SIX NEW MUSIC VIDEOS BY RUFA AND SAINT LOUIS
Music Meets Film Arts 2026
Music Meets Film Arts 2026: six new music videos created through the collaboration between Saint Louis and RUFA.
Music meets cinematic storytelling with MUSIC MEETS FILM ARTS 2026, a project bringing together Saint Louis College of Music and RUFA – Rome University of Fine Arts to create original music videos. The latest edition presents six new audiovisual productions, developed through a collaboration between young musicians and filmmakers, who were invited to interpret the Saint Louis students’ compositions through visual storytelling.
The format follows the approach of previous editions: RUFA Film Arts students work with original compositions by Saint Louis students, developing a visual concept for each track that explores its atmosphere, themes and artistic identity. From listening to and analysing the music to developing the concept, selecting locations and costumes, filming, editing and post-production, each music video takes shape through a shared creative process.
Developed as part of Professor Francesco Pennica’s Cinematography course, Music Meets Film Arts brings together students from RUFA’s Master of Arts in Film Arts programme and the Saint Louis Music Production team. The project combines musical, cinematic and technical expertise, offering students from both AFAM institutions the opportunity to collaborate at every stage of an audiovisual production.
Six artists and six music videos
Six original tracks, six visual interpretations and six creative projects born from the meeting of Saint Louis artists’ musical ideas and RUFA students’ creativity. The singer-songwriters featured in Music Meets Film Arts 2026 are:
Laceffi – Paura di sentire
Chiara Osso – Crocerossina
Mones – Bastardo e fragile
Vivida – Shine
Grace – Per restare qui
Ventidue – Tra le mie pare
The music videos will be released from November 2026 onwards on RUFA and Saint Louis’ official channels, while the tracks will be distributed on major digital music platforms.
The six singer-songwriters will also take centre stage at the NEW PRO evening of Jammin’ on 21 November 2026, the festival conceived and organised by Saint Louis College of Music, where they will perform their original music live.
“Paura di sentire”
Laceffi – vocalist and songwriter
Video credits:
Gaia Marchioni – directing, cinematography and editing
Alice Bighiani – costume and set design
Giuseppe Enea – camera and lighting assistant
The track “Paura di sentire” was produced by Roberto Giglio, who also handled mixing and mastering, for Saint Louis Music Production, as part of the Urban 49 series.
“Crocerossina”
Chiara Osso – vocalist and songwriter
Video credits:
Gaia Marchioni – Direction and story development
Giuseppe Enea – Assistant director
Matteo Valle – Director of Photography (DoP)
Adrian Breeza – Camera operator
Alice Bighiani – Costume design
Edoardo Favrello – Extra / Shadow
Sara Motta – Editing & Graphics
The track “Crocerossina” was produced by Roberto Giglio. Mixing and mastering by Manuele Angelucci for Urban 49, a record series by Saint Louis Music Production.
“Bastardo e fragile”
MONES – vocalist and songwriter
Video credits:
CAST: Stefano Viali (Elder man), Sante Egizii (Young Man), Polina Radionova (Young Woman)
Director：Xiang Ding
1st AD：Jingbaihui Zhang
Producer：Zeynep Ülger
Executive Producer：Chunjiang Liu
Screen Writer：Xiang Ding, Mert Yağcı
Dir. of Photography：Karl Owen Johnson
Cam OP & Gaffer：Zixuan Chen
1st AC：Lorenzo Lo Muzio
Focus Puller：Yi Huang
Production Designer：Teodora Marin, Wenjie Yu
Prop Master / Costume：Wenjie Yu, Zoulong Liu
BTS（back of the stage video)：Anna Rescigno, Matilde Cuccu, Chunjiang Liu,Samuele Francavilla
The track “Bastardo e fragile” was produced by Fabio Balestrieri. Mixing and mastering by Valerio Massi for Urban 49, a record series by Saint Louis Music Production.
“Shine”
SHINE
VIVIDA
Video credits:
Production: Matteo Spezzano, Lorenzo Incolingo, Stefan Lucian Blaga, Anthony Ricci
General Organisation and Casting: Maria Eloisa Font
Production Management: Matilde Principessa
Production Coordination: Alessia Casieri
Production Supervisor: Matilde Cuccu
Direction: Anthony Ricci
Assistant Director: Mario Krastev
Assistant to the Director: Giuseppe Enea
Script Supervisor and Editor: Luca Interlandi
Cast: Aurelio Cullhaj
Director of Photography: Joyel Nelson
Assistant Camera Operator and Gaffer: Gengyuan Zhang, Yi Huang
DIT, Data Manager and Gaffer: Valentina Gabriele
Art Direction: Federico Laurati
Set Design: Eva Laevskaia
Costume Design: Alice Bighiani
Make-up: Francesca Sicari
Editing: Andrea Albrisi, Anthony Ricci
Behind-the-Scenes Photography: Andrea Albrisi
Behind-the-Scenes Video: Gaia Marchioni
Behind-the-Scenes Editing: Andrei Pop
The track “Shine” was produced by Fabio Balestrieri for Urban 49, a record series by Saint Louis Music Production. Arranged by Vivida. Recorded by Fabio Rotondo and Fabio Balestrieri. Mixing and mastering by Valerio Massi.