Prizes and Awards

The home of talent

Our Academy is outstanding in terms of research and brilliance. It was in these very lecture halls and offices that some of the projects that have written the history of contemporary creativity were first conceived. Artworks which have seduced international juries. The result of interactions, sharing and teamwork which has been appreciated by experts and enthusiasts at an international level.

The prestige of these awards tells a story of commitment and talent, qualities that we cultivate and nourish here at RUFA  through a whirlwind of stimuli and experiences that develop the intellect and inspire. Of course, every time one of these many excellent impulses is seized by the international contemporary scene we are very proud, and it is the confirmation that we are doing a great job.

Here you can find a selection of some of the prizes and awards won by RUFA in various fields.

Fine Arts

Painting

Federica Di Pietrantonio, special prize at TALENT PRIZE 2020

The Foundation “Culture and Art”, within the 2020 edition of “TALENT PRIZE”, awarded a Special Prize, as best emerging artist, to the graduate RUFA Federica Di Pietrantonio. A very important statement that gives merit to the work, first formative and then practical, profused by Federica in the particular path of experimentation undertaken so far. The… Find out more

Design

RUFA wins, once again!

Martina Calanni‘s “Eureka” project won the first prize at the 2020 edition of the international competition “Bamboo Rush”, for the design of a bamboo design object. The coveted award was obtained “for having combined the basic traits in the philosophy behind the use of bamboo: the gestures of movement, the clean lines, the essentiality of… Find out more

Cinema

The short film by Livia Oya Proto selected in Connecticut

There is no ending to the personal statements made by RUFA students who, despite the limitations imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic, are continuing to build future-oriented ideas and projects in order to make the theoretical concepts learned in recent months practical. “Mutations” is the title of the short film made by the student of the… Find out more

Design

Rometti Prize, RUFA student Ilayda Caylan flies into the finals

The 2020 edition of the Rometti Prize also continues under the sign of RUFA. The project by Design student Ilayda Caylan produced as part of the Product design course of the teacher Floriana Cannatelli, presented in recent months to the selection jury, is one of the 4 finalists called to compete for the coveted award…. Find out more

Photography and Audiovisual

RUFA teacher Alessandro Carpentieri tells his story with a photo on Rai Radio 3

Seven photographers, including RUFA teacher Alessandro Carpentieri, talk to the microphones of RaiRadio 3’s Battiti program, with the aim of describing their best shot. A narrative that lasts a whole week: a daily photograph to convey to the viewer not only the instant, but also the circumstances, chance, perseverance, willpower but also the luck that… Find out more

Cinema

RUFA, the School of Cinema protagonist on Rai 5

Creativity doesn’t stop. It was a message, simple and clear, that RUFA launched forcefully during the quarantine period and which is now clearly expressed thanks to the work of many students and graduates of the Academy who have resumed to express themselves and “fly high”. As part of the program “Save the date”, broadcast on… Find out more

Cinema

Better one day, an independent film-documentary

Study, deepen and then follow up those contaminations and collaborations that make art a path never trivial. “Meglio un giorno” is the first documentary film by two young independent directors: Elena Rebeca Carini and Ilaria Giangrande. Elena is a RUFA graduate who received her master’s degree in cinematographic art on February 27th with a mark… Find out more

Sculpture and Installations

The work “02 – Oxygen” by the artist Alfio Mongelli in front of the WPDI – Wuhan Planning & Design Institute to express the desire to breathe again.

A second home. For the artist Alfio Mongelli, China is this and perhaps even more. There were many works on display, also made on commission, but one of them is particularly relevant, for two different reasons: the first is connected to the site, considering that it is the city of Wuhan, never before in the… Find out more

Academy

Cinema

RUFA, the Cinema School to conquer the Vertigo Film Festival

Creativity doesn’t stop. RUFA, since the beginning of the pandemic that still affects the art world, has launched a clear message in the sign of continuity. It has done so in new ways and has further strengthened the sense of community that envelops the Academy. In this scenario the most substantial contribution has been generated… Find out more

Academy

Graphic design

Graphic Design - Comics and Illustration

Important awards at the European Design Award

RUFA is proud to announce two excellence awards for the Academy and its students at the European Design Award: – Silver Award in the “Annual Report” category; – Bronze Award in the “Student’s project” category. The editorial products through which the awards were won are the Annual Report 2018, focused on the theme of Memory in… Find out more

Arte cinematografica

Cinema

Sergio Ceccotti, his soul as an artist from canvas to the big screen

Creativity doesn’t stop. It is not said that art will save the world, but it certainly helps to make it better than it is. Never before have images been so useful in generating beauty and reflection. A happy destiny from which cinema, obviously, does not escape, thanks also to the capacity of involvement that it… Find out more

Didactics

RUFA Director has been appointed Academician of Honour

The director of RUFA – Rome University of Fine Arts, Architect Dr. Fabio Mongelli, has been awarded the prestigious title of “Academician of Honor” by the Academy of Fine Arts “Pietro Vannucci” of Perugia. In the frame of the Aula Magna of Ercole Farnese, a total of nine personalities have been added to the long… Find out more

Design

Rometti Award, the winner is Lodovica Losso

Lodovica Losso participated to the formative stage in Manifattura in occasion of the Rometti Award 2019, winning the first prize in the competition. It’s an important award for RUFA Design student that presented to the compoany her project KHNUM, a rare vase that convinced for its design and originality. In addition to Losso’s project, a… Find out more

Design

The bamboo shaped design

Margherita Lorusso Caputi, Viviana Mannino, Marinella Lorusso Caputi, Simone Soricelli with “Flamboo”, Margherita Belli, Nunzia Campana with “Spiraglio”, are among the winners of the 2019 edition of BambooRush, the international competition aimed at designing and creating bamboo design objects, promoted in RUFA by Ely Rozenberg. The contest aims to put the spotlight on the characteristics… Find out more

Cinema

Honorable Mention for ex-student RUFA Antony Pepe

From Italy to New York via RUFA. Antony Pepe, after graduating in our academy at the Bachelor course in Cinema, was awarded the “Honorable Mention 2019” by the International Photography Awards. It is one of the most prestigious worldwide awards in this very particular field. The shot that convinced the jury is called “Cava” and… Find out more

Cinema

Venice, special mention for Beatrice Baldacci at the Biennale

A Biennale to remember and a first step that excites. Alumni RUFA student Beatrice Baldacci, thanks to the direction of the film “Supereroi senza Superpoteri”, received the special mention FEDIC (Federazione italiana dei Cineclub) for the best short film. The award in question was presented in the evocative setting of the Hotel Excelsior on the… Find out more

Didactics

RUFA CONTEST 2019: i vincitori

The presence of man on Earth is intended to leave a mark. It is in this vision, conceived by the creator and artistic director Emanuele Cappelli, that RUFA Contest 2019, in the exceptional setting of the Brancaccio Theatre, was celebrated, allowing the triumph of the Divine Aesthetics, the main theme of the event. The aim… Find out more

Multimedia Arts and Design

RUFA, a student selected for the Live Performers Meeting

LPM Festival: Filippo Gualazzi, student of the Master Degree of Multimedia arts and design, won the call for the festival by participating with a live media performance. The “Live Performers Meeting” is an important event on the international scene dedicated to visual performing artists, interaction designers and vjs. With a rich program the festival is… Find out more