(a detailed schedule is available as a downloadable document)
Institutional Greetings Giacomo Manzoli (Università di Bologna)
Course Presentation. How to Study the Mediated Italy Luca Barra (Università di Bologna)
Mediating Cinema: The Intellectual Network of Italian Film Criticism Jennifer Malvezzi (Università di Parma), Paolo Noto (Università di Bologna)
Cinema Ritrovato, a Festival Devoted to Researching Film History Guy Borlée (Cinema Ritrovato Coordinator)
Multilingualism, Language Conflict and Urban Space in the Cinematic Contemporary Italy Marco Gargiulo (University of Bergen)
Writing the Sound of Beauty. The Making of the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin: conversation with Eddy Anselmi (TV author)
Italian Na(rra)tives: Period Drama in a Transnational and Transmedia Perspective Beniamino Della Gala (Università degli Studi di Milano), Elisa Farinacci (Università di Bologna)
Doc (Nelle tue mani), da Rai 1 (Italia) a TF1 (Francia): il successo internazionale di un medical drama all’italiana Fabien Landron (Université de Corse)
Glocal Dimensions of German Quality Drama Florian Krauß (University of Siegen)
Posted, Unposted, and Live-Streaming: Chiara Ferragni as a Celebrity Media Construct and a Postfeminist Project Nicoletta Marini-Maio (Dickinson College)
A Look at Contemporary Neapolitan Cinema and Television Giovanna De Luca (College of Charleston)
Studying Italian Contemporary Actors Luca Antoniazzi, Luca Barra (Università di Bologna)
E la chiamano estate. Dietro le quinte di Summertime: dialogue with the artistic cast, producers, and other professionals involved in Summertime (Netflix, 2020-2022)
Italian Actors (and Non-Actors) and Their International Circulation Catherine O’Rawe (University of Bristol)
Belzoni’s Real Phantasmagoria: from “Perfect Facsimile” to “First Person Experience” Massimo Riva (Brown University)
Meetings, visits, and other activities
(detailed information regarding the activities is available in the special events section below)
A conversation with tv author Eddy Anselmi on the 2022 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held in Turin,
A conversation with the artistic cast and personalities of the Cattleya Production company of the Netflix series Summertime (2020-2022).
A demonstration of the immersive experience proposed by Professor Massimo Riva's discussed in his latest digital monography Shadow Plays: Virtual Realities in an Analogue World, published by Stanford University Press.