Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentOver the years, Francesco Rutelli, who is president of Italy’s Motion Picture Association (ANICA), has been fighting for the country’s film industry in various ways and guises.
As mayor of Rome, during the 1990s, he pushed to upgrade the Italian capital’s movie theaters. Subsequently, as Italy’s culture minister, Rutelli introduced the country’s tax credit system that is now the industry’s lifeblood.As Rome’s MIA (Mercato Internazionale Audiovisivo, or International Audiovisual Market) film and TV market, which runs Oct.
14-18, kicked off Rutelli spoke to Variety about the Italian industry’s state of affairs in the wake of the coronavirus crisis.
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