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Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentAhead of the start of Rome’s film and TV market MIA on Wednesday, Variety spoke exclusively to Giancarlo Leone, the head of Italy’s TV producers’ association APA, about the issues producers in Italy face, including COVID production protocols, a drop in TV ad revenue, and establishing new rules of engagement with the streamers.Italy, after being among countries hardest hit by the coronavirus crisis, is now among territories coping quite well with the

holidaymakers will now need to provide evidence of a negative coronavirus test before travelling to Italy. The popular tourist destination currently remains on the Scottish Government’s quarantine exemption list - meaning Scots will not need to self-isolate for 14 days upon their return to Scotland.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentItalian sales company True Colours has taken international sales on two spanking new Cinema Italiano titles with strong cast elements in the leadup to Rome’s MIA market: “The Girl and the Giants,” a dark fable starring Valeria Golino, and Rome-set psychological thriller “The Guest Room,” toplining International Emmy-nominated Guido Caprino.True Colours chief Gaetano Maiorino said his company has booked physical screenings for five of its films set for

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentRevving up its streaming service expansion in Europe, ViacomCBS will launch leading AVOD service Pluto TV in Spain from the end of October. It will then roll out Pluto TV in France and Italy in 2021, the French launch being set for first quarter 2021, ViacomCBS Networks Intl.

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speculation that Jovic could depart, with Roma, AC Milan and Inter Milan all touted for a swoop, while reports in Italy recently claimed that United were considering a loan for the 22-year-old. The same report cited former Paris Saint-Germain striker Edinson Cavani, who is now a free agent, as a possible United target.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorUK distributor Curzon has picked up well-received Italian drama Il Mio Corpo, which played as part of the ACID program at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Michele Pennetta’s docu-drama follows two young men living separate but equally tough hardscrabble lives on the margins of Sicilian society. The film is scheduled for release in the UK on 27 November In cinemas and on Curzon Home Cinema.

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At age 86, legendary Italian actress Sophia Loren is extremely choosy about the roles she takes on — so much so that she hasn’t acted onscreen since playing her own mother in her autobiographical 2010 TV movie “My House Is Full of Mirrors”.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorSky Italia has ordered prison drama Il Re (The King), which will star Italian actor Luca Zingaretti, well known locally for the Inspector Montalbano series. The Italian-language series will be set in the prison of San Michele where Bruno Testori (Zingaretti), the director, applies his own personal idea of justice. While outside the prison his life is far from ordered, inside he is the absolute ruler.

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent“Forgotten We’ll Be,” the latest film from  director Fernando Trueba, an Academy Award winner (“Belle Epoque”) and nominee (“Chico and Rita”), has been sold to Italy, the film’s sales agent Film Factory Entertainment striking a deal for Italian distribution with Lucky Red, a classic arthouse and independent film distributor.Details of the deal come just days after it was announced that the title will close on Sept.