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Disney+ Italy Greenlights ‘The Lions Of Sicily’ Adaptation From Paolo Genovese - deadline.com - Italy
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06.07.2022

Disney+ Italy Greenlights ‘The Lions Of Sicily’ Adaptation From Paolo Genovese

Disney+ has greenlit The Lions of Sicily, an Italian series based on Stefania Auci’s The Florios of Siciliy from Paolo Genovese.

Italy’s Lucky Red On The New Woody Allen & Luc Besson Movies, Its Enduring Netflix Partnership & What The Chances Are Of A Company Sale - deadline.com - Italy
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08.09.2023

Italy’s Lucky Red On The New Woody Allen & Luc Besson Movies, Its Enduring Netflix Partnership & What The Chances Are Of A Company Sale

EXCLUSIVE: Distributor-producer Lucky Red is one of Italy’s most respected independent film and TV companies. Run by former actor Andrea Occhipinti since 1987, the firm has released more than 500 titles and produced more than 50 films.

Shanghai Film Festival Reveals Competition, Golden Goblet Contenders - variety.com - Australia - Spain - New Zealand - China - Italy - Canada - South Korea - India - Russia - Belgium - Japan - Iran - Hong Kong - city Shanghai - county Lawrence - city Hong Kong
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29.05.2023

Shanghai Film Festival Reveals Competition, Golden Goblet Contenders

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief The 25th Shanghai International Film Festival, June 9 to 18, has unveiled the titles in contention for awards in its four main feature-length sections: main competition, Asian New Talent, Animation film and documentary. These are eligible for the festival’s prestigious Golden Goblet Awards, winners of which will be announced at the Shanghai Grand Theater on the evening of June 17. While SIFF remains the only mainland China festival to be accredited as a so-called A-list event by the International Federation of Film Producers (FIAPF), its selections are largely separate and distinct from those at other major international festivals.

Netflix Picks Up Italian Rom-Com ‘Still Time’ For Global Release - variety.com - Australia - France - Los Angeles - Italy - Rome - Berlin
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15.03.2023

Netflix Picks Up Italian Rom-Com ‘Still Time’ For Global Release

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Netflix has acquired global rights to Italian rom-com “Era Ora” (“Still Time”), marking a rare instance in which an Italian comedy is set to gain worldwide visibility. “Still Time” is directed by Alessandro Aronadio, a Los Angeles Film School graduate whose first work “One Life, Maybe Two” launched from Berlin’s Panorama section. The concept comedy stars Edoardo Leo (“Perfect Strangers”) as a workaholic named Dante who is perpetually late to everything important and Barbara Ronchi, soon to be seen in Marco Bellocchio’s “La Conversione,” as his girlfriend Alice with whom Dante winds up leaping ahead a year every few hours, just as he wants to slow down.

Disney+ Commences Italian Series ‘The Lions of Sicily’ Based on Stefania Auci’s Bestseller ‘The Florios of Sicily’ - variety.com - Italy - Rome
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06.07.2022

Disney+ Commences Italian Series ‘The Lions of Sicily’ Based on Stefania Auci’s Bestseller ‘The Florios of Sicily’

Naman Ramachandran Disney+ has commenced production on Italian original series “The Lions of Sicily,” a family saga based on Stefania Auci’s bestseller “The Florios of Sicily.” Principal photography has started in Rome and will take place between there and Sicily. It is directed by Paolo Genovese (“Superheroes”).

Karlovy Vary Int’l Film Festival Heats Up With Opening Night Gala & Paolo Genovese’s Relationship Drama ‘Superheroes’ - deadline.com - Hollywood - Italy - Ukraine
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02.07.2022

Karlovy Vary Int’l Film Festival Heats Up With Opening Night Gala & Paolo Genovese’s Relationship Drama ‘Superheroes’

While Covid cases begin to surge again in Hollywood, it’s a different story nearly 6,000 miles away as the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival kicked off with a bang on Friday night. The prominent Central European festival showed no sign that the pandemic was going to mar yet another edition of the much-loved event as delegates packed into the Hotel Thermal’s Grand Hall for its opening night ceremony and opening night film Superheroes, from Italian director Paolo Genovese.

International Insider: Karlovy Vary Kicks Off; Broccoli On Bond; BritBox; French Fee Strikes - deadline.com - France - Italy - Ukraine - Russia - Czech Republic - city Prague
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01.07.2022

International Insider: Karlovy Vary Kicks Off; Broccoli On Bond; BritBox; French Fee Strikes

Good afternoon Insider squad. Max Goldbart here back from Glastonbury with all the news, analysis and sunburn you need as we look back on the final week of June. Read on.

Festival In Focus: How The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Continues To Be An “Edgy” & Culturally Significant Film Destination - deadline.com - Italy - Ukraine - Czech Republic - Israel
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29.06.2022

Festival In Focus: How The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Continues To Be An “Edgy” & Culturally Significant Film Destination

As the 56th edition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF) is about to kick off on Friday, there will be plenty to discuss at this year’s event in the picturesque Czech spa town. The prominent Central European festival, which is returning to its usual early July slot after last year’s edition was delayed to August because of the pandemic, will see 33 films from five continents screen across its three sections – the Crystal Globe Competition, the Special Screenings section and its new competition, Proxima, which replaces the former East of the West section.

Liev Schreiber Heads To Karlovy Vary, Festival Announces Opening And Closing Films - deadline.com - USA - Italy - Ukraine - Russia
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29.06.2022

Liev Schreiber Heads To Karlovy Vary, Festival Announces Opening And Closing Films

The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (July 1-9) will open this Friday with Italian director Paolo Genovese’s relationship drama Superheroes and close with George Miller’s Cannes title Three Thousand Years of Longing, it has revealed in a final pre-kick-off announcement.

Why Disney, Amazon and More Are Bringing Projects to Sicily - variety.com - Italy - Rome
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11.05.2022

Why Disney, Amazon and More Are Bringing Projects to Sicily

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentDisney, Amazon, Netflix and Showtime all have TV series of different types either recently shot or set to shoot in Sicily.As one of its first Italian originals, Disney+ has commissioned a still-untitled TV series about Sicily’s Florio family, who, during the 19th century, built an economic empire on the island and became known as the merchant princes of Europe.Casting is now underway for this high-end period epic, to be directed by Italy’s Paolo Genovese (“Perfect Strangers”) and produced by Rome-based Lotus Prods., a unit of Leone Film Group. The Sicilian skein, which is expected to start shooting in July, is based on local bestseller “The Lions of Sicily,” by Stefania Auci, that has been translated in several languages.

Disney+ to Make Sicily-Set Series by ‘Perfect Strangers’ Director Paolo Genovese - variety.com - London - Italy - Rome
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29.04.2022

Disney+ to Make Sicily-Set Series by ‘Perfect Strangers’ Director Paolo Genovese

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentDisney+ has commissioned a still-untitled TV series on Sicily’s Florio family who during the 19th century built an economic empire on the island and became known as the merchant princes of Europe.Casting is underway in Rome and Palermo, the Sicilian capital, on this high-end period epic to be directed by Italy’s Paolo Genovese whose hit dramedy “Perfect Strangers” has spawned countless remakes around the the world, including an Arab-language adaptation for Netflix.The Sicilian skein, which according to sources is expected to start shooting in July, is based on local bestseller “The Lions of Sicily,” by Stefania Auci, which has sold more than 500,000 copies in Italy and been translated in 30 languages. News that Genovese is directing this Disney+ Italian original has been reported in the Italian press and confirmed by multiple sources.The show, which marks the most high-end Disney+ Italian original to date, is being executive produced by Rome-based Lotus Productions — a unit of Leone Film Group. Both Leone in Rome and Disney in London declined to comment.The Florio’s, who moved to Sicily from Calabria following an earthquake in the late 19th century that had left them penniless, gradually built an empire on the island over the following two decades, becoming a dynasty of shipowners, winemakers, and tuna merchants but also creators of the Targa Florio, the world’s oldest endurance car race.

‘Perfect Strangers’ Director’s New Film, Starring Toni Servillo, Picked Up by True Colours – EFM (EXCLUSIVE) - variety.com - Italy - Rome - Lebanon
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28.01.2022

‘Perfect Strangers’ Director’s New Film, Starring Toni Servillo, Picked Up by True Colours – EFM (EXCLUSIVE)

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentItaly’s True Colours has taken international sales on “Perfect Strangers” director Paolo Genovese’s new movie, a comedy drama titled “The First Day of My Life.”The Rome-based sales company will be launching pre-sales at the upcoming online EFM market on Genovese’s latest concept pic, which has echoes of Frank Capra’s classic “It’s a Wonderful Life.”Based on Genovese’s novel of the same title, which was a bestseller in Italy, “The First Day of My Life” revolves around four characters on the brink of taking their lives who make a pact with a stranger with supernatural powers, played by “The Great Beauty” star Toni Servillo. The mystery man gives them a chance to travel forward in time to see for a week how their friends and relatives would react to their deaths and what the world would be like without them.

Italy Selects Gianfranco Rosi’s ‘Notturno’ As International Oscar Submission - deadline.com - Italy
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24.11.2020

Italy Selects Gianfranco Rosi’s ‘Notturno’ As International Oscar Submission

Italy is putting forward Gianfranco Rosi’s latest documentary Notturno as its candidate for the 2021 International Oscar race.

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