Fondazione Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia

The Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia Foundation, chaired by Sergio Castellitto, is divided into two main areas:
– the Scuola Nazionale di Cinema, committed for eighty years in the training of excellence for the professions of cinema
– the Cineteca Nazionale, one of the oldest and most important film archives in the world.

As in a cultural incubation, all the professional workers interact in the cinematography field: producers, directors, screenwriters, actors, cinematographers, set designers, editors, musicians and sound technicians, as well as experts on digital cinematography, scholars, teachers and students from all over the world.

It has the headquarter in Rome, in the historic complex of Via Tuscolana in the Cinecittà area. Moreover, it has numerous locations in the main Italian regions;

In Turin, with the Animation Course;

In Milan, with the Advertising and Industrial Cinema;

in Palermo, with the Course of artistic and historical documentary and docu-fiction;

in L’Aquila, with the Course of Reportage

in San Servolo (Venice), the Immersive Arts course is starting

The School also plays a central role in the international context, as a member of the European Association of Schools of Cinema and Television (GEECT) and the International Association of Cinema and Television (CILECT)

Cineteca Nazionale

The Cineteca Nazionale collects, preserves and restores a film heritage that, thanks to the legal deposit of Italian film works and co-production, it’s enriched every year. In Italy and abroad, it plays a role in spreading, enhancing and promoting this cultural heritage, even through agreements with institutions, festivals, schools, universities and cultural associations.

Notable are the structures dedicated to the non-film materials of the photo and poster libraries. Cineteca Nazionale curates a free entry programming activity in various locations. In Ivrea is active the Archivio Nazionale Cinema Impresa, which collects films of industries, production companies, advertising films and various bodies.

The Cineteca Nazionale adheres to the world’s largest association organization of film archives: the FIAF (Fédération Internationale des Archives du film).

Biblioteca Chiarini

The library “Luigi Chiarini” collects the largest filmography collection in Italy. Established in 1935 as an internal support to the training of CSC students, over the decades it has gradually established itself as one of the main places in Italy for the custody of film culture.

Publishing

The publishing activities of the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia are divided into numerous initiatives, starting with the publication of the historical magazine “Bianco e Nero”.

Among the most prestigious editions, the encyclopedic “History of Italian Cinema”, it’s currently in the process of being published. Hundreds of volumes published as part of  series of studies and research, making the CSC the first film publisher in Italy.