The online course Visit Italy With Movies Training is now available: a digital project by Minerva Pictures in collaboration with RUFA to promote the internationalisation of Italy’s image through cinema and audiovisuals. The online course Visit Italy With Movies VIWM Training is finally accessible. The initiative promotes the training of skills related to the… Find out more
Sorry, this entry is only available in Italian. Un documentario che rende omaggio alla vita e alla brillante carriera di Paolo Villaggio, in onda venerdì 22 marzo in prima serata su Rai 3. Il documentario, diretto da Valeria Parisi, è stato co-scritto dalla docente RUFA Elisabetta Villaggio insieme a Paola Jacobbi e Fabrizio Corallo. … Find out more
Sorry, this entry is only available in Italian. Il 15° Premio Internazionale per la Sceneggiatura MATTADOR dedicato a Matteo Caenazzo ha aperto ufficialmente le iscrizioni per l’edizione 2023/2024 Rivolto a giovani autori dai 16 ai 30 anni, i partecipanti potranno inviare i propri elaborati attraverso il sito ufficiale a partire dal 15 febbraio fino… Find out more
“Visit Italy With Movies” is a digital project by Minerva Pictures, a film production and distribution company that recently celebrated its seventieth anniversary, partnering with RUFA Rome University of Fine Arts. The project aims to promote the internationalization of Italy’s reputation through audiovisual media, which represent a significant asset for both the cultural and tourism… Find out more
The short film PORTA A PORTA by director and RUFA student Martin Marini wins the Best Photography Award at the Terni Film Festival. Last Saturday, Nov. 18, director Martin Marini and Director of Photography Federico Mastroprimiano, both Cinema students in RUFA, collected the Award on the stage of the International Film Festival, active since… Find out more
RUFA is pleased to announce the 2024 edition RUFA ON SCREEN, a biennial film festival aimed at enhancing and supporting the talent of the Academy students enrolled in the Cinema, Film Arts and Computer Animation and Visual Effects courses. 11-12-13 March 2024 – Cinema Troisi, via Girolamo Induno 1. RUFA ON SCREEN will be… Find out more
“Una sterminata domenica” by Alain Parroni, director and RUFA graduate, wins the Special Jury Prize Orizzonti at the 80th Venice International Film Festival. A story of young people, an unconventional novel of formation, set between Rome and the coast. This is how Alberto Barbera, director of the Mostra Internazionale d’Arte Cinemantografica, presented the film at… Find out more
The works of the two directors and former RUFA students Alain Parroni and Gabriele Biasi have been selected to participate in the 80th Venice International Film Festival. “Una sterminata domenica”, the feature film by Alain Parroni, will be presented in competition in the “Orizzonti” section. Among the authors of the screenplay is Giulio Pennacchi,… Find out more
The docufilm “Oltre il mare”, written and directed by fresh RUFA graduates on behalf of WALCE Onlus and Sanofi, will be screened at the prestigious Giffoni Film Festival on 28 July 2023. The docufilm, produced by RUFA and signed by WALCE Onlus and Sanofi, tells the hidden face of lung cancer through authentic and… Find out more
The short documentary film “Blue Dots” directed by RUFA graduate Lorenzo Squarcia and produced by Jumping Flea studio, was selected and screened as part of the prestigious Short Shorts International Film Festival & Asia 2023. After participating in festivals of international calibre such as the Rome Independent Film Festival, l’European Film Festival of Lille,… Find out more
Annarita Debellis and Raffaele Esposito, third-year students of Set design, were elected the undisputed winners of the Call promoted by the Polish production company WFDiF. All Cinema and Set Design students at the Academy were encouraged to submit a pair project that included a directing and set design idea and was inspired by the… Find out more
On Tuesday 23 May 2023 RUFA invited students from the programme in Film Arts and the Academic Master in Cinema and New Formats Production to attend a special screening of ‘Earth Protectors’, the documentary directed by Anne De Corbuccia. Produced by Art + Vibes, Minerva and Raro films. Executive producer: Max Brun. Anne is… Find out more
“Come una vera coppia” – the documentary made by director and RUFA lecturer Christian Angeli – won Best Documentary and Best Editing at the Festival Internazionale della Cinematografia Sociale “Tulipani di Seta Nera”, for “the ability to narrate in a delicate and courageous way, disrupting any system of expectations based on the automatism of politically… Find out more
New international recognition for MALLEUS After its success at the Film Fest International of Edinburgh, “MALLEUS” (2023) – feature film directed by director and RUFA lecturer Andrés Rafael Zabala – is the only Italian film among the eight in competition in the PANORAMA section of the Festival de Cine Fàntastico de Bilbao, and will… Find out more
The 14th MATTADOR International Screenplay Award dedicated to Matteo Caenazzo and aimed at young Italian and foreign authors aged between 16 and 30 has opened. The Award, conceived and promoted by the MATTADOR Cultural Association, was created with the intention of bringing out and enhancing new talents who choose to approach a professional and artistic… Find out more
Once again this year we return with the 8th edition of “Filming Italy Los Angeles 2023”, in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles, which will take place from 28 February to 6 March 2023. It will be possible to watch masterclasses throughout the duration of the festival. The initiative also aims to… Find out more
59ª International Exhibition of New Cinema The Sindacato Nazionale Critici Cinematografici Italiani – Gruppo Emilia-Romagna Marche and the Mostra Internazionale del Nuovo Cinema promote the Lino Miccichè Award for Film Criticism, an initiative realised with the contribution and patronage of the General Direction for Cinema and Audiovisual of the Ministry of Culture. The aim… Find out more
The triumph of Malleus at the Film Fest International The film ‘MALLEUS’ – feature film by director and RUFA lecturer Andrés Rafael Zabala – won two coveted awards at the International Film Fest that just took place in the beautiful setting of the city of Edinburgh. Best Director for a Foreign Film to Andrés… Find out more
A further success for the documentary ‘Mammamare’ – written and directed by RUFA film students Francesca Marra, Giovanni Benedetto Matteucci and Lucrezia Mariotti – which won a Competent Audience Special Mention at the fifth edition of Extra Doc Festival, organised by the Festival del Cinema di Roma in collaboration with MAXXI. As part of the… Find out more
Cinema student Alessia Antognelli was named ‘Top student’ in the Student Review Programme (SRP), promoted by The NGO International Film Festival. Alessia was selected among students from four universities from Africa, Europe and North America. As part of the NGO International Film Festival’s educational initiative is the Student Review Programme (SRP) that is geared… Find out more