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Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent The ongoing overhaul of Rome’s Cinecittà Studios is getting traction thanks to booming demand from international productions just as the number of sound stages increase, prompting realistic prospects of turning a profit by end of 2022, which is a year earlier than planned. Cinecittà has been undergoing a radical revamp devised by managing director Nicola Maccanico since June 2021, when European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and Italian premier Mario Draghi (pictured above at Cinecittà) jointly visited the iconic studio lot and held a press conference in its vast Studio 5 — known as the late, great filmmaker Federico Fellini’s second home — to announce a €300 million ($300 million) investment to meet the growing international demand for studio space,

Boris Johnson has reportedly arrived in Kyiv for a surprise visit to Ukraine to meet with President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Sharbat Gula, known internationally as the “Afghan Girl” following her appearance on a 1985 cover of National Geographic, has been granted refugee status in Italy. The country’s prime minister, Mario Draghi, made the announcement Thursday.

Italy as part of the West’s evacuation of Afghans following the Taliban takeover of the country, the Italian government said Thursday.The office of Premier Mario Draghi said Italy organized the evacuation of Sharbat Gulla after she asked to be helped to leave the country.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentPlans to overhaul Rome’s iconic Cinecittà Studios and potentially turn them into the top European filming facility were officially unveiled Tuesday at the Venice Film Festival with Italian culture minister Dario Franceschini and Stan McCoy, who is chief of the Motion Picture Assn.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentItalian state broadcaster RAI has appointed as its president Marinella Soldi, a former CEO of Discovery Networks Southern Europe, and designated as managing director Carlo Fuortes, chief of the Rome Opera House Foundation.The planned management makeover was decided by the government headed by Prime Minister Mario Draghi.The two key appointments at the mammoth pubcaster still require approval by a parliamentary committee that oversees RAI, but are likely

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentItaly’s iconic Cinecittà Studios are set for a major overhaul involving many new state-of-the art soundstages, a bigger backlot and ambitions to become continental Europe’s top filming facilities thanks to a multi-million euro cash injection provided by the European Union’s post-pandemic recovery fund.In June, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and Italian premier Mario Draghi (pictured above) jointly visited the Cinecittà lot and held a

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentThe Italian film industry, which did not pause during the pandemic, is clearly a top priority within the country’s post COVID-19 recovery plan.