Rome’s ‘Hollywood on the Tiber’ plans comeback

Cinecitta has hosted over 3,000 films, attracting world-renowned directors such as Martin Scorsese, Federico Fellini and Francis Ford Coppola

- REUTERS

Europe's largest film studio Cinecitta is aiming to re-launch Italy as a movie powerhouse, even as US President Donald Trump's proposed tariffs on foreign productions cast a shadow over the film industry globally.

Cinecitta, the homonymous company that manages Rome's historic film studio, approved a five-year plan this week backed by the EU's post-COVID Recovery Fund, which includes building new high-tech sound stages and boosting production capacity by 60% by 2026.

"We want to lead the game,” said CEO Manuela Cacciamani. “Cinecitta must be a factory that works at full capacity... with excellence as a minimum standard.”