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131 articles available in total starting from 20/07/2009. Last article published on 14/08/2025.

Matteo Tortone  • Director of Mother Lode

Interview: Matteo Tortone • Director of Mother Lode

“As soon as I knew that the story would be set in Peru, I wanted to limit the exotic vision we normally have of the country”

VENICE 2021: The Italian director unpicks his black-and-white social drama that follows a young man willing to sacrifice his life in a gold mine in Peru  

06/09/2021 | Venice 2021 | International Film Critics’ Week

Review: The Inner Cage

Review: The Inner Cage

VENICE 2021: Leonardo Di Costanzo’s third film offers up a metaphorical confrontation between watched watchmen and a high-class acting duel between Toni Servillo and Silvio Orlando  

05/09/2021 | Venice 2021 | Out of Competition

Peter Greenaway’s long-gestating biopic Walking to Paris almost finished and ready to premiere

Peter Greenaway’s long-gestating biopic Walking to Paris almost finished and ready to premiere

Five additional projects from the prolific British auteur are also ready for production  

31/08/2021 | Production | Funding | UK/Switzerland/Italy/France

EXCLUSIVE: Trailer for Mother Lode

EXCLUSIVE: Trailer for Mother Lode

Shot in the most dangerous mine in the Peruvian Andes, the new film by Italian documentary filmmaker Matteo Tortone will have its world premiere in Venice’s International Film Critics’ Week  

26/08/2021 | Venice 2021 | International Film Critics’ Week

ViacomCBS joins forces with Sky to launch Paramount+ in Europe

ViacomCBS joins forces with Sky to launch Paramount+ in Europe

The premium streaming service will be available in the UK, Ireland, Italy, Germany, Switzerland and Austria in 2022  

10/08/2021 | Distribution | Releases | Exhibitors | UK/Ireland/Italy/Germany/Switzerland/Austria

Luisa Porrino wraps filming on her latest work Tramonto a Nord Ovest

Luisa Porrino wraps filming on her latest work Tramonto a Nord Ovest

Shot between April and May in Piedmont and in Switzerland’s Canton of Ticino, the Italian director and producer’s movie is now entering into post-production  

31/05/2021 | Production | Funding | Italy/Switzerland/France

Italian cinemas reopen, France and the UK warm up the engines

Italian cinemas reopen, France and the UK warm up the engines

Cinemas in Italy are open from today, but with which films remains uncertain. Many European countries are still in doubt, while France and the UK are looking at 17 May for reopening  

26/04/2021 | Distribution | Releases | Exhibitors | Europe

Michele Pennetta • Director of Il mio corpo

Interview: Michele Pennetta • Director of Il mio corpo

“The neglect I show in my doc mirrors the type we see in Europe”

The Italian director discusses the documentary he shot in Sicily, which is a Silver Ribbon nominee and is released on-demand in Italy today, 26 February  

26/02/2021 | /Switzerland/Italy

Niccolò Castelli • Director of Atlas

Interview: Niccolò Castelli • Director of Atlas

“A universal story to tackle fear of what is different”

We met with the director of this movie starring Matilda De Angelis, which is competing in the 2021 Swiss Film Prize and will be presented at the EFM by Vision Distribution  

24/02/2021 | /Switzerland/Belgium/Italy

Emanuele Nespeca  • Producer of Glassboy

Interview: Emanuele Nespeca • Producer of Glassboy

“Magic is the key word for children, who are the audience of the future”

We chatted with the producer of the children’s film, which triumphed at Tallinn Black Nights FF and is released today on Italian VOD platforms  

01/02/2021 | /Italy/Switzerland/Austria

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