READ ALSO: FROM BERLIN WITH LOVE ANDREA MAGNANI IN THE CO-PRODUCTION MARKET If the new Festival direction is bringing along important changes, what certainly does not change is the fact that the European Film Market (EFM) continues to be an integral part of the Berlinale, as the director Matthijs Wouter Knol explains: “The restructuring of […]

READ ALSO: CRISTIANO CORAZZARI/A land of Stories and an ideal Set It is very rare, in Italy, that the director of a Film Commission is not a native of the place”: Turin’s Jacopo Chessa jokes about his “record”. Chessa, who has experience as a cultural researcher and organizer having led the Centro Nazionale del Cortometraggio […]

READ ALSO: PAYING ATTENTION TO LOCAL PRODUCERS Shooting has recently ended in Courmayeur on the Polish movie “Broad Peak”, directed by Leszek Dawid, produced by East Studios. It is an important movie with a budget of around € 4 million, which has also received support from the Film Fund of the Film Commission Vallée d’Aoste: […]

READ ALSO: 2020: FINANCING FOR SHORTS AS WELL If we agree upon the fact that the future, even in cinema, is marked by female protagonism and environmental sustainability, we can be certain that South Tyrol’s IDM Film Fund & Commission has assured itself a place in the front row. This is confirmed by the news that […]

Federico Fellini’s cinema was able to capture the grotesque side of society, restoring a sense of topicality that continues to this day, one hundred years after his birth. It is probably for this reason and due to his legacy, which has been taken up by so many directors, that the stories, faces and locations of […]

READ ALSO: THE ROLE OF CREATIVE EUROPE The Bulgarian movie “Women do cry” by Mina Mileva and Vesela Kazakova of Activist 38, won the Film Center Serbia Development Award, the main award at When East Meets West, the co-production forum organized by the Friuli Venezia Giulia Audiovisual Fund directed by Paolo Vidali, together with the […]

The sets of films and tv production which are being supported by the Italian Film Commission: CAMPANIA/Around Pizzofalcone and the Spanish Quarter EMILIA ROMAGNA/Diritti is aiming for the Bear MARCHE/Support for local Producers LAZIO/Rendezvous in Berlin LIGURIA/Portofino, a new entry in the GLFC PIEDMONT/Chiara Bellosi at the Berlinale TUSCANY/Double set for Claudia Gerini

26 million inhabitants who visit the cinema a couple of times a year, i.e. above the average for the Continent, account for a market of 50 million tickets sold at over 10 euros each, a considerably higher price than in all other European countries: these are the key figures for the three countries of the Scandinavian […]

Filming is in progress in Naples on two television series: the third season of “I Bastardi di Pizzofalcone” directed by Monica Vullo and produced by Clemart for Rai 1 is set in the quarter of the same name located in the historic center of the city, in the Chiaia quarter, and the “Martiri di Villa Malta” hospital complex of […]

The Roma Lazio Film Commission will be at the Berlinale with two films also supported by the Lazio Region: “Siberia” by Abel Ferrara and “Bad Tales” by the d’Innocenzo brothers. On February 24 from 9.30 a.m. a meeting will be held (by invitation only) in the Academie Lounge in Berlin – a networking breakfast for […]

After a 2019 filled with a succession of projects in the region, the Emilia- Romagna Film Commission comes to the Berlinale with a film in the main competition: “Volevo nascondermi” by Giorgio Diritti in which Elio Germano plays the painter and sculptor Antonio Ligabue (released in movie theaters from February 27). Filmed in Guastalla, Gualtieri […]

For the whole month of February, Castiglion Fiorentino is the set of the film “Anna Rosenberg” by French director Michele Moscatelli, freely based on the novel “Fiché Coupable” by André Delauré. A ‘Kafkian thriller’ starring Claudia Gerini and co-produced by France’s Michaël Productions with Nymphéa Productions and by Michela Scolari’s Italian FilmIn’ Tuscany. “This is […]

The film “Palazzo di Giustizia”, the debut work of Chiara Bellosi who will be at the Berlinale in the Generation, 14plus section, was shot entirely in Turin over 5 weeks last spring. The feature film was produced by Carlo Cresto-Dina’s Tempesta with Rai Cinema, in co-production with the Swiss Cinédokkè, with the support of the […]

The Genova Liguria Film Commission has a new member: Portofino. The ‘marriage’ was celebrated by the mayor, Matteo Viacava, on December 13 at the Teatrino Comunale in Portofino, in the presence of Ilaria Cavo, councilor responsible for culture at the Regione Liguria, Giovanni Toti President of the Regione and Cristina Bolla, president of the GLFC […]

MIPTV returns to Cannes from March 30 to April 2 in the totally revamped guise of the Global Content Market for the Future. From the design to the reorganization of the spaces and the stands, to new forms of networking: everything has been designed to create a different market concept, no longer at the service […]

The Opening event “10 YEARS OF WEMW: the major Trends on East- West Co-productions 2008–2019” was organised in collaboration with Creative Europe Desks MEDIA Austria, Croatia, Germany, Hungary and Italy and offered an insight on international collaboration and on the ways the Creative Europe MEDIA sub-programme has played an indispensable role in supporting a sustainable […]

265 projects supported, 3770 days of filming in the region with a territorial effect of 188% (around € 70 million): these are the figures for the 10 years of activity and management of the Fund by the South Tyrolean Film Commission, to which we should add the filmmakers and sector companies active in the region […]

The fact that the president of the Fondazione Film Commission Vallée d’Aoste is a producer, Simone Gandolfo, helps to understand the special attention directed towards local producers. “We are well aware that one of the most difficult things, especially for producers and filmmakers who are not located in big cities, is to get used to […]

“The Film Commission should be the pivot around which Veneto’s theatrical and television production system revolves.An important tool for promoting the region as a place for realizing productions and maximizing Veneto’s workers”. Cristiano Corazzari, the councilor responsible for Culture at the regione Veneto, who strongly backed the creation of the Film Commission, admits: “We have […]

The Berlinale is celebrating its seventieth anniversary and is doing so with a new, dual direction: the artistic side is entrusted to Carlo Chatrian, whereas Mariette Rissenbeek is responsible for the executive side. “It’s a very special honor for us to start directly with such a great anniversary. We would like to keep the Berlinale […]

On January 30th the meeting of the Italian Film Commissions elected the association’s new board of directors: Cristina Priarone, general manager of the Roma Lazio Film Commission, is the president; the vice presidents are Luca Ferrario, director of the Trentino Film Commission, and Paolo Manera director of the Film Commission Torino Piemonte. On the eve […]

€ 1,329,364.12 shared between fifteen projects consisting of films, TV series, documentaries, shorts and formats: the results of the open call providing support to audiovisual businesses in the Regione Marche have been published. The five features supported see local filmmakers combining their roots with wider horizons. They are: “Le Pupille” by Edoardo Ferraro, “Castelrotto” by […]

Forces of Change – What’s next?”: there could not have been a more apt theme to describe the fourth edition of Focus in London, and not just because it will be the first time that the producers, locations and incentives market is being held against the backdrop of the reality of Brexit. And while the repercussions of […]

When a set becomes a tourist destination

Si vive una volta sola” [You only live once], the new comedy by Carlo Verdone, produced and distributed by Luigi and Aurelio De Laurentiis’ Filmauro, is the story of an incoherent road trip around Southern Italy by a medical team made up of excellent professionals who, in addition to their work, share an unexpected passion for practical jokes […]

The sets of films and tv production which are being supported by the Italian Film Commission: CALABRIA/Quality Debuts CAMPANIA/In the shadow of De Giovanni EMILIA ROMAGNA/Waiting for Guadagnino LAZIO/Great Expectations for the Location Award PIEDMONT/A film about Rita Levi Montalcini TUSCANY/Liam Neeson in Monticchiello SARDINIA/Castiadas, Paradise of the Guilty SOUTH TYROL/Curon for Netflix

Jacopo Quadri, the editor on “The Mayor of Rione Sanità”, has won the Best Crew Award which is presented to the best Italian cinema professionals on an international level. The award was assigned on November 19 in New York during the 11th edition of the Italian Movie Award ® Festival Internazionale del Cinema Italiano all’Estero. The Best Crew […]

We are a small region in a big nation that has come along to the cradle of cinema to present itself. We are doing it on tiptoe, with caution, but knowing we can count on a wonderful region. We began our communication campaign at Mipcom in Cannes, then passed through MIA in Rome before arriving […]

The Roma Lazio Film Commission [RLFC] has been selected for the short list of finalists that will compete for the Location Award, the European prize for the best theatrical location, organized by the EUFCN – European Film Commission Network on the Cineuropa site whose winners will be launched during Berlinale 2020. This year the RLFC nominated the Castle […]

Inevitable that a young, all-round cinema buff, who has left a “Zalonian” * steady job to become an exhibitor (amongst other things), is likely to be showered with interviews. And interesting to note that to the question “Have you ever been sold out?” he replies: “Almost, thanks to art-films, in particular the one on Monet!” […]

True Colors Glorious Film announced at the AFM that it will be handling the international sales of the new film by Paolo Genovesi, “Super Eroi”, produced by Lotus and distributed by Medusa, starring Jasmine Trinca and Alessandro Borghi, which will be ready in the second half of 2020. The film was immediately sold to Russia and the Baltic states […]

Last November Rai Uno broadcast “Enrico Piaggio”, the TV movie in which Alessio Boni plays the inventor of the Vespa, which was also filmed in Pisa. The movie was produced by Rai Fiction and Movieheart with the support of the Toscana Film Commission’s Bando Mecenate (Open Call) created to “assist the realization of human stories and episodes linked to Tuscany, also […]

Netflix arrives in South Tyrol, on Lake Resia, the next location of the new original series entitled “Curon” about mysterious events inspired by real facts from the town of the same name in Val Venosta. Written by Ezio Abbate (head writer), Ivano Fachin, Giovanni Galassi and Tommaso Matano, the series is produced by Indiana Production, and […]

The second 2019 session of the Piemonte Film TV Fund open call has assigned economic support to two feature movies by production companies from Turin: Louis Nero Film and La Sarraz Pictures. The first movie is directed by Franco Nero and shooting will start between the end of 2019 and the beginning of 2020; the second is a […]

Villasimius and Capo Boi are the locations preselected for the movie “The Way Things go” written and directed by Ulrike Kofler and produced by Novotny & Novotny Film GmbH of Vienna. This is the story of the tragic vacation in Sardinia of a couple that cannot accept the idea of not being able to have children. “Il […]

Two new sets opened in Calabria in the month of November. Two debut works, both supported by the Calabria Film Commission.Alessandro Grande, the Calabrian director, winner of the David di Donatello 2018 for his multi-award winning short, “Bismillah”, returns to his homeland to set his story in the feature movie “Regina”, produced by Bianca Film and Rai Cinema. Samuele […]

44 productions supported, 10 development projects and 42 festivals and exhibitions funded, 24 training courses for 360 participants under its belt: these are the Emilia Romagna Film Commission’s figures of the at the end of 2019. While it awaits the arrival of Oscar-winner Luca Guadagnino’s crew which will be filming part of the series “We […]

In November, the Vesuvian area of the province of Naples was the set of the film “Il buco in testa” by Antonio Capuano, produced by Eskimo. In the provincial capital of Campania everything is also ready for the return of “The Bastards of Pizzofalcone”: filming will begin in December on the third season of the series […]

Abruzzo is a unique region in the central part of Italy, where one can come across a flyer warning the local population about getting too close to its native bears, and setting down a series of rules for cohabiting with the grizzlies when they go outside the region’s large natural parks. The fur of the […]

The Advisory Board of the Abruzzo Film Commission will be introduced at the American Film Market

A strong presence of Italian animation companies is attended at next Mipcom and Mipjunior Read the interview to Anne-Sophie Vanhollebeke, president of Cartoon Italia READ ALSO: RAI RAGAZZI/Maximizing national talents SHOWLAB/From production to international distribution  STUDIO CAMPEDELLI/A 360° market presence GRAPHILM/Middle school Sitcom MONDO TV/Live Action and animation CARTOON FORUM/Over 1000 participants to celebrate 30 […]

Over 1,000 production companies, 2,000 new films and projects, more than 7,000 industry professionals expected: the American Film Market is back, from November 6th to 13th, to the Loewes Hotel in Santa Monica, “it is the only market produced by sales companies; the only market based in Hollywood, home to more film industry professionals than […]

The Festival dei Popoli is 60 years old, the historic international documentary film festival that has been held in Florence since 1959 and which will be returning to the Florentine capital from November2 to 9 directed by Alberto Lastrucci and presided over by Vittorio Iervese. The spotlight on the historic Florentine event is guaranteed by […]

READ ALSO: CALENDAR/From MIA to the Rome Film Fest The Regione Lazio has a lot of faith in audiovisuals because this is a driving sector that brings development to the whole region, a sector of great tradition and potential” Luciano Sovena, President of the Roma Lazio Film Commission, points out with satisfaction, clarifying that the […]

The 46th Venice Film Festival included the premiere of two episodes of Paolo Sorrentino’s series, “The New Pope”, the sequel to the highly acclaimed “The Young Pope”, the Oscar winning director’s television series debut presented three years ago also at the Lido. The new project contains all the unmistakable ingredients of Sorrentino’s movies: a blend […]

“L’Agnello”, the first work by Mario Piredda produced by Ivan Olgiati and Chiara Galloni for Articolture and realized with the contribution of Regione Sardegna – Sardegna Film Commission (SFC) will be competing in Alice nella Città.Mario Piredda who, in 2017, won the David di Donatello award for the short “At my home”, makes his feature […]

The sets of films and tv production which are being supported by the Italian Film Commission: CAMPANIA/The Devils in Cannes EMILIA ROMAGNA/On the Po Delta MARCHE/A film by Ivan Graziani PIEDMONT/News about TFI at the MIA SOUTH TYROL/RACCONTI#8 in val d’Isarco TRENTINO/Atlas in Val di Fassa

“Sin” by Andrej Končalovskij will be the special closing event of the Rome Film Fest. The film is dedicated to the figure of Michelangelo which was filmed in Tuscany for almost 7 weeks, is scheduled for release before the end of the year. It involved an important and demanding set which received the full collaboration […]

Mipcom opens on October 14th with  Alessandro Borghi, Kasia Smutiniak and Patrick Dempsey, protagonists of “Devils”,the international thriller set in the world of high finance, the worldwide premiere of which will be presented to professionals attending the Cannes international entertainment market.  “Devils” is a series of ten 60-minute episodes based on the bestseller by Guido Maria Brera, co-produced […]

Now in its fifth edition, the MIA (International Audiovisual Market) has already become a rendezvous with a well-defined look. The event, scheduled to be held in Rome from October 16 to 20 in Palazzo Barberini and the Barberini and Quattro Fontane multiplexes, flanks the typical characteristics of a market, i.e. screenings and areas reserved for negotiations between buyers […]

“Atlas”, the feature movie directed by Niccolò Castelli starring Matilda De Angelis, Nicola Perot, Irene Casagrande, Helmi Dridi, Kevin Blaser, Anna Manuelli, Angelo Bison and Anna Ferruzzo was filmed at the end of September in Val di Fassa. It is a co-production between Imago Film (Switzerland), Climax Films (Belgium), Tempesta srl (Italy), and RSI Radiotelevisione […]

“Devils”, the Sky series produced by Lux Vide which will open Mipcom in Cannes was also filmed in Campania (see article). Filming touched on Salerno, Vietri sul Mare, Cava dei Tirreni, Porto di Salerno and the famous “Nastro Azzurro” road (SS163 Amalfitana) which runs through the coastal municipalities. Naples will also be at the center […]

Five features have been funded by the Marche Film Commission’s new Open Call which supports businesses in the development and promotion of the region and its cultural and tourism identifying patrimony through cine-audiovisual works: “Tre infanzie” the new animated feature film project by Simone Massi, “Cavalieri del vento” by VR Worlds in coproduction with Ballandi […]

After the first leg (from September 18 to 22), the team of scriptwriters and directors of RACCONTI #8 – IDM Script Lab, will return to Chiusa, in Val D’Isarco, from November 11 to 15 to continue the work of developing original concepts and analyses of series storytelling techniques, conducted by the new Creative Advisor, Nicola […]

Filming began mid-September in the Po Delta area on “Oltre le nebbie”, by Laura Muscardin, produced by Rome’s Movie Factory in collaboration with Rai Cinema. The movie highlights the contrast between degraded architectural situations (the metaphysical city of Tresigallo and an evocative disused area in Ferrara) and the beauty and strength of locations like Comacchio […]

“It seems natural to set medieval, mystical stories in a land like Abruzzo: I would like to tell the story of Pope Celestino V… I am starting to collect material” director and producer Cinzia TH Torrini confides to Cinema & Video International. Her successful television series, starting with “Elisa di Rivombrosa”, have regularly also made […]

Further away than Abruzzo, says a character in Decameron, indicating an incredible distance, recalls Giorgio Manganelli, the sophisticated traveler who has authored brilliant articles about this region. The barely known history of Abruzzo also appears to be far away. Discovering it can also enrich cinema through the many stories that have populated this land over […]

Consulting the website of the Film Commission d’Abruzzo (filmcommission.regione.abruzzo.it) we discover that some scenes of “The new Pope” by Paolo Sorrentino which we will soon be seeing on the small screen, were filmed in the hermitage of Santo Spirito, on the Majella; this same location was chosen, together with Roccascalegna, for another hit series, “The […]

Abruzzo has been defined as the “Green Eegion of Europe” due to the great heritage of biodiversity it enshrines and the breadth of its protected territory: more than a third of which is safeguarded by 3 national Parks, one protected marine area, one regional Park, 14 state reserves, 25 regional reserves and 7 Parks with […]

Today it is important that Film Commissions can act in accordance with their new role as all-round developmental levers for the theatrical and audiovisual sector, not just as support structures during filming”. The words of Cristina Priarone, director of the Roma Lazio Film Commission, also clarify the vocation of the structure she heads and the […]

There were no fireworks at the 30th edition of Cartoon Forum, but the European TV animation rendezvous has exceeded the threshold of 1000 participants, including 280 international buyers. There were two Italian projects at the eighth Toulousian edition from September 16 to 19, both the protagonists of pitches that registered a full house of professionals. […]

After celebrating twenty years of activity last year, bringing home some important results including an enhanced tax credit which has been raised to 30%, Cartoon Italia, the national Association of animation producers, has continued its actions in support of the sector with a series of interventions. The challenge laid down by the Italian Film Commissions […]

Today we have a creative group that is perfectly integrated with the spirit that pervades the studio and allows us to handle, with diligence and enthusiasm, new types of activity such as feature-length movies for the cinema circuit and the web world”, says Pietro Campedelli, doyen of Italian animation producers and founder of the studio […]

#LeMedie (#IntheMiddle), a 52×11′ sitcom for the demanding 7-12 target group is the new project by Graphilm based on the series of books of the same name by Annalisa Strada, published by Giunti Editore.In middle school every tiny element of your existence becomes a giant problem and this is where the idea came from for […]

With dozens of channels, SVOD services, YouTube and online games, there has never been such a plentiful offering for children and teenagers. The public broadcaster wants to offer the best international production, but above all to propose original programs, maximizing the talents of the domestic industry and its own production studios, fully aware of media’s […]

From August 28 to September 7, Venezia 76 is expected to carry out a truly difficult task at the Lido: to compete against itself following the success of the last edition with its trail of Oscars. Alberto Barbera is not skimping on labels again this year while accentuating the traditional understatement. After filing away the “trends”, […]

The Venice Production Bridge is becoming increasingly faithful to its name. The Venice Film Festival market returns for its sixth edition from August 29 to September 3 with a new organizational layout for the spaces that satisfies “the desire to reconnect various places and create bridges between the new and old protagonists of the Venice industry […]