Brown University: World Cinema in Bologna, Italy

Experience the 2020 Cinema Ritrovato Film Festival in Bologna, Italy while studying World cinema at the University of Bologna and the Bologna Cineteca, one of the most important centers for film restoration in Europe and the home of the Charlie Chaplin and Pier Paolo Pasolini film archives. Students attend lectures and seminars in English taught by Brown and University of Bologna film scholars and public screenings (in original language or subtitled) and learn how to write, shoot, and edit a short film under the direction of one of Italy’s young award-winning directors. 

The Cineteca of Bologna is a world-class center for film studies and film restoration: restoration of the complete works of Charlie Chaplin, a restored version with missing footage of Sergio Leone's last masterpiece, Once Upon a Time in America, restorations of several crucial Italian films such as Visconti's Senso and The Leopard, Rossellini's Voyage to Italy, and many more. Since its announcement at the Cannes Film Festival in 2007, the Bologna Cineteca has also played a key role in the World Cinema Foundation by restoring several films presented by the WCF at the L'Immagine Ritrovata laboratory.

The Cinema Ritrovato festival runs from late June to early July. Days are packed with screenings, conversations, events; four screens running from morning to evening (two Lumière Theatres, Arlecchino and Jolly Cinemas); and the evening wonder in Piazza Maggiore, the Renaissance square at the heart of Bologna.