MFA Film and New Media Low Residency

  Italy

• Florence: 
Florence

Description: The New Renaissance Florence Film and New Media School offers the first New Media program of its kind. Because it is low residency students have the opportunity to specialize and develop their own particular areas of interests and talents combining the present and future innovations in electronic mediums with live performance and installation art exhibitions.

We help students develop their own vision for humanity, to become the pioneers of these creative new mediums combining the virtual world with the physical world to create artistic events that impact the global community. Our program requires both digital and live events that ground the artist in the divinity of human nature and the richness of human contact and interaction.

We chose Florence as the setting for our programs not only because it has given birth to the previous renaissance but because of the rich social and artistic community that has resided here and who are constantly creating multimedia art daily in the piazzas, museum and backdrop of this beautiful city.

We also offer two year residency Masters of Fine Arts Degree Program Accredited by the U.S.A Accrediting body for Art Schools and a one year undergraduate program. See our website for more details.

Highlights: We believe the creative process can not be separated from the individual psyche but is an intimate part of humanity. We celebrate the divine human spirit and seek to bring this element into the emerging technologies.

The goal of The New Renaissance Florence International Film and New Media School and the Florence International Film Festival is to help visionary film makers and multi media artists to merge their inate divine aspects with the technological advancements in our New Global Renaissance to create infinite creative possibilities in the Future of Film.

We have chosen to create this amazing experience in the culturally rich and highly creative learning environment here in Florence, Italy where students can gain inspiration from the great artists, poets and inventors of the past renaissance to pioneer new ways of storytelling, combined with an uplifting vision for humanity.

Students are required to be very active in creating their own course of study under the guidance of their chosen mentor. Students work both individually, collectively, and one on one with personal mentors to explore and pioneer new ways of creating and combining the disciplines of storytelling, digital film, visual art, performance art and multi media events that communicate their fresh and original visions for a new world.

We help each student to increase their palette of creative tools bringing depth eclectic artistry and a high level of professionalism to their chosen mediums.

Degree Level: Masters Degree

Minimum Education: Filmmaking

Cost in US$: 6,000 euros per semester

It includes everything except housing and meals during the residency program and Italain lessons which are handled by our affilated language school CLIDA.

4,500 for the eight week intensive
3,500 for professional internships. also eight weeks.

Experience Required: no

This Program is open to Worldwide Participants.

Participants Travel to Italy Independently

Typically Participants Work Independently or in Groups of 5- 10

Application Process Involves:

• Letters of Reference
• Phone Interview
• Transcript
• Written Application

Typically The Application Process Time is one year

Post-Program Services Include:

• Alumni Network
• Exit Debriefing Abroad
• Job and Internship Network
• Re-Entry Debriefing at Home

New Renaissance Florence Film School's Mission Statement: We are an innovative film and new media school for visionary artists. At the New Renaissance Florence International Film and New Media School, our emphasis is to create a highly personal and advanced learning environment that helps students effectively communicate their highest message through the art of creative storytelling which springs from their inner journey of self discovery and deep personal growth. In our programs students will learn about the depth that lies within them and to effectively communicate this by incorporating a multitude of new expressive mediums including digital film and graphics, performance art, interactive storytelling, and multi media events. Rather than focusing on our students breaking into an already saturated industry to follow the visions of a select few, we help our students break out to become pioneers of their own creative talents and help evolve our modern artistic and educational mediums. We ground students' creative talent with solid and creative marketing tools so they can reach and grow their own audiences and enter the limitless opportunities that are now availible for new media artists with vision. We not only help students develop effective marketing tools to get their message to the global community but we also support our students' exploration and development of new means of conveying stories to the emerging markets and give the opportunity to present their Film shorts at the Florence International Film Festival held in the heart of Florence inside the beautiful Odeon Theater and give them the opportunity to intern with Professional Production Companies.

Year Founded: 2005