Category: Show Biz

CORRIERE CANADESE / La Basilicata è un set cinematografico a cielo aperto

TORONTO – Dal documentario di Carlo Lizzani del 1949 “Nel Mezzogiorno Qualcosa è Cambiato“, quasi 60 grandi film sono stati girati a Matera e nei suoi dintorni, nei Sassi, abitazioni rupestri risalenti a 10.000 anni fa. E ora la sesta stagione di “The Chosen“, una miniserie di grande successo sulla missione di Gesù di Nazareth, è in corso di lavorazione in quella che in modo appropriato viene chiamta la “Città dei Sassi”… Read More in Corriere Canadese >>> 

Cinetourism Continues to fuel Matera

TORONTO – Since Carlo Lizzani’s 1949 documentary Nel Mezzogiorno Qualcosa è Cambiato (Something Has Changed in the South), nearly 60 major films have been shot in and around Matera’s 10,000-year-old cave dwellings – known as the Sassi. And now the sixth season of The Chosen, a very popular miniseries about the mission of Jesus of Nazareth, is being filmed in the aptly named “City of Stones”. 

Pixar Returns to Italy for Inspiration

TORONTO – Four years ago, Pixar set aside its usual brain trust approach to filmmaking when they hired Enrico Casarosa to make his animated film Luca. The film follows a little boy’s adventures in Ponterosso, a fictional seaside town on the Italian Riviera. A Genoa native, Casarosa made the most of his creative license and developed a story which was not only nominated by Academy Awards, but in 2021 became the most-watched streaming film with over 10.6 billion minutes viewed (on Disney +). 

Italian Casting in Harry Potter Series Sparks Outrage

TORONTO – Many in the Italian film industry lament the lack of ethnic accuracy concerning casting for Italian roles. With the abundance of talent in Italy, it’s incomprehensible that foreign casting agents opt for non-Italians, especially for non-fictional roles in Italian based biopics. For example, Ferrari and The House of Gucci. There is a counter argument, however.