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

Italian cinemas to re-open from 15 June

Italian cinemas to re-open from 15 June

Following the government’s decision to allow cinemas to re-open in June, venues must now be adapted in line with anti-virus protocols, while emergency fund resources have increased to €245 million  

18/05/2020 | Distribution | Releases | Exhibitors | Italy

Rome's MIA 2020 to be "COVID-proof" and to boast a digital component

Rome's MIA 2020 to be "COVID-proof" and to boast a digital component

The market will unspool 14-18 October within a safe environment and will be bolstered by online activities, beginning today with a webinar on the future of audiovisual production and distribution  

14/05/2020 | MIA 2020

The Lying Life of Adults becomes a TV series

The Lying Life of Adults becomes a TV series

Netflix and Fandango are developing a series based upon another novel by the renowned author of My Brilliant Friend, Elena Ferrante  

13/05/2020 | Production | Funding | Italy

Giovanni Pompili  • Producer, Kino Produzioni

Interview: Giovanni Pompili • Producer, Kino Produzioni

"In future, those who manage to inject emotive value into their works will do well"

Chosen as one of the EFP’s 2020 Producers on the Move, Italy’s Giovanni Pompili of Kino Produzioni talks to us about the challenges he is facing at this time of crisis  

12/05/2020 | Producers on the Move 2020

The David di Donatello Awards for Best Film and Best Director go to The Traitor

The David di Donatello Awards for Best Film and Best Director go to The Traitor

Marco Bellocchio’s film has scooped 6 prizes, while 5 Davids went to Pinocchio and 3 to Romulus & Remus – The First King, at an unusual edition that saw candidates and winners connect from home  

09/05/2020 | David di Donatello 2020

Italy to launch MioCinema, a platform bringing movie theatres online

Italy to launch MioCinema, a platform bringing movie theatres online

18 May will see the launch of the VOD platform created by Lucky Red and Circuito Cinema which engages with and remunerates cinemas closed as a result of Coronavirus  

07/05/2020 | Distribution | Releases | Exhibitors | Italy

Giorgio Gosetti  • Artistic director, Giornate degli Autori

Interview: Giorgio Gosetti • Artistic director, Giornate degli Autori

"The European cultural identity is not a part of the European project, it’s its starting point"

As part of our #EuropeansAgainstCovid19 series in collaboration with LUX Prize, Venice Giornate degli Autori artistic director Giorgio Gosetti talks to us about the current situation  

07/05/2020 | LUX Prize 2020/#EuropeansAgainstCovid19

Italian cinema returns to life in the open air via Moviement Village

Italian cinema returns to life in the open air via Moviement Village

Devised by ANEC and ANICA, the project aims to revive 200 outdoor venues from July, screening films from 2019-2020 as well as previously unseen works, in full compliance with health regulations  

06/05/2020 | Distribution | Releases | Exhibitors | Italy

Margherita Chiti  • Distributor, Teodora Film

Interview: Margherita Chiti • Distributor, Teodora Film

“We are trying to understand how to cooperate in order to help all the theatres that have sustained us"

Cineuropa interviewed Margherita Chiti of Teodora Film to discuss the complexities of the Italian market and her position in the midst of the Covid-19 crisis  

05/05/2020 | Italy

Daniele Vicari shooting his first “smart film”, Il giorno e la notte

Daniele Vicari shooting his first “smart film”, Il giorno e la notte

Vicari is directing nine actors inside their own homes, after having sent them a filming kit; the movie explores the emotions of four couples confined to their abodes  

05/05/2020 | Production | Funding | Italy

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