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26 articles available in total starting from 16/12/2002. Last article published on 04/07/2016.

The Naples of Carlo Lizzani

Filming a city thinking of a continent. Naples as Europe: a land of dialogue, a meeting point between cultures, an exchange of civilizations. These words by Raffaele La Capria open Napoli! Napoli!...  

16/07/2007 | Documentaries | Italy

General doc meeting in Bologna

The second edition of the General Meeting on Documentary Films kicks off tomorrow in Bologna, and features four days of debates and films through Sunday. The theme of the biennial meeting –...  

19/09/2006 | Documentaries | Italy

Luca Zingaretti: A look at Italian society

It’s called "Hai visto mai?" (lit. “Have You Ever Seen?”) and it is a journey into contemporary Italian society through never before seen documentaries. The mini-festival, of which actor Luca...  

12/07/2006 | Documentaries | Italy

Who are the new Lisboetas?

Sérgio Tréfaut's film Lisboetas, released on April 20 by Atalanta Filmes, exceeded 12,000 admissions last week, to become the most successful Portuguese documentary thus far. Lisboetas focuses on...  

13/06/2006 | Documentaries | Portugal

Martichka Bozhilova wins at Cannes

Martichka Bozhilova, producer of the Bulgarian documentary Georgi and the Butterflies, is one of the winners of the International Trailblazers Award at Cannes. The award was founded this year for...  

19/04/2006 | Documentaries | Bulgaria

In search of citizenship

In 2004, French audiences saw 4,638 hours of documentaries on public television, equal to 17.6% of all programming, while Italians had to be content with 1,223 hours, or 4.6%, of RAI programming,...  

24/02/2006 | Documentaries | Italy

Calopresti’s Italian Shoah

The testimonies of nine Italian concentration camps survivors have been gathered in Why? (Volevo solo vivere), the Italian language documentary by Mimmo Calopresti, co-produced by RAI Cinema and...  

26/01/2006 | Documentaries | Italy

Falcone and Borsellino on the screen

Documentary film In un altro Paese (In Another Country), by director Marco Turco, is coming to theatres this February (and on DVD in March). The film, which is being distributed by Fandango, was...  

11/01/2006 | Documentaries | Italy

ARTE, the power of images

"The language of the documentary has the power to engage consciences that might frighten some. Public television’s task is to address citizens without worrying about the market. Therefore, it has...  

19/12/2005 | Documentaries | Italy

2005 Doc Screenings a success

Excellent results were recorded for Italian Doc Screenings 2005, the first market dedicated exclusively to Italian documentaries, held earlier this month in Venice (see article). 33 foreign buyers...  

18/11/2005 | Documentaries | Italy

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