In Lamezia Calabria Film Commission and Anica Academy Ets together for training

Lamezia Terme – Calabria Film Commission and Anica Academy Ets, a third sector organization that offers basic and highly specialized training in the cinema, audiovisual and digital professions, met in Lamezia Terme to celebrate their collaboration, already announced at the last Venice International Film Festival. It is, it is written in a note, “the launch of a series of training projects aimed at cinema professionals that are taking place in Calabria, such as the Production Inspector course or the Talented Creativity competition, but also in Rome with participation in the Creating stories 2023-2024 course”.

“Therefore – the note continues – there are various initiatives already under way in this partnership, the first in the Lamezia Terme headquarters in the Pope Benedict XVI industrial area, an important hub for the Calabria Film Commission where work on the Foundation production studios”. “Initiatives like those with Anica Academy Ets – states Anton Giulio Grande, extraordinary commissioner of the Calabria Film Commission Foundation – from the Production Inspector course to other training projects, designed for those who already work in the sector and for young people who thus have the opportunity to enrich their theoretical experience, to then use on the sets, they create a great laboratory of creativity, with a look at Italian cinema and its growing energies”. “The synergies with Anica Academy Ets led by president Francesco Rutelli – states Luciano Vigna, general director of the Calabria Film Commission Foundation – give meaning to our action for the territory. Training, among the projects we have carried out, offers an opportunity to professionals existing, to qualify even better and allows young Calabrians to compete with the national cinema and TV system”.

“We are proud – commented Francesco Rutelli, president of Anica Academy Ets – of the fruitful collaboration with the Calabria Film Commission Foundation and the Calabria Region, which has given rise to significant and concrete training projects and is creating new opportunities for young Calabrians who cultivate a passion for cinema and TV. The initiatives launched to date demonstrate how a common purpose can generate virtuous operations capable of enriching the skills of young talent in the audiovisual world and giving further impetus to this sector in the Calabrian region. My hope is to be able to continue this path and thus support the future of new talents.” Among the projects carried out, the note continues, “particular emphasis is placed on the Production Inspector training course, an initiative created to respond to the specific needs of the film industry in Calabria. The course was entirely financed by the Foundation Calabria Film Commission and therefore free for admitted students. It was open exclusively to 16 residents of the Calabria Region and aimed at training professionals capable of managing the production and logistical challenges associated with local film production and contributing to the development of the industry in the Region” .

“The other initiative that has just started – it is written in the note – is Talented Creativity, a totally free ideas competition for young participants, 11 girls and 7 boys for this first edition, between 18 and 34 years old resident in Calabria, which constitutes an opportunity to find new ways of describing a territory and its identity characteristics. The project is carried out with the contribution of the Youth Policies department and the Universal Civil Service and the Calabria Region, Education, training and equal opportunities department, in implementation of the Understanding/agreement No. 101 Of 7 October 2010. The objective is to give space to young people and creativity, enhancing their talent as part of an initiative that pays particular attention to the cultural, linguistic and historical areas of the Calabrian communities Through workshop courses dedicated to writing, production, film making and communication, participants have the opportunity to carry out their own projects for the territory with the support of the best audiovisual professionals. Their ideas will be presented to a commission of experts and the best one will be produced within the year”. “Another flagship of this partnership – concludes the note – is also Creare Storie 2023/2024, the training course created to respond to the market’s demand for young talents capable of thinking and developing audiovisual projects capable of innovating the forms of contemporary storytelling which in its third edition, thanks to the Calabria Film Commission, awarded free access to two students resident in the Calabria Region. The course is taking place in Rome at the Anica Academy Ets headquarters”.