The Italian Film Market is the “pilot project” of the Drake International Film Festival, reserved for the exchange of movies and ideas between Italian and international producers and sellers. The second edition will take place in Caserta from the 24 th through 28 th of June, 2008. Two hundred buyers and sellers coming from thirty different countries met during the first edition at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Caserta underneath the largest glass dome in Europe. Attendees were able to use office s...

Dynamic independent film distribution company, ITN Distribution Inc. (ITN) today announced that they will attend the Drake International Film Festival (DIFF), taking place near Naples Italy from June 22-30. Two films acquired by ITN will be screened as part of the prestigious feature film competition: The Last Request directed by John DeBellis and starring Danny Aiello and Johnny 316 directed by Eric Ifergan and starring controversial actor and filmmaker Vincent Gallo (Buffalo 66, The Brown Bunn...

The conference on the new Drake International Film Festival at the Italian pavilion started, as all real Italian conferences should, about forty-five minutes late. That’s not to say, however, that the press members in attendance were not entertained. On the contrary, representatives from the festival, including the president, Francesco De Lorenzo himself, sat around the small pavilion area with the attendees, answering questions about the brochures covered in beautiful pictur...