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Art History & Film & Theatre

Films in Venice and Filming Venice

When:

25 August - 03 September 2025

School:

Venice International University Summer / Winter Schools

Institution:

Venice International University

City:

Venice

Country:

Italy

Language:

English

Credits:

4 EC

Fee:

600 EUR

Interested?
Films in Venice and Filming Venice

About

The VIU Summer School on Films in Venice and Filming Venice is an initiative of Venice International University, in partnership with its member universities Ca' Foscari, Iuav, Tel Aviv, Waseda, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, and Exeter, organized to coincide with the 82nd International Venice Film Festival.

The aim is to combine film analysis, theory and practice, applying them to representations of Venice, through a multidisciplinary and multicultural approach, reflected both in the composition of the faculty and the student body. In one part of the program, students will be introduced to the history, culture and anthropology of Venice and its relation to visual media. They will be offered basic notions of film analysis and film-making theory. The other part will be devoted to film-making practice. Students will be encouraged to develop a team project on Venice, taking inspiration from selected movie scenes and locations, their toponyms and social character, adopting a "complex narrative" when writing the script: a film, which will be screened and collectively discussed and analyzed at the end of the Summer School. Deserving projects will be shown at the Ca' Foscari Short Film Festival in 2026.

Course leader

Nitzan Ben-Shaul (Tel Aviv University), Sally Faulkner (University of Cambridge), Norimasa Morita (Waseda University), Maria Roberta Novielli (Ca' Foscari University of Venice), Luca Pes (Venice International University), Thomas Reinhardt (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität), Angela Vettese (Iuav University Venice)

Target group

Graduate and undergraduate students from various disciplines: film studies, film-making, art history, visual art, history, cultural anthropology, sociology, and anyone who would like to learn the theoretical and practical basics of film-making in various forms, experiencing Venice as a complex setting and inspiration

Course aim

Developing knowledge of the theoretical and analytical aspects of cinema and on the challenges of visual representation of recognizable places; achieving an understanding of problems entailed with the Venetian setting; acquiring or improving skills in film-making and working in a team; storytelling, also as a complement to written scholarship.

Fee info

Fee

600 EUR, Students of VIU member universities

Fee

1200 EUR, Students of other universities

Interested?

When:

25 August - 03 September 2025

School:

Venice International University Summer / Winter Schools

Institution:

Venice International University

Language:

English

Credits:

4 EC

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