Manori Ravindran International EditorA timely new documentary chronicles a British solder’s return to Afghanistan, just as U.S.
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Christopher Vourlias Eran Riklis (“Lemon Tree,” “Dancing Arabs”) is developing a new feature that he hopes will strike a chord at this week’s MIA Market in Rome, where the acclaimed Israeli director will be pitching it to potential partners.“Last Chord in Thessaloniki” follows a family of jazz musicians who are forced to confront their dysfunctions while traveling together to perform in Greece’s second city, where the family’s roots, though buried deep in the past, upend the present and cast a
.Manori Ravindran International EditorA timely new documentary chronicles a British solder’s return to Afghanistan, just as U.S.
Joe Otterson TV ReporterPeacock has given a straight-to-series order to a new crime drama that hails from David E. Kelley, Variety has learned exclusively.The one-hour series is titled “The Missing,” based on the Dror A.
Happily ever after! Luis “Louie” Ruelas popped the question to Teresa Giudice during the couple’s Greece getaway — and it’s safe to say that her engagement ring is quite the stunning sparkler.
Manori Ravindran International EditorA new film about the development, regulation and roll-out of COVID-19 vaccines from “How to Survive a Plague” director David France has scored a raft of international sales.Documentary specialists Dogwoof have sold the film — which will debut on HBO and HBO Max in 2022 — into Sky in the U.K., Germany and Italy; NRK for Norway; DR for Denmark; SVT for Sweden; Channel 8 and YesDocu for Israel; and HBO and HBO Max in Latin America.Filming on the documentary,
Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentRome’s MIA film and TV market chief Lucia Milazzotto is stepping down to head up a newly created sales and marketing unit of Italy’s Cinecittà Studios which is undergoing a radical revamp and looking to become continental Europe’s top production hub.The surprise announcement, made on Thursday by Istituto Luce-Cinecittà CEO Nicola Maccanico, comes just days after MIA wrapped its seventh edition on Sunday, having boosted its standing on the global
Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentRome’s MIA Market for TV series, feature films, documentaries and factual content wrapped a watershed 7th edition on Sunday, having boosted its standing on the global calendar as a prominent emerging industry hub in Europe.In a significant indicator of the Eternal City’s Oct.
Indie film stalwart Stuart Ford has warned that the lack of “audience accountability” creators have when making content for streaming platforms may, over time, have a “creeping diluting effect on quality”.
Christopher Vourlias An unsolved murder, a detective with a dark past, a bitterly divided island on the edge.
Leo Barraclough International Features EditorCologne-based The Match Factory, one of the world’s leading arthouse sales agencies, is at MIA Market in Rome with two German features and one upcoming Italian project, following a busy summer with 20 premieres between Cannes and Toronto. Nana Neul, best known for her film “My Friend From Faro,” is back with an entertaining German-Italian-Greek feature “Daughters,” starring Birgit Minichmayr, Alexandra Maria Lara and Josef Bierbichler.
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Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentRome’s new-concept MIA Market, which had the rare distinction of holding a physical edition last year – albeit with an online component — has unsurprisingly succeeded in luring a robust group of international industry heavyweights, including a copious U.S. contingent, for its upcoming Oct.
Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentRome’s new concept MIA Market dedicated to international TV series, feature films, documentaries and more kicked off Wednesday in the Eternal City’s 17th century Palazzo Barberini with 1,700 registered industry execs – roughly 600 of whom have made the trek from abroad – and 350 new titles of various types, in development and production, on display.At a press conference attended by Italian Culture Minister Dario Franceschini and all top Italian industry
Chart-topping author Sally Rooney has confirmed that she will not sell the rights for her book to be translated to an Israeli edition.
Amazon and Book Depository, but it isn’t currently accessible for speakers of Hebrew, the predominant language among Jewish Israelis.In her statement, Rooney cited a pair of reports — by Israeli human rights groups B'Tselem and New York-based Human Rights Watch — that found Israel to be guilty of the international crime of apartheid because of discriminatory policies toward Palestinians within its own borders and in the occupied territories.These reports, she said, “confirmed what Palestinian
shared an emailed statement from Rooney in which she said she was proud her first two books were published in Hebrew by Modan Publishing House. Israeli newspaper Haaretz first broke the story.“Likewise, it would be an honor for me to have my latest novel translated into Hebrew and available to Hebrew-language readers,” she continued.