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5266 articles available in total starting from 17/05/2002. Last article published on 26/04/2024.

Taormina Fest branches out in Sicily, celebrates French cinema

After focusing on Egypt and Turkey, the Taormina Film Fest (June 13-20) will feature France as its guest of honour, with eight contemporary films, two noteworthy premieres at the Teatro Antico and...  

25/02/2009 | Festivals | Italy

Piccioni’s Giulia a story of love, drama and water

Giulia, sentenced to prison for a crime of passion, teaches swimming at a pool in the hours of partial leave conceded her. Guido is a successful and married writer grappling with feelings of...  

24/02/2009 | Releases | Italy

Volfango De Biasi offer an idealistic Iago

From its very title, Iago, the new film by Volfango De Biasi, turns the point of view of the Shakespearian tragedy on its head. Beginning with the main character – no longer Othello (French model...  

23/02/2009 | Releases | Italy

Film Investment Piedmont kicks off with €12m budget

Created last September during the Venice Film Festival (see news), Film Investment Piedmont (FIP), the investment company founded by the Turin Piedmont Film Commission and US company Endgame...  

20/02/2009 | Funding | Italy/Ireland/International

Quell’Estate Felice, Aspettando and Reader coming out

Emme Cinematografica is tomorrow releasing on 15 screens Quell’Estate Felice, the new film by Beppe Cino. Nearly 20 years after Diceria dell’untore, the director has once again adapted a novel by...  

19/02/2009 | Releases | Italy

Lucky Red and Dardennes produce De Maria’s La Prima Linea

Shooting kicked off on February 9 in Turin’s Carceri Nuove prison on Renato De Maria’s film La Prima Linea. The film is based on Miccia Corta (“Short Fuse”), the autobiographical novel by Sergio...  

18/02/2009 | Production | Italy

Two ideas for combating online piracy in EU

Interrupting Internet service to anyone illegally downloading films (following two warnings) or paying royalties for one’s Internet service, which would allow for legal downloading of all content,...  

13/02/2009 | Legislation | Italy/Europe

Amelio makes French-language debut with Camus adaptation

Shooting will begin in April, in France and Algeria, on Il Primo Uomo (“The First Man”) by Gianni Amelio. This is the first French-language film for the director of Stolen Children (Grand Jury...  

12/02/2009 | Production | Italy/France

Critics jury replaced at Rome Film Festival

An international jury of noted film and art personalities will judge the competition films of the fourth edition of the Rome International Film Festival (October 15-23, 2009), replacing the jury...  

10/02/2009 | Festivals | Italy

Gosetti returns to head Venice Days

Film journalist and critic Giorgio Gosetti will take over as Delegate General of the 2009 edition of Venice Days, the independent sidebar of the Venice Film Festival. He replaces Fabio Ferzetti,...  

10/02/2009 | Festivals | Italy

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