Gianni Amelio Shooting Biopic of Italian Poet Jailed Due to Fascist-Era Homophobic Law, Match Factory Selling (EXCLUSIVE)

Vanessa Hudgens showed off her tan, toned bikini bod on Instagram Thursday. The 32-year-old actress posted three photos and a video of her time at Forte Village Resort in Italy.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentAmazon Studios has unveiled a new high-concept Italian original movie featuring pop star Laura Pausini, who recently collaborated with Diane Warren to perform the Oscar-nominated theme song “Io Sì” (Seen) for Sophia Loren-starrer “The Life Ahead.” The still untitled film, which has begun shooting, is being helmed by Ivan Cotroneo, who is among Italy’s most innovative writer-directors, known for several hit RAI TV series such as “Crazy About Love,” which

ITALY: Land Of Wonders “portrays the beauty and tradition of [Italy] through an interactive and fun experience” according to a press release. Available for free, the mobile game is on both iOS and Android, and supports 11 languages.The game tasks the player with assisting Elio, an old lighthouse keeper, by collecting 20 sparks to help ensure the sun shines over Italy once again.

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorLeading arthouse sales agency The Match Factory has announced a host of sales on Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s “Drive My Car,” which premiered in Cannes Competition on Sunday and is a favorite with the critics.The Japanese drama has sold to the U.K. (Modern Film), Benelux (September Film), Italy (Tucker Film), Spain (Elastica), Portugal (Leopardo), Greece (Ama Films), Former Yugoslavia (Demiurg), Hong Kong (Edko Films) and Taiwan (Andrews Film).

EXCLUSIVE: Indie distributor and SVOD service MUBI is continuing its remarkable buying spree at Cannes 2021. The growing player has now taken rights from The Match Factory to Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Cannes Competition drama Memoria for Germany, Italy, Latin America (excluding Mexico, Colombia, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador) and India.

If you haven’t heard of The Match Factory, you probably don’t work in the international arthouse film arena. The German sales and production outfit is one of the world’s leading champions of auteur cinema and has consistently been involved in a raft of festival-winning titles since its inception in 2006.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentItalian director Alice Rohrwacher, whose “The Wonders” and “Happy as Lazzaro” are both Cannes prizewinners, will direct her first TV series that, similarly to her fable-like films, will explore the world of Italian folk tales.The Alice Rohrwacher-directed series, which is scheduled to start shooting next year, is titled “Ci Sarà Una Volta,” which translates as “There Will Be a Time.” Casting and other details are still being decided.Rohrwacher is back

Lea Michele has shared a throwback snap of the late Naya Rivera on the one year anniversary of her death. The Glee alum took to her Instagram Stories on July 8 to post a photo of Naya performing Funny Girl hit “Don’t Rain on My Parade” during season five of the show. She also added the dove with olive branch emoji to the post, which actually had a deeper meaning than perhaps what meets the eye.

EXCLUSIVE: European arthouse sales force The Match Factory and ICM Partners are teaming up to jointly represent four films playing at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorLeading arthouse sales company The Match Factory has pre-sold Austrian director and screenwriter Sebastian Meise’s second feature “Great Freedom,” which plays in Un Certain Regard at Cannes on Thursday, to Paname Distribution in France.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentProlific Italian director Francesca Comencini (“Gomorrah,” the series “Django”) is set to make a personal feature film that will pay homage to her father Luigi Comencini, the Italian master who made Oscar-nominated Cinema Italiano classic “Bread, Love and Dreams,” with Gina Lollobrigida and Vittorio De Sica.Francesca’s film, with the working title “First Life, Then Cinema,” is being developed by Kavac Film, the Rome-based shingle of veteran Italian

Nothing but smiles over here! George and Amal Clooney enjoyed a romantic dinner date at Il Gatto Nero, in Lake Como, Italy while vacationing at their second family home in Villa Oleandra, on Sunday, July 4.

In 2021, for Hollywood celebrities, it's all about embracing LOVE! Whether it be rekindled romances like Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck to longtime couples like Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton finally tying the knot, love is truly all around this year with romantic getaways in tow.

Just recently, Quentin Tarantino defended his portrayal of martial arts expert and actor Bruce Lee in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.

Quentin Tarantino has defended his portrayal of Bruce Lee in Once Upon A Time In Hollywood.“I can understand his daughter having a problem with it. It’s her fucking father.

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorLeading arthouse sales agency and producer The Match Factory has acquired “Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash,” which will receive its world premiere in competition at the 74th Locarno Film Festival in August. The film is directed by Edwin, one of Indonesia’s best known and most well-respected directors.The film centers on Ajo Kawir, a fighter who fears nothing, not even death.