Nick Vivarelli

Eurimages has a solid presence this year at Cannes, where six pics supported by the Council of Europe's co-production fund are screening in the official selection. Its executive director Roberto...

Italian director Daniele Luchetti is set to shoot "Call Me Francesco," a $12 million Spanish-language biopic being touted as the first Pope Francis feature film that will hit global screens....

German thesp Lars Eidinger ("The Clouds of Sils Maria") has joined Italo Alba Rohwarcher ("Le Meraviglie") in Albania-set drama "Sworn Virgin." Match Factory will continue pre-sales in Cannes after kicking...

ROME - Hot on the heels of its boffo ratings bow for TV skein "Gomorra" Rupert Murdoch's Sky Italia paybox is experimenting with innovative distribution patterns in Italy where "Gomorra"...

ROME - The Venice Film Festival's VFM mart is expanding its scope by launching a gap financing co-production platform for European pics. The Lido's new co-prod micro-mart, which aims to...

ROME - A major spat has broken out in Turkey 's young but proliferating pay-TV market pitting leading pay-TV platform D-Smart and SinemaTV , which is affiliated with one of...

ROME - " How To Train Your Dragon 2 " will open Italy's Taormina Film Festival which will host the U.S. blockbuster's Italo launch with a spectacular 3D screening in...

ROME - Juliette Binoche is attached to star in female competition drama "The Wait" to be directed by first-time Italo helmer Piero Messina, assistant of recent foreign-language Oscar-winner Paolo Sorrentino...

ROME - Marc Webb , director of " The Amazing Spider-Man 2 ," will be celebrated by Italy 's Ischia Global Film and Music Fest where he will hold a...

ROME - The Venice Film Festival is opening up its "Final Cut in Venice" workshop, which supports African films in post, to pics also coming from Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine and...