
The measure, approved with 218 votes in favour, provides for the establishment of the Cinema and Audiovisual Agency.
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The consolidated text aims to reorganize the governance of the Italian cinema sector by transferring operational functions from the Ministry of Culture to a new dedicated agency.
The Chamber of Deputies approved the consolidated law on cinema at first reading with 218 votes in favor and 6 against. The proposal, which now passes to the Senate, therefore receives a bipartisan green light. The deputies of Futuro Nazionale and Luigi Marattin (PLD) spoke out against it.
The text, among other things, proposes the creation of the Agency for cinema and audiovisual to which the management, operational and implementation functions in the field of cinema and audiovisual attributed to the Ministry of Culture are transferred, except those relating to political direction, strategic supervision and inspections.
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The consolidated text will be examined by the Senate for the second reading.
Very likely · Within weeks

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