TORONTO – This year’s European Film Market kicked off yesterday and runs for nine days alongside the 75th Annual Berlin Film Festival. The event is the first major film market of the year bringing together industry professionals from filmmakers to financiers, and serves as a trusted barometer for industry trends in the coming year. One of the projects being pitched during the Berlinale will star Top Gun star Miles Teller as Gino Bartali – Legendary Italian Cyclist.
TORONTO – The outgoing premier of Ontario, Doug Ford, continues to focus on the theme of the economy and “defence from Ontario” and, commenting on yet another Trump announcement on new tariffs for steel and aluminium, he published a post on X complaining about the American President’s unpredictability: “This is the next four years. Shifting goalposts and constant chaos, putting our economy at risk” Ford wrote, adding the reason he called for an early provincial election: “I’m asking the people for a strong, stable, four-year mandate that outlasts the Trump administration to do whatever it takes, to always be ready to protect Ontario”… →
TORONTO – Truffle hunting season may be behind us, but Italian attention on the elusive fungi isn’t likely to fade until the David Di Donatello Awards in May. Twenty-eight-year-old Director Gabriele Fabbro, who in 2022 was named by Moviemaker Magazine as one of the top screenwriters to watch, is enjoying Award season buzz for his second film Trifole. The film’s October release in Italy spanned across 40 cinemas in Rome, Turin and Milan, and will likely hit U.S. theatres before this Spring.
TORONTO – Conservatives still ahead in Ontario, but consensus continues to decline: it is the worst nightmare for Premier Doug Ford, who has decided to go to early elections to ask for a stronger mandate than the (already strong) one he has and who risks, instead, finding himself with a weaker majority than the current one.
TORONTO – The leaders of Ontario’s main parties running in the provincial elections continue their tour, announcing “plans” and promising to solve the most pressing problems and issues of the moment. →
