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The 22nd MedFilm Festival gets under way in Rome

The 22nd MedFilm Festival gets under way in Rome

Unspooling from tonight until 12 November, the gathering will open with Brooks, Meadows and Lovely Faces by Yousry Nasrallah; the guests of honour will be Iran and Tunisia  

04/11/2016 | Festivals | Italy

The shoot for Suburra gets under way for Netflix

The shoot for Suburra gets under way for Netflix

The first ten episodes of the series will be directed by Michele Placido, Andrea Molaioli and Giuseppe Capotondi; the cast includes Francesco Acquaroli, Alessandro Borghi and Claudia Gerini  

04/11/2016 | Television | Italy

On a Bike Without Saddle: The jungle of precarity in six episodes

On a Bike Without Saddle: The jungle of precarity in six episodes

The omnibus film put together by Alessandro Giuggioli, winner of the Toronto Independent Film Award, broaches the subject of job-hunting with surreal tones. In Italian cinemas from 3 November  

03/11/2016 | Films | Italy

The second edition of Italia In Doc in Brussels

The second edition of Italia In Doc in Brussels

Held from 24-27 November, the event organised by the Italian Cultural Institute will feature ten films, which will battle it out for the Audience Award and the Jury Prize  

28/10/2016 | Festivals | Italy/Belgium

The 2nd Lazio Cinema International Fund call for entries is launched

The 2nd Lazio Cinema International Fund call for entries is launched

The Lazio Region is again allocating €10 million to promote co-productions with foreign countries, confirming its status as “the second most supportive region of the audiovisual sector in Europe”  

26/10/2016 | Funding | Italy

Rocco Papaleo and Laura Morante are Bob & Marys

Rocco Papaleo and Laura Morante are Bob & Marys

The shoot for Francesco Prisco's sophomore feature is under way in Naples; this outlandish crime comedy is based on a true story and stars an odd couple of actors  

26/10/2016 | Production | Italy

Arthouse cinema and the new Italian Film Law

Arthouse cinema and the new Italian Film Law

At the MIA in Rome, Minister of Culture Franceschini announced that the legislation would take effect from January 2017; in Mantua, the FICE debated the impact of the new law on the movie theatres  

25/10/2016 | Legislation | Italy

Italy joins Ibermedia

Italy joins Ibermedia

Italy’s admission into the co-production programme for Latin American and Iberian countries was signed at the MIA, as was a deal between Indigo Film and Film Tank for Gary Alazrak's Almost Paradise  

25/10/2016 | Industry | Italy

Francesco Patierno • Director

Interview: Francesco Patierno • Director

Naples '44, a mirror of the present

In Rome we caught up with Italian director Francesco Patierno, who made his documentary Naples ‘44 with archive material, photos, clips from films, and footage shot in the present-day  

20/10/2016

Grigor Lefterov • Director

Interview: Grigor Lefterov • Director

“In Bulgaria there is a widespread opinion that films should only entertain”

Representing the directing duo behind Hristo, an impressive Bulgarian debut feature screening in Warsaw, Grigor Lefterov chatted with Cineuropa about the challenges of social cinema  

14/10/2016

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