2018 has been an interesting year for Netflix. On the one hand, the service is growing at an impressive rate, spending its way into relevancy. The streamer is also making headway into the awards discussion with a selection of films that seems to be its strongest slate of contenders ever. However, on the other hand, there are upset Academy members, a recent spat with the Cannes Film Festival, and now, the Italian film distribution community has taken a stand against the streaming service.

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Just last week, we discussed the way that the Venice Film Festival has benefitted from the feud between Netflix and Cannes. As the prestigious French film festival continues its dispute with the streaming service, preventing Netflix from entering films into the competition, Venice has swooped in to snatch those highly-anticipated projects for its own festival.

All seemed to be going according to plan for the Venice Film Festival.

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Netflix made headlines recently when it was announced that the streaming giant would have 6 films premiering at the upcoming Venice Film Festival. While most of the news surrounded the new films from filmmakers Alfonso Cuaron, Paul Greengrass, and Orson Welles, Italy’s “On My Skin” flew under the radar. The new film from director Alessio Cremonini will have its day at Venice, and now, we have a first look at the drama.

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