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Davide Abbatescianni


2120 articles available in total starting from 12/09/2017. Last article published on 16/07/2025.

Non-European audiovisual players gain a strong foothold in the European market, the new EAO report finds

Non-European audiovisual players gain a strong foothold in the European market, the new EAO report finds

The research reveals that five private TV channels and over one-third of all SVoD and TVoD services in Europe belong to a US-owned company  

13/01/2023 | Industry | Market | Europe/USA

Internationally backed documentary series Citizens at War: A Year in Ukraine to be released next month

Internationally backed documentary series Citizens at War: A Year in Ukraine to be released next month

The six-episode series will feature interviews with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, survivors of a mass execution and a beauty queen who becomes a sniper  

13/01/2023 | Production | Funding | Ukraine/Canada/UK/Australia

Ole Endresen’s crime-thriller series Gangs of Oslo to premiere on TV 2 Play

Ole Endresen’s crime-thriller series Gangs of Oslo to premiere on TV 2 Play

The show, acquired by Netflix, stars a cast mostly made up of non-professionals and is set within Oslo’s criminal underworld  

12/01/2023 | Production | Funding | Norway/USA

Karoliina Dwyer • Sales agent, The Yellow Affair

Interview: Karoliina Dwyer • Sales agent, The Yellow Affair

“I feel like we need to get on board and start working on the strategy earlier so that we can help bring the information from the market to the films”

During our conversation, we spoke about how the Scandinavian-owned sales outfit is managing its film and TV businesses, and how its work has changed over the last two years  

10/01/2023 | /Finland/UK/USA

Sophie Cabon, Nadine Rothschild • Sales agents, Coproduction Office

Interview: Sophie Cabon, Nadine Rothschild • Sales agents, Coproduction Office

“Our model might differ from most sales agents, as we are, first and foremost, producers”

The two professionals spoke about their focus on auteur-driven films, their carefully designed strategies and how the role of the sales agent is developing within Europe  

23/12/2022 | /France/Germany

Francesca Delise • Sales agent, Illmatic Film Group

Interview: Francesca Delise • Sales agent, Illmatic Film Group

“This is what we want to do: work with quality, with festival films and be able to position them on the sales circuit"

We discovered in more detail the activities of the young Italian production and sales company, its rapidly expanding catalogue and how the profession of the sales agent is changing  

22/12/2022 | /Italy

The Berlinale announces a raft of new titles for its Berlinale Special, Series and Forum sections

The Berlinale announces a raft of new titles for its Berlinale Special, Series and Forum sections

Among the most buzzy titles are Seneca – On the Creation of Earthquakes, starring John Malkovich, Alex Gibney’s new Boris Becker-focused documentary, and the European high-end series The Swarm  

21/12/2022 | Berlinale 2023

Apple TV+ announces new thriller series Liaison, starring Vincent Cassel and Eva Green

Apple TV+ announces new thriller series Liaison, starring Vincent Cassel and Eva Green

The streaming giant’s first French- and English-language show will debut on 24 February and sees Emmy Award winner Stephen Hopkins at the helm  

20/12/2022 | Production | Funding | UK/France/USA

Extended collective licensing systems take centre stage at the latest SAA seminar

Extended collective licensing systems take centre stage at the latest SAA seminar

The panellists discussed the benefits of implementing ECLs to facilitate the licensing of large amounts of works, which could prove particularly useful in regulating online content and mass usage  

20/12/2022 | Industry | Market | Europe

Malene Choi’s first fiction feature, The Quiet Migration, prepares to head to the Berlinale

Malene Choi’s first fiction feature, The Quiet Migration, prepares to head to the Berlinale

The film, set to screen in Panorama, zooms in on a teenage boy who feels the pull of two worlds – his adoptive Danish countryside and his native South Korea  

20/12/2022 | Production | Funding | Denmark

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