Abel Ferrara is set to appear alongside emerging French actress Raika Hazanavicius (“Colors of Time”) and Italy’s Giovanni De Maria (“Robbing Mussolini”) in Italian director Angelica Gallo’s gritty Rome-set drama “The Night Burns.” “Night Burns” depicts contemporary Rome youth through the tale of a group of friends who steal jewelry and other valuables at trap […]

Triple Oscar-winning cinematographer Vittorio Storaro is set to be honored with a special prize by Italy’s David di Donatello Awards in tandem with Rome’s Cinecittà Studios during the upcoming edition of the country’s top film prizes. Storaro — who has won Academy Awards for his work on “Apocalypse Now,” the Warren Beatty-directed “Reds” and Bernardo […]

Hungarian election winner Péter Magyar is set to travel to Italy’s Riviera International Film Festival on May 5 to attend the international premiere of of documentary “Spring Wind – The Awakening.” The doc charts the political journey that culminated with his historic April 12 victory in the country’s general elections. Directed by Tamás Yvan Topolánszky, […]

RAI Cinema International Distribution is heading to the Cannes market with a promising slate headlined by new works from prominent Italian auteurs and Cannes and Venice aficionados including Gianni Amelio, Mario Martone, Daniele Vicari and Berlin-based Russian helmer Victor Kossakovsky.  Amelio, who is best-known for his Oscar-nominated “Open Doors” (1990) and also “Stolen Children,” which […]

Dubai-based Rise Studios, which is headed by former Warner Bros. Discovery Middle East chief Amanda Turnbull, and Turkish sales and production company Inter Medya have started shooting “Caged Love” which is the first TV series spawned by their recently forged strategic partnership. Directed by Canan Çelik, who is known for globally exported hit shows “Love […]

After canceled gigs in the U.K., France, Switzerland and Poland, Kanye West’s upcoming concert in Italy is sparking an uproar due to the rapper’s antisemitic remarks. West, now known as Ye, is scheduled to headline the Hellwat Festival on July 18 at the RCF Arena in the Northern Italian city of Reggio Emilia. The venue has […]

A new Martin Scorsese film titled “Aldeas, the Final Dream of Pope Francis” is set to launch with a private screening at the Vatican on Tuesday, which marks one year since the pontiff’s death. Scholas Occurrentes, a global Catholic educational movement founded by the late Pope Francis, has released some first-look images from the film […]

Italian executive Marco Chimenz has stepped down as co-managing director of Paris-based pan-European production and sales company Federation Studios after less than three years. Chimenz, who prior to joining Federation in 2023 spent more than twenty years at Italy’s prominent ITV-Cattleya, the outfit behind “Gomorrah,” and is also a former president of the European Producers Club, […]

The international premiere of documentary “Spring Wind – The Awakening,” charting the political journey of Hungarian opposition leader Péter Magyar that culminated with his historic victory on Sunday in the country’s general elections, will open Italy’s Riviera International Film Festival on May 5. “Spring Wind – The Awakening,” which is directed by  Tamás Yvan Topolánszky, […]