The production, distribution and reception of Italian quality cinema: the case of Cultural Interest films Huw David Jones 1 University of York, UK 2 1 Dr Huw David Jones. Department of Theatre, Film and Television, University of York, UK. Email: huw.jones@york.ac.uk 2 The author would like to thank Martina Lovascio and Jessica van Roye for their invaluable research assistance in producing this article. Thanks also to Professor Andrew Higson for his useful comments. The author accepts sole responsibility for any errors or omissions. This work received funding from the Humanities in the European Research Area (HERA) Joint Research Programme (www.heranet.info) under grant agreement number 291827.