The course aims to investigate the role of film festivals within audiovisual cultures, providing the basis for operating in the organization and management of film events and focusing attention on new forms of contemporary spectatorship.
teacher profile teaching materials
Maria Francesca Piredda, I festival del cinema in Italia. Forme e pratiche dalle origini al Covid-19, Carocci, Roma, 2022
FILMOGRAPHY:
Chambre 666 (1982) Wim Wenders
Nitrato d’argento (1996) Marco Ferreri
Chacun son cinéma (A ciascuno il suo cinema, 2012) Gilles Jacob
The Square (2017) Ruben Östlund
Programme
The course aims to analyze the role of film festivals within audiovisual cultures. The first part is historical-analytical and aims to investigate the theoretical definition of the film festival-form and retraces its main historical evolutions. The privileged area of investigation will be the Italian case but contextualized in an international frame. The second part explores the aspects related to the organization and management of film events, developing a more openly operational approach attentive to economic issues and territorial repercussions. Particular attention will be paid to the contemporary context, investigating the transformations that have occurred to film festivals as part of their relocation to the web and in synergy with new forms of contemporary spectatorship.Core Documentation
Lucio Argano, Alessandro Bollo, Paolo Dalla Sega, Organizzare eventi culturali. Ideazione, progettazione e gestione strategica del pubblico, Franco Angeli, Milano, 2018Maria Francesca Piredda, I festival del cinema in Italia. Forme e pratiche dalle origini al Covid-19, Carocci, Roma, 2022
FILMOGRAPHY:
Chambre 666 (1982) Wim Wenders
Nitrato d’argento (1996) Marco Ferreri
Chacun son cinéma (A ciascuno il suo cinema, 2012) Gilles Jacob
The Square (2017) Ruben Östlund
Reference Bibliography
Mario Abis, Gianni Canova (a cura di), I festival del cinema. Quando la cultura rende, Johan & Levi, Milano, 2012 Daniele Ongaro, Lo schermo diffuso. Cento anni di festival cinematografici in Italia, Tinarelli, Bologna, 2006 Roy Menarini (a cura di), Le nuove forme della cultura cinematografica. Critica e cinefilia nell'epoca del web, Mimesis, Milano-Udine, 2012 Simone Arcagni, Cinema futuro, Nero, Roma 2021Type of delivery of the course
Frontal lessons integrated with film and audiovisual materials.Attendance
Optional, but attendance is strongly recommended due to the poor availability of the audiovisual materials shown during the lessons.Type of evaluation
Oral. Students can write a text on a theme developed during the course. The text must be of around 20.000 characters and will be an integration – not a substitution – of the oral exam. It must be given to the teacher 5 days before the exams.