One year after making it's EFM debut, Italian sales company True Colours is venturing into non-Italian movies by taking global sales on Brazilian helmer Fabio Meira's "Two Irenes," which world…
Munich-based sales company Global Screen has picked up international rights to high-profile documentary "Julian Schnabel – A Private Portrait" by Italian director Pappi Corsicato, which will be…
ROME – A new Naples-set TV crime series, "The Bastards of Pizzofalcone," is scoring stellar ratings in Italy, grabbing more than one-fourth of the country's regular viewing audience. Directed by…
ROME – Netflix has partnered with Italian standup comedian-turned-politician Beppe Grillo, whose Five Star movement leads the country's parliamentary opposition, on comedy special "Grillo vs…
ROME – Italian pubcaster Rai's sales unit, Rai Com, has boarded a trio of promising pics by young Italian directors, including "The War of the Yokels," a contemporary Romeo and Juliet tale set in…
ROME – European pay-TV platform Sky and five prominent Italian production companies have officially launched their Italian theatrical distribution operation, now named Vision Distribution. It is…
Iranian director Asghar Farhadi, whose film “The Salesman” is nominated for the foreign-language-film Oscar, has issued a statement saying he will not attend the Oscars even if exceptions are made to…
ROME – The Venice Film Festival, after launching multiple-Oscar-winning movies three years in a row, now has a strong chance to make it four. Newly announced Best Picture nominees “La La Land,”…
ROME – Starz Play Arabia has forged a multi-year deal with Warner Bros. Intl. Television Distribution for exclusive rights to several hit shows, including "The Flash," "DC's Legends of Tomorrow," and…
ROME – Groundbreaking Abu Dhabi-set legal drama "Justice," inspired by "L.A. Law" and written by Emmy Award-winning U.S. producer and writer William Finkelstein in collaboration with a local team, is…
ROME — Italian motion picture association ANICA on Tuesday announced figures for calendar year 2016 showing a 3.86% increase in box office grosses to a total 661 million euros ($706 million) and a 6%…