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5963 articles available in total starting from 17/05/2002. Last article published on 18/02/2026.

Endgame Entertainment and FCTP set up investment company

On Tuesday, September 2 at the Venice Film Festival, an agreement was signed between US corporation Endgame Entertainment and the Piedmont Region, through the Turin Piedmont Film Commission, for...  

04/09/2008 | Film Commission | Italy

Grey-haired humour has the Lido in stitches

The Italian contingent is very large this year on the Lido, with each section having several Italian titles. The Critics’ Week is no different, with Pippo Mezzapesa’s Sogno di una morte di mezza...  

03/09/2008 | Venice 2008 | Critics’ Week/Italy

Crialese’s “children” grow up in moving documentary

Camille d’Arcimoles’ medium-length documentary Che Saccio (which literally means “what do I know?” in Sicilian) palpably touched audiences today for its intimate, honest portrayal of two young...  

02/09/2008 | Venice 2008 | Venice Days/Italy

Bechis explores land of dispossessed in Birdwatchers

"We just want a chance to survive". Eliane Juca da Silva didn’t hold back the tears before journalists who had just applauded Marco Bechis’s film Birdwatchers. Eliane stars in the film and belongs...  

01/09/2008 | Venice 2008 | Competition/Italy

Nostalgia and psychological horror in Avati’s Giovanna’s Father

Love and friendship are the "background noise" (in the director’s own words) to the films of Pupi Avati, who turns 70 in three months. On the Lido, the director presents Giovanna’s Father, which...  

31/08/2008 | Venice 2008 | Competition | Italy

Ferzan Ozpetek’s destructive love

The first Italian film to screen in competition at the Venice Film Festival, Ferzan Ozpetek’s A Perfect Day – adapted from Melania Mazzucco’s eponymous novel – is pure tragedy. An intense love...  

30/08/2008 | Venice 2008 | Competition/Italy

Piracy battle starts in Venice

The battle against digital piracy starts in Italy in October, with the setting up of a technical roundtable (unveiled at Cannes), organised by the under-secretary of Council President Gianni...  

29/08/2008 | Legislation | Italy

Manetti Bros branch out into producing

Directors of more than 100 music videos, shorts, features and TV movies, the Manetti Bros (Marco and Antonio) have over the last decade become heirs of the Italian horror genre. Three years after...  

25/08/2008 | Production | Italy

Tax shelter implemented with notification to EU

Minister of Culture Sandro Bondi announced that the General Direction for Cinema has formally notified the European Union that it will implement measures granting fiscal incentives to film...  

25/08/2008 | Legislation | Italy

First titles unveiled by Rome all European

The first eight titles unveiled by the Rome International Film Festival (October 22-31) today all are European. The Anteprime section will feature The Duchess by the UK’s Saul Dibb, with Keira...  

20/08/2008 | Festivals | Italy

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