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All articles by Melanie Rodier – Page 43
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Prix Italia to feature Altman retrospective
The 52nd Prix Italia television and radio awards, sponsored by state broadcaster RAI, will feature a retrospective of director Robert Altman's television work and the screening of two freshly restored Fellini films - Clown (1970) and Prova D'Orchestra (1978).RAI president Roberto Zaccaria said 48 television stations and 75 radio programmes ...
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Benigni lines up Pinocchio as next project
Roberto Benigni, the Oscar-winning actor-director of Life Is Beautiful, has announced that his next project will be a live-action version of Pinocchio. His actress wife, Nicoletta Braschi, who starred opposite him in Life Is Beautiful, is also expected to star in the new film.Benigni, who said he had wanted to ...
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Locarno reshuffles duties after president's death
The International Locarno Film Festival is to share the duties of late president Giuseppe Buffi amongst its committee of directors until the end of the festival, which starts on August 2. Buffi died after suffering a heart attack last week. After holding an emergency meeting following his death, Locarno announced ...
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Buyers team up for Telemontecarlo take-over
Telecom Italia and nascent internet giant Seat-Tin.it have confirmed that they are in talks to buy a majority stake in Telemontecarlo (TMC), the troubled Cecchi Gori Group-owned TV platform.A joint statement from Telecom and Seat-Tin.it stated that the two companies were in the "preliminary stages of negotiations" for the free-TV ...
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WW2 drama wins Giffoni festival
The Sky Falls (Il Cielo Cade), a World War II drama set in Tuscany, won the top prize at the 30th edition of the Giffoni Film Festival after 320 child jurors gave the Italian title the thumbs up on Saturday.Veronica Niccolai, who plays opposite Isabella Rossellini, also picked up the ...
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Milos Forman heads Venice jury
Director Milos Forman will chair the jury of the upcoming Venice International Film Festival, the festival has announced.Forman, who recently directed Man On The Moon and The People Vs Larry Flint, will head a jury composed of Jennifer Jason Leigh; Giuseppe Bertolucci; Claude Chabrol; writer Tahar Ben-Jelloun; Iranian Cannes prize-winner ...
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Stream's Minoli fired for Telepiu meeting
Giovanni Minoli has been dismissed from his position as general director of Italian pay-TV platform Stream in an unexpected move that casts further doubts over the future of the beleaguered News Corp and Telecom Italia-owned company.Stream CEO Lucia Morselli said in a letter that she had taken her decision after ...
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Baise-moi gets outing at Euro-heavy Locarno
Controversial French title Baise-moi will make its first international outing in the main competition section at the Locarno International Film Festival, festival director Marco Mueller announced on Thursday.Virginie Despentes' hard core debut, a cause celebre amongst French indies fighting would-be censors, will compete in a selection laden with world premieres ...
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Cecchi Gori confirms Telefonica talks
Italy's Cecchi Gori Communications has confirmed that it is holding talks with Spain's Telefonica, one of eight potential partners, about selling a minority stake in the group or one of its subsidiaries. However president Vittorio Cecchi Gori denied that the group's beleaguered TV station TeleMontecarlo is up for sale.Cecchi Gori ...
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Del Borgo joins executive exodus from Stream
Giglio Del Borgo has quit his position as commercial director at Italian pay-TV platform Stream, one of several recent resignations that have raised questions about the fate of the News Corp and Telecom Italia-owned company.Stream chief Riccardo Catalani stepped down last week barely six months into the top job, making ...