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Articles, interviews, news, analysis on the Italian audiovisual sector.

Country profile: Italy

Country profile: Italy

23 June 2023

Fondazione Prada launches €1.5 million film fund at Venice

Venice 2025 – Venice Production Bridge

Fondazione Prada launches €1.5 million film fund at Venice

VENICE 2025: The fund is aimed at supporting 10-12 features each year, including documentaries and animated works  

04 September 2025

Final Cut in Venice announces the winners of its 13th edition

Venice 2025 – Venice Production Bridge/Awards

Final Cut in Venice announces the winners of its 13th edition

VENICE 2025: The main victors were Sara Ishaq’s The Station and Hugo Salvaterra’s My Semba, which scooped five and four prizes, respectively  

03 September 2025

Producers and distributors push for earlier collaboration and smart audience strategies

Venice 2025 – Venice Production Bridge

Producers and distributors push for earlier collaboration and smart audience strategies

VENICE 2025: Participants in the event organised by Europa Distribution described the session as “a rare opportunity for frank, in-person exchange”  

03 September 2025

Italy unveils a €1 million annual fund to boost co-productions with Latin America

Venice 2025 – Venice Production Bridge

Italy unveils a €1 million annual fund to boost co-productions with Latin America

VENICE 2025: The initiative, freshly unveiled on the Lido, will also extend to Spain and Portugal  

01 September 2025

Venice hosts a panel exploring Baltic-Italian co-production opportunities

Venice 2025 – Venice Production Bridge

Venice hosts a panel exploring Baltic-Italian co-production opportunities

VENICE 2025: The event was aimed at familiarising Italian producers with the financial and creative advantages of partnering with Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania  

01 September 2025

Eurimages sheds light on its awards, sponsorships and inclusion strategies at the Venice Production Bridge

Venice 2025 – Venice Production Bridge

Eurimages sheds light on its awards, sponsorships and inclusion strategies at the Venice Production Bridge

VENICE 2025: The fund’s reps underscored that its value lies not only in the money it awards, but also in the visibility and credibility it grants to projects and institutions  

30 August 2025

Venice4Palestine, when cinema stops for Gaza

Venezia 2025

Venice4Palestine, when cinema stops for Gaza

VENICE 2025: The Venice Film Festival sees a spontaneous movement of audiovisual professionals united by horror and deep frustration towards the unfolding genocide  

28 August 2025

Europa Distribution set to strengthen the collaboration between independent distributors and producers at Venice

Venice 2025 - Venice Production Bridge

Europa Distribution set to strengthen the collaboration between independent distributors and producers at Venice

The European network is co-hosting a working session during the festival, in collaboration with ACE Producers, EAVE and the European Producers Club  

26 August 2025

South Tyrol launches new Music Fund under the IDM Commission

Industry / Market - Italy

South Tyrol launches new Music Fund under the IDM Commission

The IDM Film Fund and Commission expands its scope into the music sector with a new initiative designed to support professionals across all stages of production  

25 August 2025

REPORT: Alliance 4 Development @ Locarno Pro 2025

Locarno 2025 – Locarno Pro

REPORT: Alliance 4 Development @ Locarno Pro 2025

We take a closer look at nine projects showcased in Locarno Pro’s co-development programme for films from Austria, France, Germany, Italy and Switzerland  

14 August 2025

69 extended reality projects selected for Venice Immersive

Venice 2025 – Venice Immersive/Venice Production Bridge

69 extended reality projects selected for Venice Immersive

Immersive videos, and virtual and mixed reality works from 27 countries are taking part in the sidebar unspooling within Venice Production Bridge between 26 August and 6 September  

17 July 2025

The eight films in post-production taking part in Final Cut in Venice have now been selected

Venice 2025 – Venice Production Bridge

The eight films in post-production taking part in Final Cut in Venice have now been selected

The industry sidebar supporting the post-production of films hailing from the African continent and from six Middle Eastern countries is unspooling between 31 August and 2 September  

15 July 2025

Italian cinema talks about investing in new languages for a stratified audience at the Ciné Giornate di Cinema

Industry / Market - Italy

Italian cinema talks about investing in new languages for a stratified audience at the Ciné Giornate di Cinema

During the panel “Italian productions and new narrative languages”, organised by the magazine Box Office with Anica and Anec, new propositions to support the national cinema were discussed  

07 July 2025

Italy's ANAC looks to team up with France to tackle the challenges posed by global broadcasting systems and AI

Industry / Market - Italy/France

Italy's ANAC looks to team up with France to tackle the challenges posed by global broadcasting systems and AI

The Italian Association of Film Directors and France's CNC, Arcom and USPA met in Rome to discuss artificial intelligence and the creation of a national Italian centre and media distribution windows  

04 July 2025

The 10th Book Adaptation Rights Market in Venice will welcome 34 publishers from all corners of the globe

Venice 2025 - Venice Production Bridge

The 10th Book Adaptation Rights Market in Venice will welcome 34 publishers from all corners of the globe

The event will see companies presenting their catalogues to producers interested in turning books into film screenplays, with special focuses on the UK, Chile and Morocco  

27 June 2025

Audiences at Italian festivals are increasingly satisfied, according to AFIC

Industry / Market - Italy

Audiences at Italian festivals are increasingly satisfied, according to AFIC

Research carried out by the Association of Italian Film Festivals in league with Ergo Research and Cinetel/CinExpert also highlights the difficulties faced by festival organisers  

26 June 2025

Bio to B asks who (and where) is the audience for documentaries

Biografilm 2025

Bio to B asks who (and where) is the audience for documentaries

The Industry Days sidebar of Bologna’s Biografilm Festival saw producers and distributors exchanging views in the panel discussion “Brand-new Docs: The Audience Is There… Maybe”  

16 June 2025

Italy's Stati Generali del Cinema Indipendente delivers concrete proposals for recovery

Industry / Market - Italy

Italy's Stati Generali del Cinema Indipendente delivers concrete proposals for recovery

Disparity in funding, the possibility of a Film Agency in Italy, private investment funds and new distribution models were all discussed in the meetings organised by AIR3 as part of Milano Film Fest  

10 June 2025

Jafar Panahi to lead a filmmaking workshop in Italy this August

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Jafar Panahi to lead a filmmaking workshop in Italy this August

The acclaimed Iranian filmmaker and latest Palme d'Or winner will attend Le giornate del cinema of Monte San Savino to share his expertise  

05 June 2025

Cinecittà enjoys a relaunch, acting as a bridge between Europe and Hollywood

Industry / Market - Italy

Cinecittà enjoys a relaunch, acting as a bridge between Europe and Hollywood

CEO Manuela Cacciamani’s new industrial plan to raise production capacity by 60% and to compete in the emerging fields of digital and hybrid production, has been approved  

05 June 2025

RAI Cinema International Distribution to sell Un Certain Regard competitor Heads or Tails?

Cannes 2025 - Marché du Film

RAI Cinema International Distribution to sell Un Certain Regard competitor Heads or Tails?

The firm will also be touting Paolo Genovese’s box office champion Madly in addition to Alessio Rigo de Righi and Matteo Zoppis’ western  

09 May 2025

Europa Distribution heads to Focus Asia in Udine

Industry / Market - Italy

Europa Distribution heads to Focus Asia in Udine

A panel, jointly organised by Europa Distribution, Focus Asia and Ties That Bind, will take place on 28 April and will home in on several case studies on successful films and their distribution  

22 April 2025

There Is Still Tomorrow exceeds €5m in China

Box Office - Europe/China

There Is Still Tomorrow exceeds €5m in China

Paola Cortellesi’s film has also conquered the female public in China, where other European films such as Anatomy of a Fall and Flow eventually established themselves  

15 April 2025

Bolzano Film Festival Bozen spotlights the role of female producers

Bolzano 2025

Bolzano Film Festival Bozen spotlights the role of female producers

One of the traditional panel discussions at this year’s Italian gathering focused on the underrepresentation of women in filmmaking  

15 April 2025

TorinoFilmLab announces the selected projects and participants for ScriptLab 2025

TorinoFilmLab 2025

TorinoFilmLab announces the selected projects and participants for ScriptLab 2025

16 writer-directors, 2 co-writers and 4 story editor trainees from 20 different countries will participate in the initiative centred on the projects' early treatment stage  

03 April 2025

Apollo Series training programme launched at Series Mania

Series Mania 2025 – Series Mania Forum

Apollo Series training programme launched at Series Mania

The Series Mania Institute has partnered with Göteborg’s TV Drama Vision and MIA Market to offer a programme designed to help producers navigate the complexities of European co-productions  

28 March 2025

The TV/Film Rights Centre and the Games Business Centre return to the Bologna Children’s Book Fair

Industry / Market - Italy

The TV/Film Rights Centre and the Games Business Centre return to the Bologna Children’s Book Fair

The event’s business area aims to facilitate professional encounters between producers, publishers, literary agents and licensing professionals  

24 March 2025

Italian cinema organisations warn that independent cinema is at risk

Institutions / Legislation - Italy

Italian cinema organisations warn that independent cinema is at risk

Italian authors and technicians accuse the sector’s block on the absence of any tax credit rules; the government reassures that the latest corrections are on their way  

14 March 2025

EXCLUSIVE: The Archive Film Festival Network comes to life

Industry / Market - Italy/France/Finland/Czech Republic

EXCLUSIVE: The Archive Film Festival Network comes to life

Bergamo Film Meeting, FEMA La Rochelle, the Midnight Sun Film Festival and Summer Film School are joining forces on a new initiative celebrating archive films and cinematic heritage  

12 March 2025

Industry players navigate global uncertainty and mixed sentiments amidst a breath of fresh air from new EFM management

Berlinale 2025 – EFM

Industry players navigate global uncertainty and mixed sentiments amidst a breath of fresh air from new EFM management

BERLINALE 2025: The climate for sales and acquisitions still seems to be fairly upbeat, but industry professionals have noted shifting buyer behaviour and emerging challenges  

24 February 2025

Vision Distribution taking Italian hit Diamanti to Berlin

Berlinale 2025 – EFM

Vision Distribution taking Italian hit Diamanti to Berlin

The Italian agent’s line-up includes Ferzan Ozpetek’s fifteenth film, which grossed upwards of 15 million euros at the Italian box office, as well as Silvio Soldini’s upcoming movie The Tasters  

10 February 2025

True Colours travelling to the EFM with Golden Bear contender Reflection in a Dead Diamond

Berlinale 2025 – EFM

True Colours travelling to the EFM with Golden Bear contender Reflection in a Dead Diamond

The new thriller by Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani is set to feature in the Italian sales agent’s line-up  

07 February 2025

Intramovies to wager on the only Arab film competing in the Berlinale, Yunan

Berlinale 2025 – EFM

Intramovies to wager on the only Arab film competing in the Berlinale, Yunan

The Italian international sales agent’s line-up includes Syrian director Ameer Fakher Eldin’s second feature film and Brwa Vahabpour’s debut My Uncle Jens, selected in Austin’s SXSW  

06 February 2025

Piper Film to bring Italian hit The Boy with Pink Pants to Berlin

Berlinale 2025 – EFM

Piper Film to bring Italian hit The Boy with Pink Pants to Berlin

Italy’s box office champion is at the heart of a strategic partnership between Piper Film and Eagle Pictures which will take its first steps in the EFM  

05 February 2025

New Italian sales outfit Luminalia launches

Industry / Market - Italy

New Italian sales outfit Luminalia launches

Founded by Tommaso Priante, the new Italian sales agent will make its market debut at IFFR with a selection of 2024 titles before heading to the EFM  

31 January 2025

Tales of Fruits and Monsters and Klára Is Here win at When East Meets West

Trieste 2025 – WEMW/Awards

Tales of Fruits and Monsters and Klára Is Here win at When East Meets West

The hybrid sophomore project by Slovenian director Gregor Božič and the debut by Hungarian helmer Dávid Csicskár have snagged the major awards at the Italian co-production forum  

23 January 2025

Baltic-Italian collaboration shines at WEMW and the Trieste Film Festival

Trieste 2025 – WEMW

Baltic-Italian collaboration shines at WEMW and the Trieste Film Festival

The co-production forum held annually in Trieste shines a spotlight on Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania while also celebrating their growing collaboration with Italy  

13 January 2025

Italians made their return to cinemas in 2024, with 493 million euros taken at the box office and 70 million tickets sold

Box Office - Italy

Italians made their return to cinemas in 2024, with 493 million euros taken at the box office and 70 million tickets sold

Data on the Italian film market’s performance over the past year has now been presented, with results on a par with 2023 and in line with pre-Covid levels  

10 January 2025

When East Meets West reveals its selection for 2025

Trieste 2025 – WEMW

When East Meets West reveals its selection for 2025

Among the 21 projects are the new efforts by Davide Maldi, Milica Tomović, Gregor Božič, Sonia Liza Kenterman and Aistė Žegulytė  

19 December 2024

REPORT: FeatureLab and ScriptLab @ TFL Meeting Event 2024

TorinoFilmLab 2024

REPORT: FeatureLab and ScriptLab @ TFL Meeting Event 2024

We take a closer look at a handful of projects presented at the 17th Meeting Event of the TorinoFilmLab in the context of its two oldest programmes  

27 November 2024

TorinoFilmLab announces the winning projects from its 17th Meeting Event

TorinoFilmLab 2024 - Awards

TorinoFilmLab announces the winning projects from its 17th Meeting Event

19 prizes worth a total of €376,000 have been awarded following three days of meetings and presentations, involving upwards of 300 audiovisual sector professionals from 43 countries  

25 November 2024

At Tallinn, panellists unpack the development and financing of the series Von Fock

Black Nights 2024 – Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event

At Tallinn, panellists unpack the development and financing of the series Von Fock

Led by former TV Beats head honcho Jevgeni Supin, the joint Estonian-Latvian-German-Italian project has become one of Estonia’s biggest to date  

20 November 2024

The 17th TFL Meeting Event to present 41 film and series projects

TorinoFilmLab 2024

The 17th TFL Meeting Event to present 41 film and series projects

From 21 to 23 November, the audio-visual lab organised by the National Cinema Museum will present works from the past year  

12 November 2024

At Rome's MIA, Apulia confirms its role as an international cinema hub

MIA 2024

At Rome's MIA, Apulia confirms its role as an international cinema hub

The speakers highlighted the great potential of the Italian region, able to attract a growing number of sets thanks to support offered by the film commission and local authorities  

22 October 2024

The MIA announces its award winners

MIA 2024 – Awards

The MIA announces its award winners

The Rome-based industry event has wrapped, boasting a 10% increase in attendance levels  

21 October 2024

MedFilm Festival chooses to announce the finalist projects for MedMeetings at the MIA

MIA 2024

MedFilm Festival chooses to announce the finalist projects for MedMeetings at the MIA

MedMeetings head Paolo Bertolin offered an overview of the 12 Euro-Mediterranean projects set to be showcased in the MedPitching and MedWIPs sections  

18 October 2024

The Italian audiovisual industry is growing, according to the 6th APA Report on national production

MIA 2024

The Italian audiovisual industry is growing, according to the 6th APA Report on national production

2023 revenue rose 20% on 2022 and now totals €12 billion, while series are revealed to be the dominant format, with a boom in productions for young audiences  

17 October 2024

EXCLUSIVE: Beta Film sells Italian primetime hit series Pale Mountains to key territories

Industry / Market - Italy/Germany

EXCLUSIVE: Beta Film sells Italian primetime hit series Pale Mountains to key territories

The 8x60-minute mystery-thriller, starring Elena Radonicich, Matteo Martari and Richard Sammel, has been sold to the USA, Canada, Ireland, Turkey and the UK  

10 October 2024

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