The Ministry of Economy is considering listing Cinecittà, the historic film studios in Rome that have been the scene of films such as Federico Fellini's Amarcord, the colossal Ben Hur and, more recently, M. Son of the Century, the TV series based on Antonio Scurati's novels about Benito Mussolini (who wanted and inaugurated the Italian studios in 1937), on the stock exchange. The project is in the early stages, but would also enjoy the support of the Ministry of Culture, which, in agreement with the Treasury, exercises Cinecittà's shareholder rights. Landing on the stock exchange would allow the company to enhance the work done since it returned under state control in 2017 and especially after it became a 100% public joint stock company in 2021, entrusted to the leadership of former Sky manager Nicola Maccanico. In 2022, Cinecittà ended the year in the black for the first time in a long time, with a profit of 1.8 million euros. Revenues more than doubled from the previous year, exceeding 40 million euros, thanks to full occupancy of the studios. After a long period of haze, after all, the "dream factory" is back churning out. The boom in TV series from giants such as Netflix, Amazon, Sony and Fremantle has revived the momentum of productions. Cinecittà has managed to attract many of them to Italy thanks to its reorganization plan, tradition, the quality of its workforce, and the tax credit granted up to 40 percent to domestic film productions.
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