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Stephen Dorff, Radha Mitchell (“Blueback”) and Italy’s Cristiana Capotondi (“The Ignorant Angels”) are set to star in indie rom-com “No Place Like Rome” from U.S.-based Italian director Cecilia Miniucchi (“Life Upside Down”).

Shooting has just started in Rome on the U.S.-Italy co-production, which revolves around an emotionally fraught American photographer named Connor (Dorff), who travels to the Eternal City from New York during the Christmas holidays for a combination of work and vacation.

His teenage son is supposed to join him in Rome, but after he changes plans, Connor — who still has ties to his ex-wife (Mitchell) — intersects with an “attractive and extroverted” Italian museum curator, played by Capotondi, according to the provided synopsis. After she guides him to take some pictures off the beaten path, Connor decides to stay for the duration of the festivities.

“Together they will discover hidden aspects of the Eternal...

The first clapperboard has slammed on the Star original romantic drama starring Cristiana Capotondi and Luca Argentero, based upon Ferzan Özpetek’s 2001 hit film. Cristiana Capotondi (recently seen in Attenti al gorilla and Woman’s Name), Eduardo Scarpetta (Capri-Revolution) and Luca Argentero (recently gracing Good Goals and the series Doc – Nelle tue mani) are leading the cast of the much-anticipated Star original series The Ignorant Angels, a work based upon the hit film which established Ferzan Özpetek in the industry in 2001, His Secret Life. Disney+ has released a photo of the first clapperboard for the romantic drama, which is composed of eight 50-minute episodes and is written by Özpetek, Gianni Romoli, Carlotta Corradi and Massimo Bacchini, with production in the hands of R&c Produzioni. The firm headed up by Tilde Corsi and Gianni Romoli has made almost all of Ozpetek’s films, including his most recent work The Goddess of.

Elda Ferri produces for Ad Hoc Film and Rai Cinema.

Italian sales outfit Filmexport has picked up international rights to Gianfrancesco Lazotti’s completed feature The Night Is Short For Us, an ensemble drama produced by Elda Ferri for Ad Hoc Film and Rai Cinema.

Inspired by classic Italian films of the 1970s, the story takes place on a dancefloor and interweaves the stories of different dancers. The cast includes Philippe Leroy and Cristiana Capotondi.

As part of its expansion into television Filmexport is in Cannes to pitch the TV drama The Serpent Queen, a drama based on the 16th-century figure of Caterina de’ Medici,...

Feature will release in Italy on March 8 to coincide with Women’s Day

Screen can reveal a first trailer for Italian director Marco Tullio Giordana’s timely sexual harassment drama Nome Di Donna ahead of its market premiere at the Efm.

Cristiana Capotondi tops a strong female cast as single mother Nina who gets a temporary job at an old people’s home.

She desperately needs the money but soon discovers the post comes with unexpected strings attached when the institution’s powerful director Marco Torri attempts to have sex with her in his office.

Nina comes to the realisation that Torri has been sexually preying on the home’s female care-workers for years and that the dark secret has been covered up by both the staff and the local priest.

With the support of a female-rights lawyer, Nina breaks her silence putting herself at odds the other staff members and the Roman Catholic Church in what promises...

Exclusive: Celluloid sets down at Efm with biggest slate in years, adding two new Italian productions.

Paris-based sales agent Celluloid Dreams, at the European Film Market (Efm) this week with one of its biggest slates in recent years, has boarded sales on two high-profile Italian titles, Silvio Soldini’s [pictured] Emma and Marco Tullio Giordana’s Nome Di Donna.

Soldini’s Emma stars Adriano Giannini as a womanising creative director at a trendy ad agency who falls under the spell of a beautiful, married and blind osteopath. It is now in post-production. Videa has acquired Italian rights.

Tullio Giordana’s Nome Di Donne stars Cristiana Capotondi as a single mother who works at an old people’s home, where she discovers that the manager is sexually abusing the staff and she sets out to bring him to justice.

Celluloid Dreams president and head of acquisitions Hengameh Panahi acquired the films through her long-time contact, Lionello Cerri at Lumière...

Name and focus changes for every section, which are now all competitive, resulting in the festival’s structure being “slimmer’.

The ninth Rome Film Festival (Oct 16-25) has revealed a diverse line-up including the Italian premieres for potential awards contenders including David Fincher’s Gone Girl. the world premiere of Takashi Miike’s As the Gods Will and Burhan Qurbani’s We are Young, We are Strong and European premiere of Oren Moverman’s Time Out of Mind, Toronto hit Still Alice and Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet.

This year for the first time the award-winners in each section of the programme will be decided by the audience on the basis of votes cast after the screenings.

Each section has changed name and focus for 2014 and are all competitive, resulting in the festival’s structure being “slimmer’.

Italian comedies Soap Opera and Andiamo a Quel Paese bookend the line-up.

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Sharon Stone’s Italian cinema debut hit theaters on Thursday — and the brothers behind the film are painting the American actress as a diva who was difficult to work with. The film, Golden Boy, comes from celebrated director Pupi Avati and his producer-brother Antonio Avati. Casting Stone for the low-budget film was a big win for the duo. In Golden Boy, Riccardo Scamarcio plays Davide, a copywriter whose father Ettore was a B-movie screenwriter. After his father dies in a car accident, Davide leaves his job, city and girlfriend Silvia, played by Cristiana Capotondi. He moves to

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Title: La Mafia Uccide Solo D’Estate (The Mafia Only Kills In Summer) Director: Pierfrancesco Diliberto “Pif” Starring: Pif, Cristiana Capotondi, Alex Bisconti, Ginevra Antona, Ninni Bruschetta, Claudio Gioè. “Pif” aka Pierfrancesco Diliberto, is an Italian television host and writer, who has established himself through the years on MTV, confronting serious topics with a touch of comedy. His directorial debut, leads him back to his land of origin: Sicily. Through ‘La Mafia Uccide Solo D’Estate’ (The Mafia Only Kills In Summer), Pif creates an original crime comedy that retraces the crucial moments in history of the most famous organised crime association, that he intertwines with a fictional autobiography to perk up [ Read More ]

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Hard at work on her latest project, Sharon Stone showed up on the set of “The Golden Boy” in Rome, Italy on Monday (July 22).

The “Casino” cutie looked lovely in a white blouse and black skirt as she sat on a park bench and conversed with her costars while the cameras rolled.

And at one point, Sharon leaned in for a flirty kiss with one of her younger, handsome Italian costars.

“The Golden Boy” (“Un Ragazzo D’Oro”) is written and directed by Pupi Avati and features actors like Riccardo Scamarcio, Cristiana Capotondi, and Giovanna Ralli.

Clowns! Pasta! Babies hatched from giant eggs! It's a new Terry Gilliam movie! Pasta company Garofalo sponsored the 20-minute short The Wholly Family as part of its annual series of films about Naples, Italy. The advert became a surreal tale about a young boy in the southern Italian city. He spots several presepe, Italian nativity scenes, and is drawn to a set of carnivalesque figures nearby. After trying to steal one, his mother momentarily banishes him away in anger, and he becomes lost in a strange dream world. Sounds familiar, right? Cristiana Capotondi, Douglas Dean, Nicolas Connolly and Sergio Solli star in the story that won Best Short Film at the European Film Awards. The last feature we saw from the director was 2009's The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. The...

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The last we heard about Terry Gilliam's 20-minute short film "The Wholly Family" was well over a year ago, when it took home Best Short Film at the European Film Awards. Not bad at all for a movie that got its start as a project sponsored by the pasta company Garofalo as part of an annual series of films about Naples. Well, Gilliam took that basic premise, ran with it, and now you can finally watch it. After doing a brief festival circuit run (mostly in Europe), and being available to stream (again, mostly in Europe) those of us stateside can finally sit down with the movie, as it has wormed its way online. Penned by Gilliam, the film stars Cristiana Capotondi, Douglas Dean, Nicolas Connolly and Sergio Solli in a typically fantastical story where a visit to a market winds up leading a kid into the kind of...

The man who introduced Monty Python to the world and and directed such films as Brazil, and Twelve Monkeys, decided to try his hand at opera for the first time with The Damnation of Faust. Luckily the production of Berlioz’s masterpiece was not impacted by any of the production problems Gilliam has with his last few films. This isn’t his first time directing away from motion pictures. Last year he directed a webcast for Arcade Fire, and this year he helmed a short film The Wholly Family. Now a trailer for the short has now been released and you can get a feel for how the director has brought his unique directorial style to the film.

The star of the film is Cristiana Capotondi, apparently famous in Italy for a few well-seen TV roles and now becoming a bigger name in cinema. The film is being sponsored by...

[1] David Hasselhoff has become the latest actor to join Piranha 3Dd, the sequel to last year's Piranha 3D (which in turn was a remake of the 1978 film Piranha). The new cast looks just as enjoyably eclectic as the last one -- in addition to returning stars [2]Christopher Lloyd, Ving Rhames, and Paul Scheer, 3Dd will also feature Katrina Bowden [3] (30 Rock), Gary Busey [4] (Point Break), Danielle Panabaker [5] (The Crazies), David Koechner (Anchorman) and Matt Bush (Adventureland). Here's the plot synopsis -- not that the premise is terribly difficult to figure out: There’s something in the water . . . again. And this time no one is safe from the flesh eating fish as they sink their razor sharp teeth into the visitors of the best summer attraction, The Big Wet Water Park. Piranha 3Dd is currently shooting in Wilmington, Nc under the direction of John Gulager (Feast). The film will open November 23, 2012. [The Hollywood Reporter [6]] After the jump: A plagiarizer,...

Orlando Bloom, Nick Nolte, Stanley Tucci and Cristiana Capotondi have joined the cast of Cecilia Miniucchi's comedy "Idea in America" for Indomina Releasing says The Hollywood Reporter.

The coming-of-age road-trip comedy follows a young Italian ornithologist who travels from California to Georgia in the pursuit of the American bald eagle, a dream job and her independence.

Jeffrey Coulter, Fred Roos, Claudio Saraceni and Jenny Hinckey are producing. Shooting kicks off in the Fall.

As the Cannes Film Festival heats up, plenty of casting deals are getting done.  We've combined some of the latest casting stories into one handy article for your viewing pleasure.  First up, Colin Firth and Emily Blunt have signed on to star in a dark comedy from director Dante Ariola and written by Becky Johnston.  According to Deadline, "Firth plays a man who hates his job and is hated by his ex-wife and son. Feeling he missed his one shot at living the dream, he fakes his death and buys a new identity. Along the way he meets a woman (Blunt) who is also trying to leave her past behind. The pair break into empty homes and pose as the absent owners. The two find a kindship despite all the lying."  I'm a little giddy at the thought of Firth and Blunt playing off each other so hopefully we'll see...

Before he gets to his stint at the English National Opera this spring, directing "The Damnation Of Faust," helmer Terry Gilliam will get his latest short film venture, "The Wholly Family," in the can. First announced last year, the film stars Cristiana Capotondi, Douglas Dean, Nicolas Connolly and Sergio Solli and is being shot on location in Italy, and not without good reason. The film is being sponsored by pasta company Garofalo as part of an annual series of films about Naples, and while details of what it's about have been kept under wraps, the project does have an original…...

Terry Gilliam be the recipent of this year’s Fellowship award at the Bradford International Film Festival. In addition, the festival will be screening a retrospective of the director’s works, including some rarities and, very excitingly, the premiere of his new short film, The Wholly Family.

Here is a statement from the director:

To be honoured by such an important festival pre-posthumously will force my family to treat me with some respect while I’m still alive. I will always be grateful for that.

The Wholly Family is currently in post production, but will be ready for the fest, which runs March 16-27.

Check out the photos published in the Italian magazine Ciak below:

Aas you can see above there are the members of the Wholly Family, with Nicolas Connolly as the son, Douglas Dean as the father, Cristiana Capotondi as the mother; and some other characters that, so far,...

Attention all Terry Gilliam Fans: we have just gotten some photos from his new short film The Wholly Family which is set to premiere during the Bradford International Film Festival which will be from March 16-27. Gilliam will receive the Fellowship award from the film festival and will also be screening a retrospective of the director’s works. The Wholly Family is currently in post production, but should be completed in time for the festival, considering it is a short.

These images are coming from Bleeding Cool who got them out of an Italian magazine called Ciak. I’m not entirely sure what’s going on in the pictures, but it looks as though some clowns have taken over, or are just plain running, a hospital of some sorts. The cast of The Wholly Family includes Nicolas Connolly as the son, Douglas Dean as the father and Cristiana Capotondi as the mother.

Shooting started this week on Terry Gilliam's mysterious short "The Wholly Family" (which may be changing titles before all is said and done) and the cast for the film has been revealed: don't worry if you never heard of them. Cristiana Capotondi (who is apparently kind of a big deal in Italy; pictured above), Douglas Dean, Nicolas Connolly and Sergio Solli are among the cast of the film. The project boasts an original script by Gilliam and is being sponsored by pasta company Garofalo as part of an annual series of films about Naples, where it is being shot on…...

Another title In Competition for Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival 2010.

Next project that we’re going to talk about is movie titled La Passione or if you prefer The Passion from Italian director Carlo Mazzacurati who was in charge for the script as well, together with Umberto Contarello, Doriana Leondeff and Marco Pettenello.

Check out the La Passione synopsis: “When you’re over fifty, it becomes increasingly difficult to be an up-and-coming director. Gianni Dubois knows this only too well. He hasn’t made a film for years, and now that he has the chance to direct a young TV star he can’t even think up an idea for a story.

As if this wasn’t enough, a leak in his apartment in Tuscany has ruined the 16th-century fresco in the chapel next door. To avoid being sued and publicly shamed, Gianni must accept the bizarre proposal of...

Are you guys ready for the oldest film festival in the world? Yeah, sure you are! Who’s crazy enough to miss all that glamour, great movies, and well-known faces? Guess nobody!

This year’s Venice Film Festival runs from September 1- 11th and some great titles will compete for Leone d’Oro, or if you prefer Golden Lion, indeed!

Just in case you don’t trust us, check out a list of all the films playing in competition:

In Competition

Black Swan, Opening Night Film (dir. Darren Aronofsky – U.S.) Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Vincent Cassel, Barbara Hershey, Winona Ryder

La Pecora Nera, (dir. Ascanio Celestini – Italy) Ascanio Celestini, Giorgio Tirabassi, Maya Sansa

Somewhere, (dir. Sofia Coppola – U.S.) Stephen Dorff, Elle Fanning, Benicio Del Toro, Michelle Monaghan, Laura Chiatti, Simona Ventura

Happy Few, (dir. Antony Cordier – France) Marina Fois, Elodie Bouchez, Roschdy Zem, Nicolas Duvauchelle

The Solitude of Prime Numbers,...

Earlier this week, the fifty films showing at the Toronto International Film Festival were announced. Today, we have a list of the films showing in-competition at this year’s Venice Film Festival. Highlights of the Festival include Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan, Sofia Coppola’s Somewhere, Richard J. Lewis’ Barney’s Version, Julian Schnabel’s Miral, and Tom Tykwer’s Drei. What’s also cool about this list is that we see the runtimes of each of the films. However, it’s not unusual for a film to undergo changes between a festival and its general release.

Hit the jump for a list of all the films playing in-competition and click here for the films playing out-of-competition. This year’s Venice Film Festival runs from September 1 – 11th.

Darren Aronofsky – Black Swan

USA, 103′

Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Vincent Cassel, Barbara Hershey, Winona Ryder

Ascanio Celestini – La Pecora Nera

Italia, 93′

Ascanio Celestini,...

Rome -- "Dalla Vita in Poi" (From the Waste On), a debut film from Italian Gianfrancesco Lazotti, won best film in the Taormina Film Festival's main competition limited to films from the Mediterranean region Friday, while its stars won the film's two main actor prizes.

Also on Friday, "Friendship!," a comedy from German director Markus Goller, won the prize as the best film from beyond the Mediterranean, while Emir Kusturica, the Serbian director, was honored for the Mediterranean prize for Dialogue Between Cultures co-sponsored by The Hollywood Reporter. Late Thursday, actor Colin Firth received the fifth and final Taormina Arte honor.

The main jury, headed by Berlin International Film Festival artistic director Dieter Kosslick, gave most of its honors to "Dalla Vita in Poi," the only Italian film in the prestigious Mediterranean competition, an intellectual love story centered on the letters of Katia, a woman with muscular dystrophy.

Cristiana Capotondi,...