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Camillo De Marco


3684 articles available in total starting from 16/05/2002. Last article published on 28/08/2025.

Author Saviano calls Gomorra “a film for change"

Matteo Garrone’s Gomorra was met with much applause at the Grand Theatre Lumiere, after its competition screening at the 61st Cannes Film Festival. It has also opened successfully at home, where...  

18/05/2008 | Cannes 2008 | Competition/Italy

Minister Bondi: "Reinforcing the industry and revising public funds"

"Four films at the Cannes Film Festival is an important sign. The film industry is getting back on track. The job of the Minister of Culture is to reinforce this process, consolidate the results...  

18/05/2008 | Legislation | Italy

Andreotti calls Il Divo nasty and malicious

As expected, Senator Giulio Andreotti did not at all like Paolo Sorrentino’s much-anticipated Il Divo (“The Deity”), in competition at Cannes. The former (and seven-time) Italian Prime Minister,...  

16/05/2008 | Cannes 2008 | Competition/Italy

Gomorrah sold to UK, Germany and Austria

Interest continues to build for Italy’s most highly anticipated film in competition at Cannes, Matteo Garrone’s Gomorrah, which has just sold to the UK (Optimum) and Germany and Austria (Prokino),...  

16/05/2008 | Cannes 2008 | Market/Italy

Biùtiful cauntri to get July release in France

French company Chrysalis has bought the rights to the documentary Biùtiful cauntri, directed by Esmeralda Calabria, Andrea D’Ambrosio and Peppe Ruggiero, from Italy’s Intramovies. The film on the...  

16/05/2008 | Cannes 2008 | Market/Italy

Medusa picks up Boon’s box office mega-hit

Dany Boon’s Welcome to the Land of Shtis, France’s biggest box office hit ever (over 20 million admissions), is tentatively scheduled for an autumn release in Italy by Medusa, which bought the...  

16/05/2008 | Distribution | Italy

Garrone returns with the emotionally powerful Gomorra

Matteo Garrone’s films are above all a visceral event for the director himself, “an emotional experience”, as he puts it. The immigrants of Terra di mezzo and Guests, the taxidermist of The...  

15/05/2008 | Cannes 2008 | Competition/Italy

Italy in form on the Croisette

Just a few hours before the opening of Cannes, curiosity grows around the Italian delegation that, unlike last year, is on the Croisette with two films (and three co-productions) vying for the...  

14/05/2008 | Cannes 2008 | Italy

14 EU-funded films head to Cannes

14 films representing in total over €900,000 of co-funding from the European Union's MEDIA programme have been selected for screening at the 61st Cannes International Film Festival, opening today....  

14/05/2008 | Cannes 2008 | Europe

Quo Vadis, Baby? comes to TV

A box office hit in 2005 and released to success in numerous countries, including the UK and France (see news), Quo Vadis, Baby? by Oscar winner Oscar Gabriele Salvatores now has a television...  

13/05/2008 | Production | Italy

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