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Artistic Director Alba Rohrwacher

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Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia
Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia
Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia
Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia

One of the most interesting asked question is the difference between acting on a stage and acting on a film set.

Although some parts of the trainings are similar, the differences are actually various: photogenic, concentration rhythm, improvising, ability in memorizing lines, in reacting and moving rapidly while performing.

Through teachers’ detailed work we’ve developed an innovative educational program whose purpose is giving actors the appropriate abilities in the field of cinema and new media.

As a non-dogmatic program, the course offers a comprehensive education about the art of acting offering the students the right skills to approach the actor’s work both in theatre and in performing arts.

During the first year, the weekly study schedule is extremely rigorous. After a first interdisciplinary period that involves all the teaching areas of the school, lessons related to physical preparation are held every morning as follows: from 9 am to 11 am elements of acrobatics, the physical actor, fencing, from 11 to 13, vocal training: voice education, diction, singing, speech therapy. Afternoons are dedicated to the study of acting methods: the Costa method (aimed at film language and close-up), the Meisner method, acting and yoga, the Actor’s Game – an annual teaching module during which students will have to feel free and abandon any previously acquired structure, to start again a slow construction through the Game. Each week actors work in small groups and in rotation with other courses. In the last trimester the class takes part in the filming of short films.

During the second year, students continue the work on training and at the same time face a series of new acting methods. Two shows for the public are produced and students participate in the realization of short films.

The third year is dedicated to new teaching modules by teachers, directors and professionals and is aimed at the realization of filmic and performative projects. Students can participate in an educational exchange programme with international film schools and benefit from being represented by the CSC agency, the Artistic Casting Service.

During the last five years the following professors have held classes: Gianni Amelio, Furio Andreotti, Roberto Antonelli, Francesca Archibugi, Sergio Bassetti, Valeria Benedetti Michelangeli, Mirella Bordoni, Gianfranco Cabiddu, Ciro Caravano, Costanza Castracane, Marcello Cotugno, Flavio De Bernardinis, Rossella Della Valle, Massimiliano Dezi,Claudio Giovannesi, Mario Grossi, Gianluca Iumento, Lenore Lohmann, Jinjui Long, Daniele Luchetti, Vito Mancusi, Piero Messina, Alessandra Panelli, Gianfranco Pannone, Silvia Perelli, Eljana Popova, Eros Puglielli, Roberto Romei, Tommaso Strinati, David Warren, He Yan, Gino Ventriglia.

Alba Rohrwacher
Artistic director

Alba Rohrwacher was born in Florence. In 2004, she graduated from the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia and, since her debut in Carlo Mazzacurati’s L’amore ritrovato, has worked with some of the most important directors of Italian cinema, from Marco Bellocchio (Sorelle mai, Dormant Beauty) to Daniele Luchetti (Mio fratello è figlio unico, The Ties), from Pupi Avati (Giovanna’s Father, David di Donatello award for best actress) to Giorgio Diritti (The Man Who Will Come), from Silvio Soldini (Days and Clouds, David di Donatello award for best supporting actress) to Luca Guadagnino (I Am Love) as well as Saverio Costanzo (The Solitude of Prime Numbers and Hungry Hearts, Venice Coppa Volpi for best actress), Alice Rohrwacher (The Wonders and Happy as Lazzaro), Laura Bispuri (Sworn Virgin, Daughter of Mine, The Peacock’s Paradise), Nanni Moretti (Three Floors), Paolo Genovese (Perfect Strangers), Emma Dante (A Street in Palermo), Gianni Zanasi (Lucia’s Grace), and Ginevra Elkann (Magari/If Only). She also boasts several ‘forays’ into international cinema and was directed by the likes of Doris Dörrie (Bliss), Nicolas Saada (Taj Mahal), Arnaud Desplechin (Ismael’s Ghosts), Jonathan Nossiter (Last Words), Chloé Mazlo (Skies of Lebanon), and Maggie Gyllenhaal (The Lost Daughter). In television, Rohrwacher participated in the series The Miracle, directed by Niccolò Ammaniti, and is the narrator in My Brilliant Friend. She has recently joined Mark Cousins’ project Marcia su Roma and will soon be back in movie theatres as the lead in Jasmine Trinca’s debut behind the camera, Marcel!, and in Roberta Torre’s new film Mi fanno male i capelli.

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