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On 19, 20 and 21 June 2024, the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia will open its doors to artists, filmmakers, and writers from places affected by war for three days of encounters, masterclasses, and screenings, as well as a photographic exhibition, a vivid snapshot of the historical moment we are living through. All citizens, especially workers in the film industry, are

Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia participates in the second edition of Unarchive Found Footage Festival, an event that focuses on the cinematic horizons of the creative reuse of images, with the intent to intercept new and different forms of expression at the threshold between cinema, video art, installations and live performances. Conceived and produced by Archivio

In spirito, an exercise by Nicolò Folin – student of the Directing course of CSC – Scuola Nazionale di Cinema – has been presented in world première, May 21st , at the Cinef [Cinefondation]: a section that focuses specifically on discovering new talents, and selects every year fifteen to twenty short and medium finls coming

Call for selection of CSC – Scuola Nazionale di Cinema for admission to the three-year courses 2024/2027 is open. Find online the call for application to the three-years courses 2024/2027 del CSC – Scuola Nazionale di Cinema, among the oldest and most prestigious film schools in the world, for over 85 years a place of

Le variabili dipendenti (The Dependent Variables), the short directed by Lorenzo Tardella and produced by the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, is currently on the AMPAS’ screening room and can now be voted by all Academy members to get through to the next phase. The voting takes place from December 14 to 18, 2023. Tardella’s short

From November 6 to 9, CSC Roma – Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia hosted the annual conference of the International Association of Cinema, Audiovisual, and Media Schools CILECT organized by Adriano De Santis, Dean of the Scuola Nazionale di Cinema. CILECT, established in 1955 with the goal of encouraging dialogue between filmmakers from all over the

A project of the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia supported by NRRP grants and the Veneto Region In a period in history that sees immersive arts and technologies asserting themselves in both the European and international markets, the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia and the Veneto Region have joined forces to establish a new innovative hub, CSC

CSC – Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia to premiere two restored films at the the 80th Venice Film Festival: Mario Soldati’s “La provinciale” and Luchino Visconti’s “Bellissima”International Critics’ Week to present Liliana Cavani’s “Incontro di notte” and Angela Norelli’s “We Should All Be Futurists”Giornate degli Autori to renew their cooperation for the training of CSC students

The Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia takes part in the short film contest “Ristretto,” a new initiative to celebrate the Rome-Paris twinning conceived and organized by the association Palatine to strengthen the bonds of artistic creation between France and Italy. “Ristretto” intends to promote the new generation of film directors and pay homage to the two

Monday May 29th at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, a masterclass reserved for students of the Scuola Nazionale di Cinema, which will be offered to the public on  May 30th in the theatres of the Casa del Cinema Martin Scorsese, one of the greatest directors in the history of the seventh art, Monday May 29th will host

MAY 26, 2023CSC – SCUOLA NAZIONALE DI CINEMA OPEN DAY AT CSC ROMA Open Day for the following courses only: CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE AUDIO-VISUAL HERITAGE COSTUME DESIGN EDITING PRODUCTION AUDIO-VISUAL REPORTING PRODUCTION DESIGN SOUND VFX Please book by May 22 at laura.fronzi@fondazionecsc.it CSC – Scuola Nazionale di Cinema invites all young men and

Notice of open call for admission to three-year courses 2023/2026 is available for download here.

Scuola Nazionale di CinemaNotice of open call for admission to three-year courses 2023/2026 now online The Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia announces considerable new developments:– the restart and renewal of CSC Reportage audiovisivo – Abruzzo Office– the launch of two new courses, Editing and Production, at CSC Documentario e Cinema del reale – Sicily Office– the

The Dependent Variables (Le variabili dipendenti), Lorenzo Tardella’s graduation film produced by the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, is “Best Short Film” at the 68th David di Donatello Awards. Members of the jury are Domenico Dinoia, Mauro Donzelli, Marzia Gandolfi, Francesco Giai Via, Paola Jacobbi, Maria Grazia Mattei, Claudia Panzica, Marina Sanna, and Maria Carolina Terzi.

The Fondazione Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia is proud to announce that journalist and author Francesca Mannocchi is the new Artistic Director of the Abruzzo Branch School of the Scuola Nazionale di Cinema. The mission of this branch is the training in Audio-visual Reporting. The new Director’s task is to reinvent the training course in terms

Film director Paolo Virzì gave a masterclass for the students of CSC – Scuola Nazionale di Cinema about writing for film. His lecture spanned from Italian cinema of the post-war period, delving into the prolific production of the Age & Scarpelli duo, to the current situation, characterized by the presence of digital platforms. Virzì talked

Today the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia has held a masterclass given by Alessandro Comodin, the director of The Adventures of Gigi The Law and winner of the Special Jury Prize at the 75th Locarno Film Festival. The class saw the participation of first-year students of film directing, screenwriting, editing, sound engineering, and cinematography courses, with

The catalogue of the Library Luigi Chiarini – one of the most outstanding collections about cinema in the world, holding over 140,000 between books and archival items – has been easily accessible also on smartphones and tablets for years, thanks to the app BiblioChiarini. The update presents new graphics, functions, and customizations. Installing BiblioChiarini, implemented

Upon the release in Italy of his film Babylon, Damien Chazelle encountered the first- and second-year students of the CSC – Scuola Nazionale di Cinema (the Italian National Film School) and gave a masterclass, organized in collaboration with Eagle Pictures. Film journalist and TV writer Hakim Zejjari moderated the masterclass. Opposite the film director of

With the death of Gina Lollobrigida, who passed away in Rome today, Italy has lost another portion of its film history. In his eulogy on the death of Pier Paolo Pasolini, Alberto Moravia declared that, throughout a century, only three or four poets are born. In over one hundred years of Italian cinema, you can

Issue 603 of “Bianco e nero” has just been released and is dedicated to a couple of artists who represent the best of CSC (as graduates and as teachers). They have made Italian cinema great in the last thirty years: Francesca Calvelli, editor and reference teacher of the editing course at the Centro Sperimentale, and

The Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia – Scuola Nazionale di Cinema is offering to its students to experience the 17th Festa del Cinema di Roma not only as a place for watching films but also – if not above all – as a learning opportunity: As a result, from October 13 to October 23, the regular

The signing of an agreement for the construction of a laboratory for Immersive Arts training between Marta Donzelli, President of the Fondazione del Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, and Elena Donazzan, Regional Councillor for Education, happened today. This is the ultimate result of months of consultations between CSC, the Veneto Region, and the Veneto Film Commission.

CSC – Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia will be present at the 79th. Venice Biennale International Film Festival  with the following initiatives that will involve the two main areas of the CSC Foundation: the Cineteca Nazionale and the Scuola Nazionale di Cinema. CSC – Cineteca Nazionale will present in the Venice Classics section  with three world

qui la brochure sfogliabile Torna l’iniziativa promossa dal Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia d’intesa con la Direzione generale Cinema e audiovisivo del MiC e in collaborazione con la Soprintendenza Speciale Archeologia Belle Arti e Paesaggio di Roma, la Direzione Musei Statali della Città di Roma con il Museo Nazionale degli Strumenti Musicali e il Museo dei

Call for selection 2022-2025: extension of the deadline and extension of the age limits As a consequence of the difficulties caused by the Covid 19 pandemic and in addition to the forecasts contained in the call for the selection of students for the three-year period 2022/25, it is exceptionally envisaged that aspiring students who were

The call for selection to the 2022/2025 three-year courses of the CSC – Scuola Nazionale di Cinema, among the oldest and most prestigious film schools in the world, a training place for generations of leading figures in Italian cinema for more than 80 years, has been published. Starting June 1 (until July 15, 2022 at

June will see the start of the 11th edition of the CSC Lab Musica per film (CSC Lab Music for Film), a course designed to provide an accomplished and interdisciplinary experience in the field of sound and music for cinema. The Lab is curated by Sergio Bassetti, Angelo M. Farro and Andrea Grant, who are also in charge of taught classes. Among the composers present this year Carlo Crivelli (winner of

CSC – Scuola Nazionale di Cinema is proud of the David di Donatello Awards assigned to CSC alumni. To all of them the most heartfelt congratulations from Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, which of course congratulates all students, alumni and teachers candidates. Here are the awards: BEST DIRECTORIAL DEBUTLaura Samani for PICCOLO CORPO (Small Body) BEST SUPPORTING ACTOREduardo Scarpetta

   XX SECOLO. L’INVENZIONE PIÙ BELLA (20th Century. The Most Beautiful Invention), the program promoted by the CSC – Cineteca Nazionale, is entering the last stretch of its first, successful edition, a fourth and final part – scheduled from May 9 to June 29 – which will bid farewell to the audiences of Rome and Florence and at the same time

CSC – Scuola Nazionale di Cinema at the 75th Cannes Film Festival with the short film”Il barbiere complottista” by Valerio Ferrara

Il barbiere complottista, saggio di diploma di Valerio Ferrara, allievo di regia del CSC – Scuola Nazionale di Cinema (triennio 2019-2021) sarà presentato in anteprima mondiale nella Selezione Ufficiale del 75. Festival di Cannes. In programma nella sezione La Cinef dedicata ai film prodotti dalle scuole di cinema di tutto il mondo, Il barbiere complottista

As always the CSC – Scuola Nazionale di Cinema is represented among the candidates for the David di Donatello Awards: from Maestro Marco Bellocchio to the young Valerio Ferrara (candidate for the best short film with the film Notte romana), there are numerous students, alumni, teachers and artistic directors candidates for the most prestigious cinema awards in

On Saturday 12 March 2022, Steven Zaillian and Clayton Townsend held an exciting masterclass, talking about the numerous works – starting from last, the TV series The talented Mr. Ripley – which they are currently producing in Rome, with the contribution of Maurizio Millenotti, Artistic Director of the Costume Course. Steven Zaillian, an American screenwriter,

From March 7th to March 11th  Michał Leszczyłowski has been the host of the Scuola Nazionale di Cinema for a seminar directed to the editing course, and a masterclass opened to all courses.  Michał Leszczyłowski is a Polish-born naturalised Swedish film editor who has worked mostly in the Swedish film industry. Editor of The sacrifice (1986) byAndrej Tarkovskij, he has

Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia – Sicily, in partnership with Creative Europe Desk Italy MEDIA – Bari Office, Cinecittà and Sicilia Film Commission, is happy to invite you to the presentation of the call for proposals expected during the 2022 inside the MEDIA subroutine by the Creative Europe Programme (CREA), a project managed by the European

The short film Le variabili dipendenti, a graduation essay by Lorenzo Tardella produced by the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, has been presented at the 72nd Berlin Film Festival in the Generation Kplus section. Accompanying the official presentation of the short, together with the director Lorenzo Tardella: the screenwriters Mara Fondacaro and Elisa Pulcini, the editor

Per l’anno 2021 la Fondazione Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia – delibera 19C/21 – assegna a seguito di procedura ad evidenza pubblica, n. 20 borse di studio del valore unitario di euro 2.500,00, riservate agli allievi della Scuola Nazionale di Cinema – Sede di Roma – in corso di studi nell’anno 2021 e in regola con

E’ in corso la 27° edizione di Visioni italiane, festival organizzata dalla Cineteca di Bologna. Il Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia è presente con 6 corti in concorso. Di seguito le date di proiezione all’interno del programma. Margherita di Alice MurgiaMartedì 26 ottobre h. 16  presso il cinema Lumiere/Sala Scorsese Tropicana di Francesco RomanoSecondo me di

Franceschini: Italy is close to the Afghan people to protect the creative freedom of artists. The Afghan filmmaker Sahraa Karimi, author last August 13 of an open letter to the international film community (“I write to you with a broken heart and with the deep hope that you can join me in protecting my beautiful

Extension of the deadline for admission to the three-year courses, Academic year 2021-2024. In order to allow the correct preparation of the materials required by the call, given the persistence of the pandemic situation (Covid-19), the deadline for submitting the applications is extended to July 15, 2021.  Online registration click here Selection calendar 2021/24 Given the extension to

It was signed in the prestigious representative office of the Lucan institutions, Palazzo Malvinni Malvezzi, the convention for the settlement in Matera of the detached headquarters of the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia (CSC) in Rome. The signatories were the President of the Basilicata Region, Vito Bardi, the Mayor of Matera, Raffaello de Ruggieri and the

Art Bonus, it is a measure of the Ministero dei Beni Culturali that represents an important novelty in the field of liberal donations applied to cultural heritage. A great opportunity to enhance the Italian historical and artistic heritage.

Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia does not stop and starts an extraordinary program of distance learning aimed at all courses.

The Board of Directors of the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia announces that the publication of the admissions announcements for the three-year period (2021-2023) of all courses will take place in January 2021.