Services inside the Academy
"Giovanni Tantillo" Film Library
Thanks to an agreement with the L'Aquila Film Institute, "La Lanterna Magica", students have free access to the film library which offers:
- a video library with 5,000 films (VHS and DVD) including television dramas, feature films, short films, animated films, original language films, musicals and documentaries;
- the library contains more than 3,000 books on various topics including cinema (catalogues, monographs of directors and actors, essays and film-scripts), theatre (critical essays and plays), television, multimedia, literature and art;
- a wide collection of film and audiovisual journals as well as archives of official gazettes and newspaper cuttings organised under various themes
- the audiovisual archives of the L'Aquila Film Institute include 500 video cassettes (VHS, Beta, Digitalis, Video 2000, U-matic, Hi8) and 200 audio cassettes documenting all the initiatives and special events carried out by the Film Institute in its twenty years of activity.
The film library offers the students the possibility to borrow books and films, to use the reading room and to consult the materials in the archives, the photo collection, film journals and other specialist publications.
In addition the film library offers guidance and assistance to students who carry out research related to the field of cinema, audiovisuals and multimedia. The students must respect the film library regulations.
Subscription to the L'Aquila Film Institute Events
The L'Aquila Film Institute, "La Lanterna Magica", works to promote film culture and includes Academy students in all its initiatives and special events (retrospectives, guest speakers, seminars and workshops). Students are informed of these events during the course of their study.
Cinema Massimo
Cinema Massimo is located in Corso Federico II and is the only remaining cinema in the historical centre of L’Aquila. It was recently renovated and reopened by the Academy. It offers quality films and latest release films, guaranteed by the distributor "Circuito Cinema" in Rome. The screening programme also includes retrospectives and art films during the week. In 2005 Cinema Massimo was recognised by the prestigious film circuit "Europa Cinemas".
Academy students are entitled to concession tickets from Monday to Sunday which cost only 2.50 euro.
Abruzzo Film Commision
The Film Commission is associated with both the Academy and the L'Aquila Film Institute, "La Lanterna Magica". The Film Commission provides services for audiovisual productions in the region and Academy students are constantly informed of its activities.
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