training course for young creatives

Calabria Film Commission and Anica Academy ETSa third sector organization that offers basic and highly specialized training in the cinema, audiovisual and digital professions, met at Lamezia Terme to celebrate their collaboration, already announced at the last Venice International Film Festival
Venice.

This is 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 Course 2023- 2024.

Therefore, there are various initiatives already under way in this partnership, the first in the Lamezia Terme headquarters in the Papa Benedetto XVI industrial area, an important hub for the Calabria Film Commission where work on the production studios has recently begun
of the Foundation.

Anton Giulio Grande – Extraordinary Commissioner Calabria Film Commission Foundation – “Initiatives like those with Anica Academy ETS, from the Production Inspector course to other training projects, designed for those already working in the sector and for young people who thus have the opportunity to enrich their theoretical experience, to then use on their own set, create a great laboratory of creativity, with a look at Italian cinema and
to its growing energies”.

Luciano Vigna – General Director of the Calabria Film Commission Foundation – “The synergies with Anica Academy ETS led by President Francesco Rutelli – give meaning to our action for the territory. Training, among the projects we have carried out, offers an opportunity for existing professionals to qualify even better and allows young Calabrians to deal with the national cinema and TV system”.

Francesco Rutelli – President of Anica Academy ETS: “we are proud of the profitable collaboration with the Calabria Film Commission Foundation and the Calabria Region, which has 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 this day they demonstrate how the communion of intentions can generate operations virtuosos capable of enriching the skills of young talents in the audiovisual world and give further impetus to this sector in Calabria. My hope is to be able to continue this path and thus support the future of new talents.”

Among the projects carried out, 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 Calabria Film Commission Foundation 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 course, which began in February, has just ended and saw the participation of 16 students (8 men and 8 women).

They took part in the course as professionals: the assistant director
Benedetta Barroero who works with the most famous Italian directors (the last one was Matteo Garrone, who he worked alongside for the film Io Capitano). The production coordinator Erica Marchetti associated with APE – Executive Producers Association which is a partner of the course.

Ferdinando BonifaziExecutive producer at Indiana with a module on accounting and administration and Andrea Stucovitz, film and audiovisual producer who participated as a lecturer in the course. The students carried out production exercises (from the selection to the location search) starting from a real screenplay, trying to respond to the real needs of the case.

They carried out a real search for locations in the area: they went around Lamezia Terme and the surrounding areas for scouting and checking the feasibility of the location proposals. In the last week, a module was also held on gender issues in cinema and audiovisual, held by the Women in Film, Television & Media Italia Association.

The other initiative that has just started 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
describe a territory and its identifying characteristics.

The Project is carried out with the contribution of the Department of Youth Policies and the Universal Civil Service and of the Calabria Region, Department of Education, Training and Equal Opportunities, 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 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 panel of experts and the best one produced within the year. The program began on April 3rd.

Among the teachers taking part in the course we find, in addition to the aforementioned Andrea Stucovitz, Manuela Cacciamani, member of the technical committee of the competition, digital entrepreneur, Founder of One More Pictures and President of the Union of Digital Publishers and Creators of Anica – National Industry Association Cinematographic Audiovisual Digital.

Prominent figure in the sector of technological evolutions for the audiovisual industries for which he develops numerous projects, in addition to producing for cinema and TV, he has a division that deals with live events and multimedia narrative products in virtual reality and augmented reality, created with graphic techniques complex and always innovative.

Chiara Giacoletto Papas, member of the competition’s technical committee, joined Paramount in 2018 and currently holds the role of Communications & PR Senior Director Italy and France. Previously, you developed a very long experience in the field of multi-channel communication, working since 2004 for the Ketchum agency, Omicom Pr Group, where you were a consultant for marketing activities.
press office and digital pr following projects for important clients such as Activision, Twitter, &G, Kodak and Pfizer.

Nicola Lampugnanimember of the technical committee of the competition who
he has extensive experience in the creativity and communication sector, with prominent roles at various advertising agencies and companies such as DLVBBDO, DDB, Armando Testa and TBWA Italia. He also held executive positions at Warner Bros Discovery and founded agencies such as Epix and St. John. He was Vice President of ADCI and is involved in the organization of the IF! Italian Festival.

Giacomo Triglia, a multifaceted director with an impressive portfolio that includes hundreds of music videos for internationally renowned artists. He has directed advertisements and documentary films for renowned brands such as Mulino Bianco, Dolce & Gabbana and Disney Channel, accumulating over 520 million views on YouTube.

Emanuele Finardi who began his career as a copywriter and television author, and then held positions of responsibility at MTV and subsequently Zodiak Media Group. He has expertise in the coordination of broadcast activities and in the management of branded content & entertainment. He then worked at Nonpanic Banijay as Chief Commercial Officer, focusing on crossmedia projects dedicated to publishers and brands.

Another feather in the cap of this partnership is also Creating Stories 2023/2024the 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 has
awarded free access to two students residing in the Calabria Region.