KEYBLE, Wearable Technology device designed by designer Ely Rozenberg in collaboration with Italian startup Flywallet, was presented and exhibited in the Italian Pavilion of the Consumer Electric Show 2023 of Las Vegas, the world’s largest event for consumer technology products. Among the authors of the project UX/UI Designer Francesca Romana Rossi, former RUFA student… 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
From 12 to 15 December Computer Animation and Visual effects students will participate in a new masterclass with Filippo Foglietti, Concept and storyboard artist, and RUFA lecturer of Animation Drawing. It will be a full immersion into the world of character development – with a focus on acting – and the film’s environments, with the… Find out more
Officially open is the 14th MATTADOR International Screenplay Award dedicated to Matteo Caenazzo and aimed at young Italian and foreign authors aged 16 to 30. 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… 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
From 12 to 15 December, students from the Fine Arts biennial will be the protagonists of a new masterclass held by video artist Rä di Martino. The masterclass will introduce students to iconic works of video art, but above all expose Ra Di Martino’s practice as a visual/video artist and filmmaker. Ogni studente ideerà… Find out more
“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
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
Special project between RUFA and Fabio Mazzeo Architects kicks off: the three RUFA students who won scholarships offered by FMA will develop a visual identity and website for a new cultural initiative of our partner in the coming months. Fabio Mazzeo Architects offered 3 scholarships to students of the two-year Visual and Innovation Design… Find out more
On Tuesday, December 6, at 1 p.m., directly from the classroom of Sustainable Fashion Design, RUFA students will connect via live streaming with Paolo Ferrari: Lombard entrepreneur, designer and founder of the brand 959 NINEFIVENINE. During the Instagram live broadcast – open to the public and conducted by Fashion lecturer Guenda Cermel – we will… Find out more
Enrique Algarra documentary photography award for students of european schools and universities. The Enrique Algarra Documentary Photography Award was born in 2018 on the occasion of the Photon photojournalism festival, and since 2019 it is organized and promoted by the Escola Superior de Disseny de València. It is aimed at students and graduates of… Find out more
by Fabrizio Pizzuto, coordinator and lecturer of the new Master in Art Curating and Art Management We are here to design a new course of study in Art Curating and Art Management without prejudice, but with courage, starting from tentative definitions of each subject and each professor/professional identified. It implies talking to the most… Find out more
From Nov. 21-25, Computer Animation and Visual effects students had the opportunity to take a full immersion in the scriptwriting world with author, television scriptwriter and RUFA lecturer Mario Bellina. The masterclass focused on designing and writing a short film in animation. On the first day, students were asked to come up with concepts, and… Find out more
From Nov. 21-25, Painting students had the opportunity to work closely with artist Caterina Silva as part of the Masterclass: “Painting-gestures-alphabets”. Through painting and performative techniques the masterclass aims at creating with the students an alphabet of signs to be deployed either on the surface of the canvas or in space through the bodies…. Find out more
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
What does Art Criticism mean today and how has this definition changed over time? What should be the training of an aspiring curator today? We will discuss all of this with internationally renowned curator Lorenzo Benedetti, professor of Contemporary Art Languages and Art Criticism for the new RUFA Master’s degree in Art Curating and Management…. Find out more
On Tuesday 22 November at 6pm we will connect via Instagram Live with Francesco Simeone, CEO AND co-founder of the innovative business Toratora Travel, to talk about startups and innovation. Conducting the interview will be Francesca Gollo, coordinator of the new Academic Master in Design Management. Startup from Zero Strategies to shape your ideas… Find out more
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
The exhibition “Simone Bramante, Fabriano. Volti dalle cartiere – Paper Mill Portraits”, curated by Umberto Giovannini and Beatrice Levorato, promoted by the Fedrigoni Fabriano Foundation in collaboration with FABRIANO. A tale told through images of the faces, glances, gestures and memories of papermakers, cartare and those connected to the ancient places of paper, perhaps… Find out more
The photographic projects of Sabrina Marchionne and Noemi Sparago – a recent graduate and third-year photography student – were the winners of the “Raccont’arti – Castelfiorentino Prize for the Arts: Contemporary Photography” call for entries, whose main goal is to map the current state of contemporary photography and possible future developments. Sabrina Marchionne –… Find out more