“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
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THE RUFA ON SCREEN 2024 CALL
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
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Alain Parroni, Gabriele Biasi and Giulio Pennacchi triumph at the 80th Venice International Film Festival
“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
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Alain Parroni and Gabriele Biasi at the 80th Venice International Film Festival
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
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The docufilm “Oltre il mare” at the Giffoni Film Festival
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
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‘Blue Dots’ screened at the Short Shorts International Film Festival & Asia 2023
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
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Special screening of “Earth Protectors”
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
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‘Come una vera coppia’ wins Best Documentary and Best Editing
“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
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MALLEUS at the Festival de Cine Fàntastico de Bilbao
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
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MATTADOR International Screenwriting Award
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
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Filming Italy – Los Angeles 2023
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
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Bando del Premio Miccichè 2023
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
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MALLEUS wins Best Director and Best Picture at Film Fest International
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
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“Come una vera coppia” vince la menzione speciale al Rome Independent Film Festival
“Come una vera coppia” – the documentary made by director and RUFA lecturer Christian Angeli – wins a special mention at the RIFF – Rome Independent Film Festival , per “the delicacy with which the director stages intimacy and misunderstandings, enthusiasm for a possible future and thoughtful disillusionment, lightness and a sense of responsibility of… Find out more
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Il cinema e l’illusione di una luce lunare
On Tuesday, Dec. 6 at 6 p.m. RUFA lecturer Raffaele Simongini will present his book, “Cinema and the Illusion of a Moonlight” at the Casa del Cinema, Largo Marcello Mastroianni 1. Speakers: Emanuele Cappelli – Direttore Creativo Cappelli Identity Design Marianna Cappi – Sceneggiatrice Silvia De Felice – Producer arte Rai Cultura Tullio Morganti… Find out more
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Meeting with Calabria Film Commission Foundation
Last Wednesday, November 23, the President of the Calabria Film Commission Foundation Anton Giulio Grande was our guest at the Academy to attend the screening of some short films made by RUFA students and graduates, and consider developing them as part of a project funded by the Foundation. The short films screened, the result of… Find out more
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MALLEUS at the Salerno International Festival
Il trionfo al Festival Internazionale di Salerno “MALLEUS”, second feature film by director and RUFA lecturer Andrés Rafael Zabala, will have its world premiere as a competition film at the 76° Festival Internazionale di Salerno between 28 November and 3 December 2022. This is a significant and particularly heartfelt participation in an event that… Find out more
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RUFA meets with Frammartino and Archimede high schools
RUFA met over two weeks with the very young students of the Istituto I.I.S. “A.Frammartino” di Monterotondo and from the Liceo Scientifico Archimede Pacinotti of Rome within the PCTO programme – Pathways for Transversal Skills and Orientation (ex Alternanza Scuola Lavoro). A highly innovative teaching methodology introduced in 2003 that allows high school students to… Find out more
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Videomakers for a renewable and clean world
New opportunity for RUFA students: Fidelio and Gruppo Hope launch a call for young videomakers to talk about the importance of a sustainable and green world Applicants are asked to make a short video about climate change and its impact on our daily lives and the renewable energies that are indispensable to face the… Find out more
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Gli amici degli amici
On stage until 22 May is ‘Gli amici degli amici’, the new show written by Franca De Angelis and directed by Christian Angeli. “Gli amici degli amici” is staged in the evocative setting of the Stanze Segrete Theatre, from 10 to 22 May, and is based on the short story of the same name by… Find out more