Fellini, Visconti, Loren, Heston, Hepburn, Peck, Taylor, Burton … a dream dinner party of talent graced the grounds of Rome’s renowned Cinecittà film studios during the so-called “Hollywood on the Tiber” period — named after the river that runs through the Italian capital.
From the epic Quo Vadis in 1951 right through to Peter Sellers’ Pink Panther in 1963, the city was burning with big film-production energy. Hollywood studios clamored to record runaway English-language projects there, lapping up the local subsidies, lower costs and unfrozen international funds; peaking with Cleopatra in 1963 — at that time the most expensive title ever made. And now, thanks to both enduring appeal and a similar dynamic that created the post-war boom time, the U.S. film world is starting to take very frequent Roman holidays once again.
“Italy, in recent years, is experiencing a new renaissance in the movie industry,” says Alessandra Rainaldi, trade commissioner of the Italian...
From the epic Quo Vadis in 1951 right through to Peter Sellers’ Pink Panther in 1963, the city was burning with big film-production energy. Hollywood studios clamored to record runaway English-language projects there, lapping up the local subsidies, lower costs and unfrozen international funds; peaking with Cleopatra in 1963 — at that time the most expensive title ever made. And now, thanks to both enduring appeal and a similar dynamic that created the post-war boom time, the U.S. film world is starting to take very frequent Roman holidays once again.
“Italy, in recent years, is experiencing a new renaissance in the movie industry,” says Alessandra Rainaldi, trade commissioner of the Italian...
- 11/1/2023
- by Becky Lucas
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
As high-profile international productions continue to flock to Italy, its film commissions have joined forces, leaving producers’ old divide-and-conquer playbook in the dust.
“We believe that the success of one member is the success of all members,” says Cristina Priarone, president of the Italian Film Commissions Assn. The organization was created — alongside the Italy for Movies web site, with a searchable database — to help potential collaborators easily access information about available regional funds, and other advantages offered by different regions.
“This network has increased Italy’s talent to attract productions, welcome them at the highest level and easily move their sets from one region to another,” adds Toscana Film Commission’s Stefania Ippoliti.
In a country with a famously strong regional identity, such cooperation encourages foreign teams — already lured by Italy’s 40% tax rebates — to venture outside of their comfort zones when looking for locations.
As proven by the likes...
“We believe that the success of one member is the success of all members,” says Cristina Priarone, president of the Italian Film Commissions Assn. The organization was created — alongside the Italy for Movies web site, with a searchable database — to help potential collaborators easily access information about available regional funds, and other advantages offered by different regions.
“This network has increased Italy’s talent to attract productions, welcome them at the highest level and easily move their sets from one region to another,” adds Toscana Film Commission’s Stefania Ippoliti.
In a country with a famously strong regional identity, such cooperation encourages foreign teams — already lured by Italy’s 40% tax rebates — to venture outside of their comfort zones when looking for locations.
As proven by the likes...
- 5/15/2023
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
Lazio Filmcommission has previously backed films including Matteo Garrone’s ‘Pinocchio’.
The Roma Lazio Filmcommission has launched a €10m fund to attract international film, television, documentary and animated productions to shoot in the Italian region.
Applications to Lazio Cinema International will be evaluated by a committee and will be based on productions meeting the eligbility criteria.
“As Roma Lazio Filmcommission we constantly work towards developing international partnerships, at promoting the resources of the region and also at assisting both national and international productions,” said Cristina Priarone, director general of the Rome Lazio Filmcommission.
“We have always valued and sought to...
The Roma Lazio Filmcommission has launched a €10m fund to attract international film, television, documentary and animated productions to shoot in the Italian region.
Applications to Lazio Cinema International will be evaluated by a committee and will be based on productions meeting the eligbility criteria.
“As Roma Lazio Filmcommission we constantly work towards developing international partnerships, at promoting the resources of the region and also at assisting both national and international productions,” said Cristina Priarone, director general of the Rome Lazio Filmcommission.
“We have always valued and sought to...
- 6/20/2022
- by Alina Trabattoni
- ScreenDaily
Denitsa Yordanova and Adrian Wootton will be chairing panels.
Cannes’ UK Pavilion draws to a close with panels focused on the Global Screen Fund on Monday, and collaborating across borders on Tuesday.
‘Co-producing with the UK – meet the UK Global Screen Fund’ (11:00-12:00) will be moderated by Denitsa Yordanova, head of the UK Global Screen Fund, BFI, and will feature Sigrid Dyekjaer, Red Lava; Lizzie Gillett, Passion Pictures; Sonja Henrici, Sonja Henrici Creates; Shantelle Rochester, Ida Rose; Eva Weber, Mountainfilm; and Jackie Motsepe, CEO KwaZulu-Natal Film.
Yordanova said: “The UK Global Screen Fund, launched last year, provides targeted...
Cannes’ UK Pavilion draws to a close with panels focused on the Global Screen Fund on Monday, and collaborating across borders on Tuesday.
‘Co-producing with the UK – meet the UK Global Screen Fund’ (11:00-12:00) will be moderated by Denitsa Yordanova, head of the UK Global Screen Fund, BFI, and will feature Sigrid Dyekjaer, Red Lava; Lizzie Gillett, Passion Pictures; Sonja Henrici, Sonja Henrici Creates; Shantelle Rochester, Ida Rose; Eva Weber, Mountainfilm; and Jackie Motsepe, CEO KwaZulu-Natal Film.
Yordanova said: “The UK Global Screen Fund, launched last year, provides targeted...
- 5/22/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Denitsa Yordanova and Adrian Wootton will be chairing panels.
Cannes’ UK Pavilion draws to a close with panels focused on the Global Screen Fund on Monday, and collaborating across borders on Tuesday.
‘Co-producing with the UK – meet the UK Global Screen Fund’ (11:00-12:00) will be moderated by Denitsa Yordanova, head of the UK Global Screen Fund, BFI, and will feature Sigrid Dyekjaer, Red Lava; Lizzie Gillett, Passion Pictures; Sonja Henrici, Sonja Henrici Creates; Shantelle Rochester, Ida Rose; Eva Weber, Mountainfilm; and Jackie Motsepe, CEO KwaZulu-Natal Film.
Yordanova said: “The UK Global Screen Fund, launched last year, provides targeted...
Cannes’ UK Pavilion draws to a close with panels focused on the Global Screen Fund on Monday, and collaborating across borders on Tuesday.
‘Co-producing with the UK – meet the UK Global Screen Fund’ (11:00-12:00) will be moderated by Denitsa Yordanova, head of the UK Global Screen Fund, BFI, and will feature Sigrid Dyekjaer, Red Lava; Lizzie Gillett, Passion Pictures; Sonja Henrici, Sonja Henrici Creates; Shantelle Rochester, Ida Rose; Eva Weber, Mountainfilm; and Jackie Motsepe, CEO KwaZulu-Natal Film.
Yordanova said: “The UK Global Screen Fund, launched last year, provides targeted...
- 5/22/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
The British Film Commission (Bfc) and the Italian Film Commissions (IFC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding that seeks to facilitate high-end film and TV production collaboration between the two countries.
The idea is to boost opportunities and incentives for big productions shot in both territories, such as Disney’s “The Little Mermaid,” which was filmed in the U.K. and Sardinia, Universal’s “No Time To Die” and the upcoming live-action “Pinocchio” directed by Robert Zemeckis for Disney+.
The agreement, which was signed in Cannes, will also strengthen the rapport between the network of regional organizations and partners in both territories, with which both commissions already work so closely.
“We are thrilled to build upon our excellent relationship with the Italian Film Commissions through this friendship agreement,” said Bfc chief Adrian Wootton in statement. He noted that “globally, we’ve seen a huge increase in the amount of film...
The idea is to boost opportunities and incentives for big productions shot in both territories, such as Disney’s “The Little Mermaid,” which was filmed in the U.K. and Sardinia, Universal’s “No Time To Die” and the upcoming live-action “Pinocchio” directed by Robert Zemeckis for Disney+.
The agreement, which was signed in Cannes, will also strengthen the rapport between the network of regional organizations and partners in both territories, with which both commissions already work so closely.
“We are thrilled to build upon our excellent relationship with the Italian Film Commissions through this friendship agreement,” said Bfc chief Adrian Wootton in statement. He noted that “globally, we’ve seen a huge increase in the amount of film...
- 5/20/2022
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Italy is putting forward Gianfranco Rosi’s latest documentary Notturno as its candidate for the 2021 International Oscar race.
Anica, the country’s national film body, oversaw the selection process with the jury consisting of Nicola Borrelli, Simone Gattoni, Paolo Genovese, Carlo Poggioli, Cristina Priarone, Gloria Satta and Baba Richerme.
The pic premiered at Venice in Competition and picked up a handful of prizes. It it an immersive portrait of those trying to survive in the war-torn Middle East.
The deadline for submissions to the Oscar race is December 1, with the 2021 ceremony scheduled to take place April 25. The shortlist for the International Oscar will be unveiled February 9 and nominations will be announced March 15.
Italy is the most successful nation in the International / Best Foreign Film Oscar category with a total of 11 wins (plus three “honorary” wins in the early days of the awards). It last triumphed in 2013 with Paolo Sorrentino’s The Great Beauty.
Anica, the country’s national film body, oversaw the selection process with the jury consisting of Nicola Borrelli, Simone Gattoni, Paolo Genovese, Carlo Poggioli, Cristina Priarone, Gloria Satta and Baba Richerme.
The pic premiered at Venice in Competition and picked up a handful of prizes. It it an immersive portrait of those trying to survive in the war-torn Middle East.
The deadline for submissions to the Oscar race is December 1, with the 2021 ceremony scheduled to take place April 25. The shortlist for the International Oscar will be unveiled February 9 and nominations will be announced March 15.
Italy is the most successful nation in the International / Best Foreign Film Oscar category with a total of 11 wins (plus three “honorary” wins in the early days of the awards). It last triumphed in 2013 with Paolo Sorrentino’s The Great Beauty.
- 11/24/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
In early March, one day before cameras were set to roll in Milan on upcoming Netflix Italian original “Zero,” about the lives of black Italian youths, producer Nicola De Angelis and the streaming giant decided to halt production on the show due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Italy was not yet on lockdown, but De Angelis and Netflix Director of International Originals Felipe Tewes agreed that going ahead would have been complicated “and posed a serious health threat to the cast and crew,” whom, De Angelis points out, Netflix is now trying to support economically during the interlude until shooting restarts.
“Zero” actors, several of whom are non-professionals, are meanwhile being coached remotely, as scripts get polished in hopes that shooting can take place sometime this summer.
Italy is the hardest hit country in Europe, with 25,549 deaths to date, and 189,973 confirmed cases. Its death toll is second only to the U.
Italy was not yet on lockdown, but De Angelis and Netflix Director of International Originals Felipe Tewes agreed that going ahead would have been complicated “and posed a serious health threat to the cast and crew,” whom, De Angelis points out, Netflix is now trying to support economically during the interlude until shooting restarts.
“Zero” actors, several of whom are non-professionals, are meanwhile being coached remotely, as scripts get polished in hopes that shooting can take place sometime this summer.
Italy is the hardest hit country in Europe, with 25,549 deaths to date, and 189,973 confirmed cases. Its death toll is second only to the U.
- 4/24/2020
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
From glaciers in the Dolomites to the emerald Sardinian coastline, gritty industrial settings and roughly 54 Unesco World Heritage sites, the Italian peninsula offers pretty much any type of location you could imagine.
“Italy is a country where you can shoot everywhere,” says Stefania Ippoliti, president of the Italian Film Commissions umbrella group. “It’s not like in France, where it’s all about Paris and the Cote d’Azure.”
Plus, “everywhere you shoot, you find an efficient film commission, [which] “was not the case a few years ago.”
There are at least 18 film commissions now operating across Italy. Most of them offer incentives and local film funds that have grown to be worth a total of €60 million ($66 million) a year. Though on a merely monetary level Italian funds are not on a par with Germany or France, the basic advantage is that the country’s film commissions also double up as...
“Italy is a country where you can shoot everywhere,” says Stefania Ippoliti, president of the Italian Film Commissions umbrella group. “It’s not like in France, where it’s all about Paris and the Cote d’Azure.”
Plus, “everywhere you shoot, you find an efficient film commission, [which] “was not the case a few years ago.”
There are at least 18 film commissions now operating across Italy. Most of them offer incentives and local film funds that have grown to be worth a total of €60 million ($66 million) a year. Though on a merely monetary level Italian funds are not on a par with Germany or France, the basic advantage is that the country’s film commissions also double up as...
- 8/23/2019
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
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