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5769 articles available in total starting from 17/05/2002. Last article published on 28/08/2025.

Golden Door

The surprise hit of the Venice Film Festival begins realistically before moving into a visionary realm  

01/03/2007 | Films | Reviews

Appeal from directors and producers: "Barbera at the head of RAI Cinema"

In an open letter addressed to the heads of RAI, a substantial group of directors, producers, actors and screenwriters is backing the nomination of Alberto Barbera as the head of RAI Cinema, a key...  

28/02/2007 | Industry | Italy

Feltrinelli moves into theatres

The historical Milan-based editing company Gruppo Feltrinelli is expanding its interests in the film world with the acquisition of 51% of Finaval, a real estate holding with land and residential...  

28/02/2007 | Production | Italy

Oscar winner The Lives of Others out in April

The Lives of Others, the winner of the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, will be released theatrically in Italy on April 5 by 01 Distribution. The feature debut by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck...  

27/02/2007 | Releases | Italy

Morricone awarded for career, Canonero for costume design

Oscar night was also Ennio Morricone’s night as the 78 year-old composer, after five nominations for the coveted statue, finally received an honorary award from the Academy for his “magnificent...  

26/02/2007 | Oscars 2007 | Italy

Ozpetek and Eyre on friendship

The two most highly anticipated European releases of the weekend are Saturno Contro, Ferzan Ozpetek’s melodrama on friendship and the values of the extended family, (distributed by Medusa on 430...  

23/02/2007 | Releases | Italy

Uno su due: Life in the balance

Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans sang John Lennon. When the main character of Uno su due (lit. “One in Two”), the young and ambitious lawyer Lorenzo Maggi, gets...  

22/02/2007 | Releases | Italy

Ozpetek: Portrait of an extended family

Seven years after The Ignorant Fairies, the Turkish born, naturalized Italian filmmaker Ferzan Ozpetek once again depicts a group of friends in his sixth feature, Saturno Contro, which will be...  

21/02/2007 | Releases | Italy

From Wang to von Trier: Berlin acquisitions

Lucky Red will be distributing Chinese director Wang Quan-An’s Berlinale Golden Bear winner Tuya’s Marriage in Italy. Andrea Occhipinti’s company had previously picked up Jia Zhang Ke’s Still...  

20/02/2007 | Market | Italy

Notte prima degli esami oggi passes with high grades

Notte prima degli esami oggi (lit. “Night Before Exams Today”) performed exceptionally well in its first five days at the box office, grossing almost €6m with a per screen average of €7,757 on the...  

20/02/2007 | Box Office | Italy

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