Prizes and Awards

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Our Academy stands out for its commitment to research and creative innovation. Within these classrooms and offices, projects have been born that contribute to the legacy of contemporary creativity: works that have captivated international juries and projects developed through collaboration, sharing, and teamwork, recognized and admired by experts and enthusiasts worldwide.

The prestige of these accolades reflects a journey of dedication and talent—qualities that RUFA fosters and enriches through a vibrant network of stimuli and experiences that inspire both intellect and creative vision. Each success in the contemporary arena fills us with pride and reaffirms the value of our efforts.

Explore here a selection of awards and recognitions that RUFA has achieved across various disciplines.

Cinema

Liza Tabagari’s short film at the MedFilm Festival 2024

RUFA at the MedFilm Festival 2024: student Liza Tabagari’s short film selected.   The short film “LIFETIME MEASURE” created by Liza Tabagari, a master’s student in Film Arts, has been selected for the prestigious 30th edition of the MedFilm Festival in Rome. The event, running from November 7 to 17, 2024, will host screenings in… Find out more

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Cinema

RUFA Graduates Finalists in the “Documentare i Diritti” Competition

RUFA graduates Sara Hourngir and Giorgia Cappello have been selected among the ten finalists of the “Documentare i Diritti” competition, organized by the Rome International Documentary Festival. The project is sponsored by DAMS – Roma Tre University, Amnesty International, and RUFA.   The “Documentare i Diritti” competition featured a contest aimed at young people aged… Find out more

Multimedia Arts and Design

RUFA artists at the Roma Europa Festival

From October 11 to 13, 2024, the artists and students of the Master’s Degree in Multimedia Arts and Design showcased two extraordinary multimedia works at the Roma Europa Festival as part of the Digitalive section.   The works, created by the Blivet Collective and the Pascolo Abusivo Collective, represent excellence in the contemporary art scene,… Find out more

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Design Talks: RUFA at Romaeuropa Festival 2024

Design Talks: a full day dedicated to Graphic Design RUFA among the protagonists of the 2024 edition of the Romaeuropa Festival within the Design Talks series, curated by Stefano Cipolla, RUFA professor and Art Director of L’Espresso. The event took place on Sunday, September 29, at La Pelanda, Mattatoio Testaccio, offering a full, free day… Find out more

Fine Arts

Painting

Sculpture and Installations

Wang Yuxiang: ANCHE IL SOLE SORGE

The artist Wang Yuxiang, a graduate of the RUFA School of Visual Arts, is one of the key figures celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the Fondazione Pastificio Cerere. On this occasion, the artist will exhibit in the new exhibition space designed by the architecture studio STARTT with his first solo show in Italy, titled “Anche… Find out more

Fashion design sostenibile

RUFA students shine at Sustainable Fashion Week in Vilnius

The RUFA course in Sustainable Fashion Design continues to stand out in the international landscape of sustainable fashion. Second-year students Giulia Manente, Nadia Maggiani, Elisabetta Baruffo, Veronica Bellandi, Virginia Passaro, and Luca Gaddini had the opportunity to showcase their creations at the prestigious Sustainable Fashion Week Vilnius.   The event, which celebrates sustainable fashion and… Find out more

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Photography and Audiovisual

Irene Occhipinti wins the ‘Young Photographers of the Italian Academies’ competition

Congratulations to Photography student Irene Occhipinti, selected from the 5 winners of the 4th edition of the “Young photographers from Italian Academies” contest.   On Sunday, September 1st, in Ragusa Ibla, at the Antico Convento ai Giardini Iblei, the names of the twelve finalists of the fourth edition of the “Young photographers from Italian Academies”… Find out more

Design Management

RUFA students among the 17 finalists for the Hackathon in Rome

RUFA students from the Academic Master’s in Design Management among the finalists of the prestigious Laboratory for Entrepreneurship, to be held on September 17-18, 2024, in Rome   Among over 107 teams from 26 Italian universities, the brilliant RUFA students Silvia Andreozzi, Seyma Dogan e Alessandra Paglianti stood out with their innovative Design Management project,… Find out more

Graphic design

RUFA and Responsible Fashion Movement against Fast Fashion

RUFA and Movimento Moda Responsabile, together for an awareness campaign against Fast Fashion   To understand how advertising communication can help promote more sustainable fashion, RUFA students from the Graphic Design course – worked on a creative campaign drawing attention to the main environmental and social issues related to fast fashion, in collaboration with experts… Find out more

Set Design

Gaetano and Maria Chiara Castelli sign the set design for Sanremo 2024

Festival set designers: “A floral suggestion for the Festival scene.”   A flower blossomed on the Ariston stage, amid games of mirrors and transparencies: this is the suggestion that – abandoning the purely horizontal/vertical dimension – accompanied Gaetano and Maria Chiara Castelli in designing the set design for the Sanremo Festival 2024, him for the… Find out more

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Cinema

“Porta a porta” wins Best Cinematography at Terni Film Festival

The short film PORTA A PORTA by director and RUFA student Martin Marini wins the Best Photography Award at the Terni Film Festival.   Last Saturday, Nov. 18, director Martin Marini and Director of Photography Federico Mastroprimiano, both Cinema students in RUFA, collected the Award on the stage of the International Film Festival, active since… Find out more

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Fine Arts

Painting

Live Painting by RUFA artists at Palazzo Farnese

Four young RUFA artists – Alice Papi, Lorenzo Cappella, Alexandra Fongaro and Davide Miceli – realised a 3-hour Live Painting performance in the beautiful setting of Palazzo Farnese.   On the occasion of the premiere of the documentary “Banksy e la ragazza del Bataclan” – produced by GA&A e Tinterkland, in co-production with Rai Cultura,… Find out more

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Design

RUFA student Helena Litvinyuk wins the 12th Rometti Prize

Design student Helena Litvinyuk wins the 12th edition of the Rometti Prize with her project ‘Mercurio’, a spectacular set of lamps.   The ‘Rometti Prize’ competition aims to promote innovation and originality in the field of ceramic art, opening the doors of manufacturing to young people, in a constant dialogue between art, craftsmanship and design…. Find out more

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Fine Arts

RUFA students’ work unveiled at Ryder Cup 2023

The work of RUFA Fine Arts students Negin Fallah and Babək Abdullayev was selected to be reproduced on a giant ‘Tifo Flag’ and unveiled during the Ryder Cup 2023 – the most important international golf event – as a surprise and gift to the fans in the stadium and the millions of fans who followed… Find out more

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Photography and Audiovisual

Il progetto fotografico di Lucrezia Ceselin su “L’Espresso”

Sorry, this entry is only available in IT. Il progetto fotografico “Habitat 1150” della studentessa di Fotografia Lucrezia Ceselin è stato selezionato per la pubblicazione sul settimanale L’Espresso.   “Habitat 1150 nasce dalla volontà di raccontare come la città di Venezia, che un tempo aveva raggiunto il massimo splendore sotto il dominio della Serenissima, oggi… Find out more

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Arte cinematografica

Cinema

Alain Parroni, Gabriele Biasi and Giulio Pennacchi triumph at the 80th Venice International Film Festival

“Una sterminata domenica” by Alain Parroni, director and RUFA graduate, wins the Special Jury Prize Orizzonti at the 80th Venice International Film Festival. A story of young people, an unconventional novel of formation, set between Rome and the coast. This is how Alberto Barbera, director of the Mostra Internazionale d’Arte Cinemantografica, presented the film at… Find out more

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Arte cinematografica

Cinema

Cinema and New formats production

Alain Parroni and Gabriele Biasi at the 80th Venice International Film Festival

The works of the two directors and former RUFA students Alain Parroni and Gabriele Biasi have been selected to participate in the 80th Venice International Film Festival.   “Una sterminata domenica”, the feature film by Alain Parroni, will be presented in competition in the “Orizzonti” section. Among the authors of the screenplay is Giulio Pennacchi,… Find out more

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Arte cinematografica

Cinema

The docufilm “Oltre il mare” at the Giffoni Film Festival

The docufilm “Oltre il mare”, written and directed by fresh RUFA graduates on behalf of WALCE Onlus and Sanofi, will be screened at the prestigious Giffoni Film Festival on 28 July 2023.   The docufilm, produced by RUFA and signed by WALCE Onlus and Sanofi, tells the hidden face of lung cancer through authentic and… Find out more

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Fine Arts

A new work of street art at Palazzo Farnese

20 Italian and French artists – including five RUFA students – were commissioned to create a street art work at Palazzo Farnese, under the direction of artists Aristide Barraud and Guido D’Angelo.   RUFA Visual Arts students Alice Papi, Alexandra Fongaro, Giulia Di Pasquale, Giulia Vitello and Nathalia Koux are among the 20 artists selected… Find out more

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Arte cinematografica

Cinema

Cinema and New formats production

‘Blue Dots’ screened at the Short Shorts International Film Festival & Asia 2023

The short documentary film “Blue Dots” directed by RUFA graduate Lorenzo Squarcia and produced by Jumping Flea studio, was selected and screened as part of the prestigious Short Shorts International Film Festival & Asia 2023.   After participating in festivals of international calibre such as the Rome Independent Film Festival, l’European Film Festival of Lille,… Find out more