Author: Cinema Made In Italy

Back From Hollywood Visit, Italian Deputy Culture Minister Vows That Italy’s Robust Tax Rebates for Film and TV Production Remain Firmly in Place

Italy’s 40% tax rebates for international film and TV series are a magnet that has been crucial to luring lots of shoots to the country. These incentives are behind the current contemporaneous presence on the Cinecittà Studios lot of Oscar-winner Edward Berger’s new film “Conclave,” Netflix period soap “Decameron,” and Roland Emmerich’s Peacock gladiator series…

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Italy’s True Colours Scores Slew of Berlin Sales on Toni Servillo’s ‘Strangeness,’ Gay Love Drama ‘Norwegian Dream’

Italian sales company True Colours has closed a raft of sales following Berlin’s European Film Market. Italy’s box office hit “La Stranezza” (“Strangeness”) got picked up for a dozen territories and queer romantic drama “Norwegian Dream” also sold widely, including to North America. Directed by Roberto Andò, “Strangeness” (pictured) toplines Toni Servillo…

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Why Italy’s regional film commissions are the country’s secret weapon as an international production hub

One of the biggest ‘stars’ to emerge from the second series of HBO’s The White Lotus was the Sicilian coastal town of Taormina, where the production filmed. With the Ionian Sea as a glittering backdrop, the drama put on abundant displays of exactly what Italy offers as a filming location and sparked an explosion of press about the joys of holidaying on the volcanic island.

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‘Gomorrah’ Author Roberto Saviano to Make Directorial Debut With Animation Feature ‘I’m Still Alive’

Italian star author Robert Saviano, whose mob exposé “ Gomorrah ” spawned both Matteo Garrone’s eponymous prizewinning movie and the groundbreaking crime series that plays stateside on HBO, is making his directorial debut. Saviano will direct “I’m Still Alive,” an animation adaptation of his graphic novel illustrated by Israeli artist Asaf Hanuka

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Italian Star Giancarlo Giannini Talks Marlon Brando, Marcello Mastroianni, James Bond Ahead of Hollywood Walk of Fame Honor

Prior to becoming an actor, Giancarlo Giannini, who on March 6 will be getting a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, studied electronic engineering, a skill he’s been known to put to good use even on movie sets…

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Giacomo Abbruzzese’s ‘Disco Boy’ wins Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution

Disco Boy , a debut work from  Giacomo Abbruzzese  and the only Italian film selected for competition at the 73 th International Film Festival of Berlin, has won the Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution . Co-produced by Italy’s Dugong Films, the film is a French/Italian/Belgian/Polish co-production.

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In Italy, The Actors Who Dub Foreign Movies Can Become Big Stars

The sound of her voice emerging from Italian cinema screens over the years, in some of the biggest Hollywood films, has made Claudia Razzi a star in her own right.

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Alice Rohrwacher to give Visions du Reel 2023 masterclass

Alice Rohrwacher will attend the 2023 Visions du Reel film festival in Switzerland as a special guest. Italian writer, director and editor Rohrwacher will give a masterclass on Saturday, April 22 about her films. She will also present a retrospective of her fiction, hybrid and documentary work at the festival. Rohrwacher’s first fiction film Corpo Celeste debuted in Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes

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‘Dehumanization Is Taking Place With AI’: Italian Dubbers Go on Strike to Demand ‘Human’ Working Conditions Amid Digital Disruption

Italy’s 2,500 dubbing industry workers are on a protracted strike demanding higher wages, less frenzied work conditions, and protection against digital dubbing devices, which they claim threaten their jobs. The country’s unions representing Italian voice actors and dubbing directors have been on the war path since Feb. 21

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Interview: Benedetta Porcaroli, actress – “I am very passionate, and when I decide to do a film, everything in my life has to do with it” – Shooting Stars 2023

BERLINALE 2023: The Italian actress talks to us about her career in her home country and her wish to work abroad

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