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The Stat of the Industry panel at the EDCF Convention 2025 held in Milan, Italy February 26 and 27, 2025.

EDCF Showcases Latest Cinema Industry Innovations During Annual Conference in Milan, Italy

For the first time in the history of the European Digital Cinema Forum (EDCF), the organisation held its annual conference in Italy. The two-day event, held 26-27 February, saw over 125 participants from more than 15 countries, from the United States to India and from throughout Europe. It took plac…

Cine 13 - Giornate estive di Cinema - 2024 - Riccione, Italy

Italian Exhibitors Celebrate Summer Cinema Days at Riccione Conference

The curtain was lowered on the 13th edition of Ciné – Giornate estive di Cinema which ran from July 2 – 5, 2024 in Riccione, Italy. The event, organized by Associazione Nazionale Industrie Cinematografiche Audiovisive Digitali (ANICA), set a record for the Italian cinema industry in term…

Cinema Reopenings in Italy Point the Way for the Rest of Europe

On 26th April 2021, Italian director Nanni Moretti had a special date: open the doors of his own cinema in Rome, the Nuovo Sacher, and greet the audience coming in after six months of darkness. Miles away through the north of the peninsula, in Milan, another cinema was the very first to reopen in It…

Italy’s Cinemas Prepare to Re-Open After Europe’s Longest Closure

June 15th is the date that all the Italian cinema industry has marked in red on the calendar. One month to reopen with a new normality since that decision on 16th May when PM Giuseppe Conte announced cinemas and theatre will be allowed to turn on projectors and lift up their curtains again. Italy wa…

Odeon, Italy and AMC Reach Deal With Disney On “Alice”

Executives at Walt Disney Studios must be breathing a huge sigh of relief having reached a deal with Odeon Cinemas in the United Kingdom and Italian exhibitors to show their upcoming tentpole release “Alice In Wonderland”. Additionally, Disney reached an accord with AMC Theatres to show…

Italian exhibs see b’buster “cannibal effect”

Italian exhibitors are officially not happy about the front loading of blockbusters in the early part of this year. From The Hollywood Reporter: Paolo Protti, president of the [Italy’s national association of exhibitors], known as ANEC, called the situation the “cannibal effect”…