VENICINEMA:
UNDERSTANDING CITIES
through FILM
Venicinema will help expand, strengthen, deepen and consolidate your research interests in architecture, urban planning and social history; whether you’re an undergraduate, PhD candidate, post-doctoral researcher, or an early-years practitioner. It proposes a unique, interdisciplinary approach to understanding cities; you will first study how fiction films have expressed Venice's characteristics, then use the cinematic montage to make your own observational films. The approach, outputs and knowledge are transferrable and applicable to your own city or situation. The results are presented within the framework of your research interests and critiqued by experts in the field.
And then there’s the magic…of attending the ‘Floating Cinema’ on the lagoon, walking the red carpet at the Venice Film Festival, working with sound, and projecting or shooting films in precisely the same location as Daniel Craig, Kathryn Hepburn, Donald Sutherland, Julie Christie, Amitabh Bachchan, Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp once stood and waited for the call to “action”.
Next Course Dates: 04 – 15 September 2023
No previous experience in filmmaking is necessary.
- Participants from a wide range of academic disciplines
- Undergraduates, Master, PhD and Post-Doc students
- Early-years practitioners
WHAT YOU
will GET
EXPERTS and
LECTURERS








PROGRAMME
UNDERSTANDING VENICE THROUGH CINEMA
UNDERSTANDING VENICE URBANISM
FILMIC EXPERIMENT
Make a short film
TUITION
FEE
INCLUDES:
- Tuition: Course Leader, Visiting Lecturers, Professional Experts
- Professional portfolio development
- Assessment and feedback
- Dedicated, equipped studio in a Venetian palace
- Guided visits to museums and La Biennale di Venezia
- Visits to ECC exhibitions
- Field visits in Venice, the lagoon and the wider Veneto
- Organised social occasions
- N.B. Not included: flights, accommodation and food