Nicola Borelli, the long-serving director and audiovisual head of Italian Ministry of Culture’s cinemas, left his post this week.
His departure is the growing number of scandals in the country over the misuse of tax credits against Italian productions.
The Italian news outlet opening reported Borelli’s resignation, saying that Minister of Culture Alessandro Giuri thanked him for his work without giving him a reason for his departure.
Earlier this week, Juli spoke about the film’s tax credits at the start of the news phase at Cinecittà.
It came as news reports came in Italy about a scandal that included a tax credit directed by the Borelli division, worth nearly $1 million, which was granted for the film in 2023. Night stars, It was never done, which is said to have involved a US producer accused of double murder.
The producer reportedly called Charles Francis Kaufmann applied for an Italian tax credit through a company named Tintagel Films, which is reportedly working with the Italian company’s joint development.
Kaufman was reportedly arrested last month on the Greek island of Skysos and was charged with double murder of his partner Anastasia Trofimova and his young daughter Andromeda.
Italian generous tax credits have fueled the boom in local production in the early 2020s, but the government has spent most of the last 18 months trying to reform the system amid allegations that too many films have been made and not enough for the audience. This led to a serious slowdown in local production in Italy.
However, international production has not been affected.
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