Mar 19 – Italian cinema is increasingly popular around the world. “The great beauty ” by Paolo Sorrentino, which won the Oscar for Best Foreign Film as well as a Golden Globe, a BAFTA and the European Film Awards, is just the latest confirmation that Italy’s septième art continues to fascinate and convince audiences worldwide. The renewed success of Italian cinema will be confirmed in Strasbourg at the first session 2014 Eurimages. The Fund of the Council of Europe intended to support film co-productions will support – reveals a note by MiBACT – “Il Racconto dei Racconti” by Matteo Garrone with €470.000, “Il Futuro” by Paolo Sorrentino with €460.000 and “Maraviglioso Boccaccio” by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani with €470.000, as well as “Mama” by Vlado Škafar, co-produced by Italy and Slovenia, which will receive €110.000 in funding. “This is a great result for Italy – said the Director-General for Cinema of the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism, Nicola Borrelli – Italy is one of the founding countries of Eurimages and, along with France and Germany, is one of the major contributors to the Fund. The announced results reward the very best of our cinema productions and crown a particularly happy season for Italian authors.”
