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5271 articles available in total starting from 17/05/2002. Last article published on 03/05/2024.

Persepolis, biopics and local docs

Of the 11 titles on release in Italy today, eight are European productions. The only exceptions are US film Rendition by Gavin Hood (Eagle Pictures, 160 screens), Doug Liman’s Jumper (an action...  

29/02/2008 | Releases | Italy

Marazzi’s Roses in select theatres

As the electoral campaign heats up over ethical issues, on the chance to modify abortion legislation, We Want Roses Too by Alina Marazzi is being released on March 7 (and in May on DVD). The...  

27/02/2008 | Relases | Italy

Paradise lost in Puglia

“I have helped many young and talented filmmakers debut, but they’re a cut above the rest, they’re among the most talented in Italy,” says producer Amedeo Pagani, currently wrapping up Theo...  

27/02/2008 | Production | Italy

Schmitt and Piovani for “lessons in happiness”

One of the most highly read authors of contemporary French literature, and already adapted for cinema (François Dupeyron’s Monsieur Ibrahim), Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt made his directorial debut...  

25/02/2008 | Releases | Italy

Ferretti and Marianelli pick up awards

Dante Ferretti turns 65 tomorrow. What better gift than an Oscar, his second after one received in 2005 for Martin Scorsese’s The Aviator? Ferretti and wife Francesca Lo Schiavo, awarded Best Art...  

25/02/2008 | Oscar 2008 | Italy

“Substitute” gives film lessons

Andrea Jublin spent a lot of time in school, not least of all the one belonging to the Genoa Repertory Theatre, where he graduated in acting. His latest short – Il supplente (“The Substitute...  

22/02/2008 | Oscar 2008 | Italy

RAI Cinema denies deal with Visual Factory

"Visual Factory only has the rights to distribute two Italian films,” says Rai Cinema, denying reports from The Hollywood Reporter (see Cineuropa’s story), according to which the British...  

21/02/2008 | Market | Italy

In Africa, God is dead, or perhaps just "sick”

Nineteen years after Modì, the television biography on Modigliani released in French theatres as well, Franco Brogi Taviani is back on the big screen with the documentary Forse Dio è malato...  

21/02/2008 | Production | Italy

Patierno brings true story to life

Six years following his surprising debut Pater familias – a small masterpiece of raw realism – Francesco Patierno is back, after having passed on some very interesting projects (one film on...  

20/02/2008 | Production | Italy

Family games in rural Italy

Ten years after making his feature debut, Dio c’è, Alfredo Arciero is heading back to theatres with Family Game ( making of). Screened at the latest Festival di Villerupt, the film, a long time in...  

18/02/2008 | Releases | Italy

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