British, Italian Film Commissions sign new Memorandum of Understanding

The British Film Commission and Italian Film Commissions have signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), with the aim of recognising and enhancing the collaboration between the UK and Italian screen industries, as well as incentivising and promoting inward investment film and high end TV production across the two territories.

Building on the MoU signed in 2022, a fresh agreement was signed at Focus London between Italian Film Commissions, and British Film Commission.

The core objectives of the partnership remain to facilitate co-productions, as well as to collaborate on the national and international promotion of Italy and UK’s respective industries. Through joint marketing activities, the agreement will also see both parties mutually promote their strengths and specialisms in a complementary manner. A key focus will be on organising reciprocal outbound missions, with the aim of promoting knowledge of their respective territories and encouraging future collaborations and investment.

A key feature of this agreement is the support provided by Cinecittà's International Department in organising outbound missions for Italian producers.

The agreement was signed in the presence of Jacopo Chessa, president of the Italian Film Commissions Association; and Adrian Wootton OBE, chief executive of the British Film Commission during Focus London.

Recent film and high end TV productions that filmed in both territories include: The Odyssey (Universal), Jay Kelly (Netflix/NBGG), F1 (Apple TV+), Heads of State(Amazon MGM), Mission: Impossible: The Final Reckoning (Paramount), Mission: Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part 1 (Paramount), Fountain of Youth(Apple TV+), Conclave (Film Nation Entertainment/Indian Paintbrush), Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (Disney/Lucasfilm) and Fast X.