Locarno opens doors to Latin films
The Locarno Intl. Film Festival will focus on cinema from Latin America in the Open Doors co-production mart.
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Nick Vivarelli
Berlusconi makes new bid for power
Silvio Berlusconi is poised to return to power in Italy following the eruption of a parliamentary crisis, which is causing the center-left Italian government to vacillate on the brink of collapse.
Rome film fest gives in on new dates
The Rome Film Festival has bowed to pressure from Italy's film community over its contentiously close dates with Venice by pushing its sked back to Oct. 22-31.
Berlusconi vs. Murdoch in Italy
Mediaset is launching three digital terrestrial pay TV channels in Italy in a move that will place the Silvio Berlusconi-controlled web in direct competition with Rupert Murdoch's Sky Italia.
Venice extends Mueller’s reign
Marco Mueller has been reappointed topper of the Venice Film Festival for four years in a move that affords the Lido stability and bolsters its status while its infrastructure undergoes a makeover.
Dario Argento takes a stab at ‘Giallo’
Italo horror-meister Dario Argento will shoot "Giallo," an English-language homage to the genre that made him a cult helmer, with Vincent Gallo, and Argento's daughter Asia Argento attached to star.
Italy’s homevideo market up in 2007
Italy's 2007 sell-through homevid market was worth $600 million, up 2.1% from 2006.
Rome date switch raises hackles
The Rome Film Festival's decision to shift its start date to Oct. 2 from its customary mid-October slot is sparking molto mayhem in Italy's film community.
Film promo comes apart at the seams
Italy's first interracial romancer "Bianco e nero" (Black and White) has stirred a charged polemic over product placement policies by Italo fashion labels.
Celluloid Dreams to sell ‘Vincere’
French sales company Celluloid Dreams has taken international sales outside Italy on Italian helmer Marco Bellocchio's upcoming drama "Vincere."
Turin museum to honor Herzog
Werner Herzog is being homaged by Italy's National Film Museum in Turin with his first complete retro meticulously assembled by the top Italo film institution, which is restoring 35 titles among the…
