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Cannes 2008 / Italy

13 articles available in total starting from 23/04/2008. Last article published on 25/05/2008.

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Gomorrah and Il Divo “born of the same womb”

Matteo Garrone (40) won the Grand Jury Prize for his sixth feature film (and first in official competition at Cannes), Gomorrah. The adapatation was a true challenge, given the wealth and...  

25/05/2008 | Cannes 2008 | Awards/Italy

Andreotti as a lethal “god” in Sorrentino’s new film

As explosive as a bomb, as impetuous as a swollen river, Paolo Sorrentino’s Il Divo (“The Deity”) has arrived on the Croisette, the second Italian film in competition at a winding-down Cannes....  

23/05/2008 | Cannes 2008 | Competition/Italy

Teodora takes home Huppert and Vinterberg

Teodora Film has announced it has two picked up two Cannes titles for Italian distribution. The first is the Swiss/French/Belgian co-production Home, the first narrative, big-screen feature Ursula...  

22/05/2008 | Cannes 2008 | Market/Italy

Chiesa seals deal with Weinstein Company

Italy’s leading sales company, Adriana Chiesa Enterprises, has signed a major deal with The Weinstein Company for all English-language territories on the animated feature film The Story of Leo,...  

22/05/2008 | Cannes 2008 | Market/Italy

Strong interest in Intramovies’ Girl

Andrea Molaioli’s The Girl by the Lake is one of the strongest titles on Intramovies’ Cannes 2008 line-up, which includes four new films produced by Cattleya. Molaioli’s surprise hit in Italy has...  

20/05/2008 | Cannes 2008 | Market/Italy

Giordana back with bloody melodrama

Marco Tullio Giordana is back at Cannes in a Special Screening tonight of a film about renowned actors Luisa Ferida and Osvaldo Valenti (Monica Bellucci and Luca Zingaretti). Sanguepazzo (“Mad...  

19/05/2008 | Cannes 2008 | Out of competition/Italy

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

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

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