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6215 articles available in total starting from 17/05/2002. Last article published on 16/10/2026.

Script&Pitch accepting applications for 2011 Writer’s Room workshop

The TorinoFilmLab, in cooperation with Power to the Pixel, is launching a new call for a workshop on developing a trans media project, written and developed by Michel Reilhac (head of ARTE France...  

17/01/2011 | Training | Italy

Checco Zalone rules

In its first two on release it grossed more than Avatar did its opening weekend. Then Che bella giornata (“What a Beautiful Day”), released January 5, in just one week took in €21m, besting the...  

14/01/2011 | Box Office | Italy

Barco to shoot sex and politics story in Rome

Winner of the 2010 Rome Film Festival’s (RFF) Golden Marc’Aurelio Award for Best Film for Kill Me Please, French director Olias Barco’s has announced that he wants to set his new project in the...  

12/01/2011 | Production | Italy

Immaturi: Six characters in search of meaning

It’s a recurring nightmare that haunts millions of students: repeating graduation exams [called “maturity exams” in Italian]. For many, it’s the ideal plot for a horror film (or at least a...  

12/01/2011 | Films | Italy

Un giorno della vita reminiscent of Truffaut and Tornatore

A low budget and high ambitions mark the debut film of 50-year-old Giuseppe Papasso, who in making Un giorno della vita (“A Day in the Life”) was inspired by François Truffaut’s The 400 Blows to...  

11/01/2011 | Films | Italy

Bif&st opens with King's Speech, offers best of del cinema

Directed by Felice Laudadio, the second edition of the Bif&st - Bari International Film & TV Festival (after a trial run in 2009) will be held from January 22-29. In the words of the president of...  

11/01/2011 | Festivals | Italy

Zalone opts for political incorrectness in Che bella giornata

Strong off the success his debut feature Cado dalle nubi, which garnered over €14m at the box office, comedian Checco Zalone (real name Luca Medici) returns to cinemas with the first Italian title...  

07/01/2011 | Films | Italy

2011 kicks off with comedy

Distributors’ slates are full of Italian and European titles the first trimester of 2011. The most highly anticipated domestic film is by far Nanni Moretti’s Habemus Papam, co-produced by Fandango...  

29/12/2010 | Distribution | Italy

Tax credit on for 6 months, no word on ticket hike yet

With the so-called Milleproroghe ("Thousand extensions") decree law, the government extended tax benefits – the tax credit and tax shelter – to film companies for only six months. In a press...  

22/12/2010 | Legislation | Italy

AgCom fights piracy with notice and take down strategy

Computer piracy, which is seriously damaging the film and music industries, will soon be thwarted by new measures. Communications authorities AgCom have approved a draft law regarding copyright,...  

22/12/2010 | Industry | Italy

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