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5828 articles available in total starting from 17/05/2002. Last article published on 12/09/2025.

"Bella Ciao" is being turned into a documentary

"Bella Ciao" is being turned into a documentary

Directed by Giulia Giapponesi, and co-produced by Palomar DOC and RAI Documentari, together with Imagissime, Bella Ciao – The Story Beyond the Myth will explore this song-come-symbol of resistance  

02/06/2021 | Production | Funding | Italy/France

Principal photography commences in the USA on Luca Guadagnino’s feature-length project Bones and All

Principal photography commences in the USA on Luca Guadagnino’s feature-length project Bones and All

The film is being fully financed by Italian companies The Apartment Pictures, 3 Marys, Memo, Tender Stories, Adler, Elafood, Elafilm, Manila, Serfis and Wise  

02/06/2021 | Production | Funding | Italy/USA

94 European productions and 17 world premieres are set to grace the 17th Biografilm Festival

94 European productions and 17 world premieres are set to grace the 17th Biografilm Festival

The festival dedicated to biographies and life stories is returning between 4 and 14 June, in Bologna and online, boasting a total of 106 films  

01/06/2021 | Biografilm 2021

Luisa Porrino wraps filming on her latest work Tramonto a Nord Ovest

Luisa Porrino wraps filming on her latest work Tramonto a Nord Ovest

Shot between April and May in Piedmont and in Switzerland’s Canton of Ticino, the Italian director and producer’s movie is now entering into post-production  

31/05/2021 | Production | Funding | Italy/Switzerland/France

Roan Johnson shoots the crime series Monterossi

Roan Johnson shoots the crime series Monterossi

Filming is in progress on the series, which will premiere on Amazon Prime Video in 2022. Fabrizio Bentivoglio will play the character created by Alessandro Robecchi  

28/05/2021 | Production | Funding | Italy

The Italian government commits an extra 40 million euros in aid of cinemas re-opening

The Italian government commits an extra 40 million euros in aid of cinemas re-opening

The Minister for Culture’s contribution brings the total sum of extraordinary resources pledged to film upwards of €275 million  

28/05/2021 | Institutions | Legislation | Italy

Nicolangelo Gelormini • Director of Fortuna – The Girl and the Giants

Interview: Nicolangelo Gelormini • Director of Fortuna – The Girl and the Giants

“My aim was for viewers to feel the same sense of discomfort, bewilderment and uncertainty as the protagonist”

The Neapolitan director discusses the approach he took towards his debut film which recounts a terrible real-life event  

28/05/2021 | /Italy

Review: Cruel Peter

Review: Cruel Peter

Ascanio Malgarini and Christian Bisceglia direct a well-made gothic fairy-tale set in Messina on the eve of the devastating 1908 earthquake  

21/05/2021 | Films | Reviews | Italy

Review: The Bad Poet

Review: The Bad Poet

Gianluca Jodice’s underwhelming debut examines the long-distance duel between Gabriele D’Annunzio and Mussolini through the eyes of a young fascist  

20/05/2021 | Films | Reviews | Italy/France

Review: Morrison

Review: Morrison

In his fourth film, the singer-songwriter-director Federico Zampaglione ventures into a musical world that’s well-known to him, but doesn’t offer the added value we’d expect  

20/05/2021 | Films | Reviews | Italy

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