Prizes and Awards

Where Talent Takes Shape

RUFA is a place of research, experimentation, and creative innovation. Within its classrooms and labs, projects come to life, leaving a lasting mark on the contemporary scene: works awarded by international juries, ideas born from collaboration and teamwork, recognized and appreciated worldwide.

The awards and recognitions earned by our community of students and faculty are the result of continuous dedication, in an environment that nurtures talent and enhances it through stimulating and interdisciplinary learning experiences. Every achievement is a source of pride and reaffirms the quality of the path we offer.

Below is a selection of awards and recognitions that highlight RUFA’s excellence across various disciplines.

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Arte cinematografica

Cinema

Cinema and New formats production

RUFAlumni

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

RUFAlumni

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

RUFAlumni

‘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

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Photography and Audiovisual

RUFAlumni

Fresh Eyes 2023: Sabrina Marchionne among emerging talents

Sabrina Marchionne, RUFA graduate in Photography, was nominated among the emerging talents through the Fresh Eyes International 2023 competition, with the project “Bring us the Bright”.   Sabrina Marchionne’s work will appear in the next issue of Fresh Eyes 2023, a photographic catalogue published by GUP magazine (Guide to Unique Photography) and distributed internationally. In… Find out more

Cinema

Set Design

RUFA for Teatroteka: the winning students

Annarita Debellis and Raffaele Esposito, third-year students of Set design, were elected the undisputed winners of the Call promoted by the Polish production company WFDiF.   All Cinema and Set Design students at the Academy were encouraged to submit a pair project that included a directing and set design idea and was inspired by the… Find out more

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Arte cinematografica

Cinema

‘Come una vera coppia’ wins Best Documentary and Best Editing

“Come una vera coppia” – the documentary made by director and RUFA lecturer Christian Angeli – won Best Documentary and Best Editing at the Festival Internazionale della Cinematografia Sociale “Tulipani di Seta Nera”, for “the ability to narrate in a delicate and courageous way, disrupting any system of expectations based on the automatism of politically… Find out more

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Arte cinematografica

Cinema

Cinema and New formats production

MALLEUS at the Festival de Cine Fàntastico de Bilbao

  New international recognition for MALLEUS After its success at the Film Fest International of Edinburgh, “MALLEUS” (2023) – feature film directed by director and RUFA lecturer Andrés Rafael Zabala – is the only Italian film among the eight in competition in the PANORAMA section of the Festival de Cine Fàntastico de Bilbao, and will… Find out more

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Arte cinematografica

Cinema

MALLEUS wins Best Director and Best Picture at Film Fest International

  The triumph of Malleus at the Film Fest International The film ‘MALLEUS’ – feature film by director and RUFA lecturer Andrés Rafael Zabala – won two coveted awards at the International Film Fest that just took place in the beautiful setting of the city of Edinburgh. Best Director for a Foreign Film to Andrés… Find out more

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Design

Keyble’ at the Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas

KEYBLE, Wearable Technology device designed by designer Ely Rozenberg in collaboration with Italian startup Flywallet, was presented and exhibited in the Italian Pavilion of the Consumer Electric Show 2023 of Las Vegas, the world’s largest event for consumer technology products.   Among the authors of the project UX/UI Designer Francesca Romana Rossi, former RUFA student… Find out more

Cinema

“Mammamare” wins a Special Mention at the Extra Doc Festival 2022

A further success for the documentary ‘Mammamare’ – written and directed by RUFA film students Francesca Marra, Giovanni Benedetto Matteucci and Lucrezia Mariotti – which won a Competent Audience Special Mention at the fifth edition of Extra Doc Festival, organised by the Festival del Cinema di Roma in collaboration with MAXXI. As part of the… Find out more

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Cinema

Alessia Antognelli ‘Top Student’ of the Student Review Programme

Cinema student Alessia Antognelli was named ‘Top student’ in the Student Review Programme (SRP), promoted by The NGO International Film Festival. Alessia was selected among students from four universities from Africa, Europe and North America.   As part of the NGO International Film Festival’s educational initiative is the Student Review Programme (SRP) that is geared… Find out more

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Arte cinematografica

Cinema

“Come una vera coppia” vince la menzione speciale al Rome Independent Film Festival

“Come una vera coppia” – the documentary made by director and RUFA lecturer Christian Angeli – wins a special mention at the RIFF – Rome Independent Film Festival , per “the delicacy with which the director stages intimacy and misunderstandings, enthusiasm for a possible future and thoughtful disillusionment, lightness and a sense of responsibility of… Find out more

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Arte cinematografica

Cinema

MALLEUS at the Salerno International Festival

  Il trionfo al Festival Internazionale di Salerno “MALLEUS”, second feature film by director and RUFA lecturer Andrés Rafael Zabala, will have its world premiere as a competition film at the 76° Festival Internazionale di Salerno between 28 November and 3 December 2022. This is a significant and particularly heartfelt participation in an event that… Find out more

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Photography and Audiovisual

Premio Castelfiorentino’s winners

The photographic projects of Sabrina Marchionne and Noemi Sparago – a recent graduate and third-year photography student – were the winners of the “Raccont’arti – Castelfiorentino Prize for the Arts: Contemporary Photography” call for entries, whose main goal is to map the current state of contemporary photography and possible future developments.   Sabrina Marchionne –… Find out more

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Photography and Audiovisual

RUFA for PHocus Magazine

The photographic projects of Davide Palombo and Michael Trutta were selected by PHocus Magazine through the ‘Confini’ Call, an initiative aimed at involving some of the most deserving students from Italy’s leading schools of photography and cinematography.   The theme of the Call “Confini” There are geographical, natural, political, symbolic but also metaphorical boundaries and… Find out more

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Design

Isabella Jahns wins the Rometti Prize 2022

The project of RUFA student Isabella Jahns ‘Crush me if you can’ wins the fifth edition of the Rometti Prize.   On Saturday 8 October, in the splendid setting of the Pastificio Cerere, the six artefacts of the young finalists, selected from over 70 participants, were exhibited. The coffee table ‘Crush me if you can’… Find out more

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Graphic design

àltera at the graphic days in Turin

The Visual and Innovation Design students’ project was selected by Neologia and exhibited at the Graphic Days in Turin, receiving a special mention from Zetafonts for the experimental approach.   RUFA students Davide Del Prete, Giuseppe Elia, Lidia Matarazzo e Martina Pani developed the project àltera as part of the Visual Design course taught by… Find out more

Photography and Audiovisual

Lucia Estevez selected by PHocus Magazine

The photographic project of student Lucia Estevez has just been selected by PHocus Magazine through the ‘Confini’ Call, an initiative aimed at involving some of the most deserving students from the main Italian photography and film schools.   Making love to matter A fantasy project illustrating an erotic ecology in which all boundaries disappear as… Find out more

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Photography and Audiovisual

RUFAlumni

Beatrice Salomone selected among the 100 emerging talents

Beatrice Salomone, RUFA graduate from the Photography course, has just been selected as one of the 100 best emerging talents in Europe according to the Dutch magazine Fresh Eyes. Organised by the Dutch magazine Gup (Guide to Unique Photography), Fresh Eyes is a guide-book of the best 100 emerging photographers on the European continent. Fresh… Find out more