This course is a seminar in one of Temple's study abroad locations. It uses study of cinema and moving-image arts as a mean to more deeply understand another national culture. Reading, screenings, and field trips will connect the study of cinematic arts to other material in the study-away program. NOTE: FMA students may only count four credits towards the FMA major.

In Summer 2025, this course will be offered in Rome (last two weeks in Bologna). Spend six weeks learning and living in one of the most magical countries in Europe. You’ll spend the first four weeks in the vibrant cinematic city of Rome exploring its rich film tradition, including a visit to the famous Ciné Citta Studios. This part of the course will focus on filmmaking in the capital city of Rome—we will study a broad range of films set in Rome by Italian directors, including Calvalcanti, Fellini, Pasolini, Visconti, and Wertmüller, as well as look at Italian American filmmakers such as Coppola and Scorsese for whom Italy plays a major role in their cinematic oeuvre. We will visit neighborhoods in which films were made outside of the studio and visit a dubbing lab. The last two weeks of the course will shift to the Cinema Ritrovato film festival in Bologna. Initiated by Scorsese as a means by which to preserve and showcase both classical and lesser-known films from around the globe, Cinema Ritrovato constitutes one of the most important film festivals honoring the importance of the medium as a major art and cultural form. We will explore the politics of exhibition and trace a history of festivals—what gets included, what are the processes and politics of restoration, how are canons formed? In addition to a festival pass, we will visit a restoration lab and a film museum.