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THE COURSES PROFESSIONAL SCREENWRITING (Taught in English) Instructor: Carl Haber 30 hours Mondays and Wednesdays 10:00 – 13:00 Fall course: Oct 17- Nov 16, 2016 Winter course: Jan 9 – Feb 8, 2017 Course Fee: €700 This is an intensive university level course in the craft of professional screenwriting, teaching important techniques, formats, tips, tools and tricks of writing for film and TV. Focus is on film language, screenwriting rules, structure, creating interesting characters and their development arcs, writing dialogue, writing action, understanding genre, bringing scenes to life and finding originality in your writing. Lessons are in English but script exercises can be written in Italian or English. Requirements: Students must download either “Final Draft” (FDX) or “Movie Magic Screenwriter” (MMSW) software. Students can share licenses to save money. 3-D ANIMATION with CINEMA 4-D or MAYA SOFTWARE (Taught in Italian & English) Instructor: Alessia Massimi 30 hours Monday and Wednesday, 15:00 – 18:00 Fall course: Oct 17- Nov 16, 2016 (Cinema 4-D) Winter course: Jan 9 - Feb 8, 2017 (Maya) Course fee: €800 This course offers practical training...

RIFS is thrilled to announce the start of production on GRAY AREAS, an anthology TV series based on the macabre and delightfully twisted short story collection by Carmen Burcea Haber. SEASON ONE, to be shot during the fall of 2016, will feature 6 episodes, hosted by actor Nick Mancuso. BELLEVIEW HOTEL – A stranger arrives for an overnight stay in an odd and gloomy town. DRIVING HOME – A couple bicker, returning home from a party and get lost on the way. WELCOME TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD – After moving into a new neighborhood, a young couple is invited to a very strange birthday party. THE DINNER DATE – A date goes amiss in a very special restaurant THE CAMERA – A teenage loser tries to take advantage of a little girl and finds himself in for more than he bargained for. AFTERNOON TEA – A curious visit by a young lady to a mysterious older gentleman leads to surprising results. GRAY AREAS -- Featuring...

Giacomo Martini – Film Historian and Critic Giacomo Martini is a noted film historian and critic in Italy, in charge of the Film Office for the Emilia-Romagna region for over 30 years. He participated on numerous cultural projects regarding the History of Theater and Film with the Institute of Direction in the Arts and Music Department of the University of Bologna. Over the years Giacomo has served as the Artistic Director of the magazine “Cinema Libero”; the Artistic Director of the Porretta Film Festival; the Artistic Director of the Bella Basilicata Film Festival “; Creative Consultant at the Sciacca Film Festival; and the Vice President of “Distribuzione Indipendente“ in Rome. He is the author and editor of hundreds of publications and monographs on the films and work of  filmmakers including Ken Loach, Francesco Rosi,  Nikita Michalkov, Marco Tullio Giordana, Theo Angelopoulos, Mario Monicelli, Bernard Tavernier, Amos Gitai, Alan Parker, Giuseppe Tornatore, Marco Bellocchio, Florestano Vancini,  Valerio Zurlini,  Michelangelo Antonioni and Tonino Guerra. He...

Andrew Thompson – Academic Executive Andrew has worked in higher education in the Italian, British and American educational systems for nearly forty years, first as a faculty member teaching English Literature and Language, then in a variety of executive and administrative roles. Currently the Director of the Rome Campus of the Lorenzo de’ Medici Institute, he has also been Executive Vice President and Chief Academic Officer of The American University of Rome, with responsibility for curriculum, curriculum development, hiring of faculty, accreditation and academic quality at this highly international American-accredited liberal arts and business college, which offers BA/BS degrees, including one in Film and Digital Media, and masters degrees. At the same institution he had a spell of eighteen months as Acting President, during which time he oversaw budgeting, hiring of faculty and staff, strategic planning and all operations of the university. He has also held positions as Associate Provost and Director of Assessment and Institutional Research. Within the British HE...

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Mary Vogt – Costume Designer Mary Elizabeth Vogt, while still in grade school, made costumes for the Theatre Guild of Long Beach, Long Island -- a beach town near Manhattan.  After high school, she earned a degree from New York's Fashion Institute of Technology, then worked briefly in advertising photography, but soon headed west, to continue her studies at the Art Center College of Design, in Pasadena, California. Her first work in the movies was as a sketch artist. After graduation, she worked as a dyer as a checker in costume houses, an on-and-off set costumer, and eventually as assistant to several established Costume Designers.  On David Lynch's epic, DUNE, legendary designer Bob Ringwood (EXCALIBUR) hired her and she spent a very valuable year working in Mexico City at Churubusco Studios.  A few years later, Ringwood asked Mary to be his co-designer on Tim Burton's BATMAN RETURNS.  Michelle Pfeiffer's iconic Cat Woman outfit was one of the many famous pieces that came from...

With RIFS, we hope to rekindle the love of great Italian cinema and help revitalize production in Rome today. Here are some of the greats who made film in Rome throughout the years. Pasolini Interview Giulietta Masina What is Neorealism? Federico Fellini Interview Federico Fellini Interview 2 Martin Scorsese: Roberto Rossellini Martin Scorsese: Federico Fellini Tribute to Bernardo Bertolucci...