael Radford, which also starred Maria Grazia Cucinotta and Philippe Noiret, became an arthouse sensation one year later when it opened in the U.S. distributed by Miramax.
“Il Postino” went on to win an Oscar in 1996 for best dramatic score, having earned five nominations, including for best film, as well as best director for Radford,...
- 7/28/2022
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Dario Franceschini talks exclusively to Screen.
Italy’s culture minister Dario Franceschini has called for the country’s film and TV tax credits to become a permanent measure, saying the growth of its production sector can only be achieved if the industry is provided with certainty over time.
Franceschini, speaking exclusively to Screen, also said the government is evaluating additional measures to lengthen cinema release windows to support struggling exhibitors.
Film and television productions in Italy have soared in recent years thanks to the nation’s generous tax credits, which were increased from 30 to 40 following the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Italy’s culture minister Dario Franceschini has called for the country’s film and TV tax credits to become a permanent measure, saying the growth of its production sector can only be achieved if the industry is provided with certainty over time.
Franceschini, speaking exclusively to Screen, also said the government is evaluating additional measures to lengthen cinema release windows to support struggling exhibitors.
Film and television productions in Italy have soared in recent years thanks to the nation’s generous tax credits, which were increased from 30 to 40 following the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic.
- 6/1/2022
- by Alina Trabattoni
- ScreenDaily
Italy’s Culture Minister Enrico Franceschini has announced plans to widen the window between a movie’s theatrical release date and the time it can drop locally on a streaming platform.
The move comes after producers and distributors sounded alarm bells about their struggle to get audiences back into movie theaters.
Speaking to the Italian industry gathered in Rome’s presidential Quirinale Palace ahead of the David di Donatello Awards — the country’s top prizes being held on Tuesday — the minister vowed to put in place new windowing regulations that will replace the current 90-day window established in March.
He did not specify how wide Italy’s new window will be.
Rai Cinema chief Paolo Del Brocco and Giampaolo Letta, who heads Mediaset’s Medusa film unit, over the weekend launched a joint appeal in newspaper Corriere della Sera lamenting that Italy lags behind other top European territories in terms...
The move comes after producers and distributors sounded alarm bells about their struggle to get audiences back into movie theaters.
Speaking to the Italian industry gathered in Rome’s presidential Quirinale Palace ahead of the David di Donatello Awards — the country’s top prizes being held on Tuesday — the minister vowed to put in place new windowing regulations that will replace the current 90-day window established in March.
He did not specify how wide Italy’s new window will be.
Rai Cinema chief Paolo Del Brocco and Giampaolo Letta, who heads Mediaset’s Medusa film unit, over the weekend launched a joint appeal in newspaper Corriere della Sera lamenting that Italy lags behind other top European territories in terms...
- 5/3/2022
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Italy’s Lotus Production, producer of 2016 megahit “Perfetti Sconosciuti” (“Perfect Strangers”), has finished its Rome shoot of “Vicini di casa,” the Italian adaptation of Cesc Gay’s Spanish hit comedy “Sentimental” (“The People Upstairs”).
“Vicini di casa” teams Lotus, part of Italy’s Leone Film Group company, with Manuel Tedescos’ Baires Produzioni in association with Mediaset Group’s Medusa Film.
Directed by Paolo Costella, who was also one of the writers behind “Perfect Strangers,” “Vicini di casa” marks the first big remake sale of “The People Upstairs” by Spanish film-tv studio Filmax.
Currently in post-production, the cast of “Vicini di casa” is headed by Claudio Bisio, a well-known comedian and star of some huge Italian blockbusters such as “Benvenuti al Sud” and “Welcome, Mr. President.”
Vittoria Puccini (“18 Presents”), Vinicio Marchioni (“Into the Labyrinth”) and Valentina Lodovini (“Say it Loud!”) finish out the film’s roster of onscreen talent.
Filmax,...
“Vicini di casa” teams Lotus, part of Italy’s Leone Film Group company, with Manuel Tedescos’ Baires Produzioni in association with Mediaset Group’s Medusa Film.
Directed by Paolo Costella, who was also one of the writers behind “Perfect Strangers,” “Vicini di casa” marks the first big remake sale of “The People Upstairs” by Spanish film-tv studio Filmax.
Currently in post-production, the cast of “Vicini di casa” is headed by Claudio Bisio, a well-known comedian and star of some huge Italian blockbusters such as “Benvenuti al Sud” and “Welcome, Mr. President.”
Vittoria Puccini (“18 Presents”), Vinicio Marchioni (“Into the Labyrinth”) and Valentina Lodovini (“Say it Loud!”) finish out the film’s roster of onscreen talent.
Filmax,...
- 10/13/2021
- by Emiliano De Pablos
- Variety Film + TV
Italian powerhouse Medusa has acquired Pan Nalin’s “Last Film Show,” which is being sold worldwide by Orange Studio. Medusa will distribute in Italy.
Orange Studio and Medusa revealed the deal on the sidelines of the ongoing Venice Film Festival.
Nalin is known for his eclectic, and visually striking, body of work including “Samsara,” “Valley of Flowers” and “Angry Indian Goddesses.”
The partly autobiographical drama “Last Film Show” takes Nalin back to his roots in Saurashtra, Gujarat, western India, where it was filmed. The story is set against the backdrop of Indian cinemas witnessing a massive transition from celluloid to digital where hundreds of single-screen cinemas are either in ruins or have disappeared altogether.
The film follows 9-year-old boy Samay, whose life turns upside down after watching his first movie at the Galaxy Cinema. He passionately falls in love with films against his father’s wish. Samay strikes a deal with Fazal,...
Orange Studio and Medusa revealed the deal on the sidelines of the ongoing Venice Film Festival.
Nalin is known for his eclectic, and visually striking, body of work including “Samsara,” “Valley of Flowers” and “Angry Indian Goddesses.”
The partly autobiographical drama “Last Film Show” takes Nalin back to his roots in Saurashtra, Gujarat, western India, where it was filmed. The story is set against the backdrop of Indian cinemas witnessing a massive transition from celluloid to digital where hundreds of single-screen cinemas are either in ruins or have disappeared altogether.
The film follows 9-year-old boy Samay, whose life turns upside down after watching his first movie at the Galaxy Cinema. He passionately falls in love with films against his father’s wish. Samay strikes a deal with Fazal,...
- 9/5/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Watch 2 clips from Woody Allen's To Rome With Love, one with Jesse Eisenberg and Ellen Page, the other with Penelope Cruz and Alessandro Tiberi. The Sony Pictures Classics release opens on June 22nd, with a strong cast also including helmer, producer and scribe Allen, Alec Baldwin, Roberto Benigni, Judy Davis and Greta Gerwig. The film's also produced by Letty Aronson, Stephen Tenenbaum, Giampaolo Letta and Faruk Alatan. o Rome with Love is a kaleidoscopic comedy movie set in one of the world’s most enchanting cities. The film brings us into contact with a well-known American architect reliving his youth; an average middle-class Roman who suddenly finds himself Rome’s biggest celebrity; a young provincial couple drawn into separate romantic encounters; and an American opera director endeavoring to put a singing mortician on stage.
- 6/19/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Rome's celebrity snappers get a taste of their own medicine during shoot for Fellini-esque comedy Bop Decameron
Armed with unwieldy flashbulbs and plenty of chutzpah as they cruised cobbled streets on their Vespas, Rome's celebrity snapping photographers summed up the city's Dolce Vita in the 1950s, securing a starring role in Federico Fellini's film of the same name and gifting the world the term paparazzo.
Now, Rome's finest snappers are again being portrayed on film as Woody Allen shoots his decidedly Fellini-esque comedy Bop Decameron in the city – with the difference that Allen has opted to cast the city's real life paparazzi to play the part.
"Being paid by a celebrity to take pictures of a celebrity was unusual," said Vitaliano Napolitano, a 20 year, moped riding veteran of Rome's celebrity circuit. "And it became surreal when paparazzi not involved in the film showed up on set to...
Armed with unwieldy flashbulbs and plenty of chutzpah as they cruised cobbled streets on their Vespas, Rome's celebrity snapping photographers summed up the city's Dolce Vita in the 1950s, securing a starring role in Federico Fellini's film of the same name and gifting the world the term paparazzo.
Now, Rome's finest snappers are again being portrayed on film as Woody Allen shoots his decidedly Fellini-esque comedy Bop Decameron in the city – with the difference that Allen has opted to cast the city's real life paparazzi to play the part.
"Being paid by a celebrity to take pictures of a celebrity was unusual," said Vitaliano Napolitano, a 20 year, moped riding veteran of Rome's celebrity circuit. "And it became surreal when paparazzi not involved in the film showed up on set to...
- 8/16/2011
- by Tom Kington
- The Guardian - Film News
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