Italy’s Ministry of Tourism published the funding notice for *Che Spettacolo l’Italia!* on 10 November 2026, following the initiative’s presentation at the Rome Film Festival on 20 October.
The one-year pilot programme will support original five-to-ten-minute films in which actors introduce audiences to locations associated with feature films and television series. Funding of up to €400,000 is available depending on the format, with the resulting films intended for distribution alongside television productions and theatrical releases.
Tourism Minister Gianmarco Mazzi traced the idea to a conversation with *Sandokan* actor Alessandro Preziosi. Mazzi had assumed the production was filmed in Malaysia, only to learn that Preziosi had spent 16 weeks shooting in Calabria, including Tropea and Isola di Capo Rizzuto.
The scheme aims to give real filming locations greater prominence, positioning Italian destinations as part of the storytelling rather than simply as production backdrops.
