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125 articles available in total starting from 17/05/2002. Last article published on 12/07/2019.

Suspiria remake for First Sun

The newly formed production company First Sun has acquired the rights to remake – in English and with an international cast – Dario Argento’s Suspiria, the cult horror film to which the Cannes...  

18/05/2007 | Cannes 2007 | Market/Italy

ThinkFilm picks up Mio fratello è figlio unico

International sales rights to Mio fratello è figlio unico (lit. “My Brother is an Only Child”) were picked up by US company ThinkFilm International, which will sell Daniele Luchetti’s film...  

15/05/2007 | Market | Italy

Mediaset interested in Medusa

"This kind of acquisition makes sense", said Mediaset President Fedele Confalonieri when asked by a market analyst about the television group’s possible buyout of production and distribution...  

14/03/2007 | Market | Italy

From Wang to von Trier: Berlin acquisitions

Lucky Red will be distributing Chinese director Wang Quan-An’s Berlinale Golden Bear winner Tuya’s Marriage in Italy. Andrea Occhipinti’s company had previously picked up Jia Zhang Ke’s Still...  

20/02/2007 | Market | Italy

Ben Ammar won't buy in Italy but thinking about European network

"I have no desire to buy an Italian production company at the moment. Nevertheless, I am interested in the country’s cinema landscape", French-Turkish producer and financier Tarak Ben Ammar told...  

02/02/2007 | Market | Italy/France

Admissions rise in 2006 but slowly

According to Cinetel data, there were 92.2m admissions to Italian cinemas in 2006, a 1.65% rise over 2005. Considering the total among Italian cinemas (Cinetel covers only 85%) approximately 110m...  

12/01/2007 | Market | Italy

Lucky Red, 01, Mikado, and Luce's shopping bags

Lucky Red has indeed the luck to be the Italian distributor of Still Life by Jia Zhang-ke, the "surprise movie" of the Venice film festival which ended up winning the Golden Lion. Andrea...  

11/09/2006 | Venice 2006 | Market/Italy

Adriana Chiesa count on Tornatore

"Tornatore is one of the few Italian directors that pre-sell", veteran sales agent Adriana Chiesa told Cineuropa, commenting on the film’s recently closed deals with Japan (Happinet Pictures) and...  

23/05/2006 | Cannes 2006/Market | Italy

The Japanese like it “made in Italy”

14,000 filmgoers attended the Festival del Cinema italiano, held from May 2-7 in Tokyo. The event – organized by Filmitalia in partnership with Asahi Shimbun, a large Japanese publishing company,...  

12/05/2006 | Market | Italy

Cinema meets the book in Turin

From May 4-6, for the third consecutive year, the International Book Fair of Turin will host the Book Film Bridge (BFB), the rights market that aims to create a bridge in the media sector (between...  

27/04/2006 | Market | Italy

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