Diva Futura (Italian for "Future

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", i.e. "Future Star") is an Italian

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. When founded in 1983 by

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Ilona Staller Ilona Anna Staller (born 26 November 1951), known by her stage name Cicciolina, is a Hungarian-Italian former porn star, politician, and singer. Staller gained fame in the early 1970s through her radio show ''Voulez-vous coucher avec moi?'' a ...

and

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and

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Riccardo Schicchi Riccardo Schicchi (; Augusta, Sicily, 12 March 1953 – Rome, 9 December 2012) was an Italian pornographer. He graduated from art school with a specialization in photography, Schicchi began by being a photographer for a magazine named '' Epoca' ...

, it was the first casting agency in Italy to specialize in pornography. The studio is notable for launching the careers of pornstars Cicciolina and

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Development

In 1985 Diva Futura produced the first Italian hardcore porn film, '' Telefono Rosso'', starring Staller (a.k.a. ''Cicciolina''). The following year, in February 1986, the company produced '' Curve deliziose'', a ''spettacolo'' (live theatrical show) featuring several porn stars.

Controversy

Diva Futura has caused some

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among certain Italian

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groups, and has had to defend itself against legal action for

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, most notably in 1986 when ''Curve deliziose'' was released. Ilona Staller (already a member of the

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) formed the ''

Partito dell'Amore Love Party (, PdA) is a political party in Italy. The party was co-founded on 12 July 1991, by pornographic actresses Moana Pozzi and Ilona Staller (Cicciolina); at the time, the latter was a member of the Chamber of Deputies, having been electe ...

'' in 1991, switching from the ''Partito Radicale'' (although this political activity was not officially linked to Diva Futura).

Television

Recently, Diva Futura has founded

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channels in Italy on Hotbird. Its original channel (commonly known as Diva Futura TV) began in August 2004, and Diva Futura Plus began on 1 September 2006.TGIM-Forum "Diva Futura Plus startet am 01.09(.06)", ''(Ger.)''
13 July 2007 Schicchi also announced that Diva Futura Sex, a new channel, would begin on 15 August 2007.

External links

www.divafutura.tv – Official website
''(Ita.)''

References

Pornography in Italy Pornographic film studios Companies established in 1983 Film production companies of Italy {{Italy-company-stub