05/02/2003

1. AGIS – Associazione Generale Italiana per lo Spettacolo (Italian General Association for Entertainment)
This umbrella association represents the entire entertainment industry, promotes and organises national meetings. The aim of AGIS is to “pursue the affirmation and recognition of social, cultural and entrepreneurial values of entertainment activities in every form and expression and the implementation of their economic conditions for the consolidation and development”.
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2. ANAC – Associazione Nazionale Autori Cinematografici (Italian Filmmakers' Association)
One of the oldest Italian screenwriters’ and directors’ associations: from the Taviani brothers and Lina Wertmüller, Carlo Lizzani and Citto Maselli.
ANAC - Via della Principessa Clotilde, 1/a - 00196 Roma
tel./fax: +39 06 3610864

3. ANEC – Associazione Nazionale Esercenti di Cinema (Italian Film Exhibitors' Association)
Anec is a non-profit organisation for theatrical exhibitors. Anec’s main activities centre on guarding and representing their associates’ interests, promoting their activities, elaborating projects and events of interest and benefit to their associates. Anec draws up collective work contracts and national agreements, it promotes and carries out surveys and researches into issues relevant to film exhibition, and organises events that heighten the professionality of their members i.e. the Screenings (Giornate Professionali)
ANEC - Via di villa Patrizi, 10 - 00161 Roma
tel. +39 06 884731 - fax: +39 06 4404255
e-mail: Ufficiocinema@agisweb.it

4. ANICA - Associazione Nazionale Industrie Cinematografiche Audiovisive e Multimediali (Italian Film, Audiovisual and Multimedia Industries' Association)
One of the Italian film and audiovisual industry’s pre-eminent driving forces. Anica is made up of a variety of associations: UNPF (Italian Film Producers’ Union), UNEFA (Film Sales Association), UNIDIM (Distributors’ Union)- Anica looks after the interests of its members. It publishes “Cinema d’oggi” specialised in Italian cinema and the Guide to Italian cinema and takes part in all major international film festivals and markets.
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5. API – Autori e Produttori Italiani (Italian Filmmakers' & Producers' Association)
API represents Italy’s leading filmmakers (both directors and writers) and independent producers. It recently joined Agis to strengthen and raise the profile of Italian cinema.
API - Via di villa Patrizi, 10 - 00161 Roma
tel. +39 06 884731

6. APT – Associazione Produttori Televisivi (Television Producers' Association)
APT is an umbrella association for 44 independent production companies who are behind 75 per cent of the revenue generated by this sector.
APT was set up to give its associates a voice in talks with the Authorities and public and private TV channels, to safeguard its members’ interests, and encourage the organisational, technological and financial of this sector, and above all, to try and fulfil its hopes and needs when new legislation is being drafted and EU directives about TV production drawn up. Its president is Sergio Silva and APT belongs to CEPI – European Independent Producers’ Coordinator.
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7. CINECITTA HOLDING
The president of Cinecittà Holding SpA is film director Pupi Avati. It owns Istituto Luce outright (production –distribution- exhibition) and is a shareholder in the Cinecittà Sutdios and Italia Cinema. Cinecittà Holding’s main shareholder is the Italian Ministry for Culture who subsidies its activities on annual basis.
Cinecittà Holding’s institutional work includes promoting Italian cinema both at home and abroad by means of projects dedicated to the great directors of the past and their classic films, as well contemporary ones.
In the near future Cinecittà Holding intends consolidating its development plan aimed at creating new multimedia publishing projects of the next generation using cutting-edge technology ranging from the web to wireless.
In recent years Cinecittà Holding has begun promoting and creating awareness about digital technology.
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8. CINETEL
Cinetel is a service, set up by Anec and the Distributors’ Association, that monitors the box office and ticket sales of 74 per cent of all Italian film theatres, as well as the performance by new releases, compiles the data and redistributes it to its numerous subscribers in the Italian film industry.
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9. DIREZIONE GENERALE PER IL CINEMA (THE FILM BOARD)
The Italian Film Board was set up in May 2001 as a result of the reforms implemented by the Italian Ministry for Culture and completed in February 2003.
The main goal of the Film Office is to promote the development and circulation of Italian cinema, and the Italian film industry by means of a number of specific instruments like financial intervention (production, distribution, exhibition). The Film Board uses funds earmarked for the film industry by FUS – Fondo Unico dello Spettacolo and has a number of Commissions. The Director General for Cinema is Gianni Profìta.
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10. ICE – Istituto per il Commercio con l’Estero (Institute for Foreign Trade)
ICE, the Foreign Trade Institute is a public institution whose work consists in developing, facilitating and promoting economic and commercial relations between Italy and the rest of the world. It is particularly attentive to the needs of small and medium-sized industries, consortia and groups.
ICE works closely with the Ministry for Productive Activities and elaborates and organises its Activities Programme.
ICE’s headquarters are in central Rome and has 16 offices in Italy and 1’4 in 80 countries around the world.
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11. ISTITUTO LUCE
Istituto Luce has an enormous film and photographic archive both of its own productions, and private collections and acquisitions from a variety of sources.
On behalf of the Ministry for Culture, Istituto Luce also distributes films made by Italian and European directors and guarantees they are given an adequate release on the national market.
Andrea Piersanti is the president of Istituto Luce

12. ITALIA CINEMA – Agency for the Promotion of Italian cinema abroad
Founded on 23 December 1999 the ITALIA CINEMA agency is a limited company whose majority shareholder (85 per cent) is Cinecittà Holding.
Marina Cicogna and Giorgio Gosetti are, respectively, President and Managing Director. The main goal of the agency is to coordinate the promotional activities of Italian cinema abroad. It takes part in all major film festivals and markets, and organises promotional campaigns like Italian Cinema Around the World and has developed specific projects and reviews in the Americas, Far East, Europe (France and Poland). In 2002 ITALIA CINEMA was assigned a budget of Euros2.3m.
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