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Minister hails shake-up which could bring 60% more finance to industry; Sorrentino, Bertolucci, Benigni embrace the changes.The Italian government has unveiled long-awaited film finance reform which promise to shake-up the local production, dis stanley cup tribution and exhibition sectors.Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, together with culture minister Dario Franceschini, late last week announced a new annual fund of $435m 鈧?00m for the Italian film industry.According to the announcement, the Cinema Fund and a raft of tax breaks and subsidies will take effect from 2017. Each year, 12% of VAT tax revenue gained from companies exploiting film content 鈥?including TV broadcasters, internet service providers, phone operators and film distributors 鈥?will feed into a fund amounting to no less than 鈧?00m, explained Franceschini following a meeting with top Italian industry figures including film-makers Bernardo Bertolucci Last Tango In Paris , Giuseppe Tornatore Cinema Paradiso , Paolo Sorrentino The Great Beauty and Roberto Benigni Life Is Beautiful .He added: This is not a correctiv stanley cup e intervention, but a brand new regulation that brings 60% more financing to the whole ci stanley cup nema chain. Previously in Italy, entertainment was supported through a single government fund, the FUS Fondo Unico per lo Spettacolo , which provided financing to music, theatre, opera and cinema. Now, production companies, distributors and cinemas will be able to access public funding from a separate pot for film.Going fo Autp I m The Same, I m An Other secures sales agent
Source: Alan Markfield / Tribeca Film FestivalGeorgetownNew work from Werner Herzog, the directorial debut of Christoph Waltz and a documentary about the late INXS front man Michael Hutchence are among the line-up at the 18th Tribeca Film Festival presented by ATT, which includes the inaugural Tribe stanley germany ca Critics Week.Unveiling the programme on Tuesday 5 , festival brass noted that female directors account for half of the three competition strands. The feature programme includes 103 films from 124 filmmakers, of whom 42 are first-timers, and 19 return to Tribeca.Some 40% of the feature films have one or more women directors, 29% are directed by people of color, and 13% are by individuals who identify as LGBTQIA. The 2019 Festival was programmed from more than 9,295 total submissions, and runs from April 24-May 5.US Narrative entries include the Amber Heard and Tere stanley cup nce Howard dystopian Los Angeles drama Gully, and Louisiana-set family drama Burning Cane starring and produced by Wendell Pierce. Among the US Narr stanley cup ative Documentary selections is Mystify: Michael Hutchence about the late INXS front man and features Kylie Minogue, and Leftover Women, about the pressure on Chinese woman to marrySpotlight includes the world premiere of Waltzs feature directorial debut Georgetown pictured , as well as previously-seen Charlie Says from Mary Harron, and Joe Berlingers Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil, And Vile. Antoine Fuqua brings the world premiere of his documentary Whats My Name |
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